Nursery rhymes help young children to develop vocabulary and communication skills and encourage them to become interested in rhythms, rhymes and patterns in language.
This resource pack provides a selection of traditional nursery rhymes to recite with the children and a range of stick puppet characters that young learners can create to retell the nursery rhymes in the learning environment.
Nursery Rhymes included:
- Humpty Dumpty
- Little Miss Muffet
- The Grand Old Duke of York
- Incy Wincy Spider
- Hickory Dickory Dock
- Wind the Bobbin Up
Included in this EYFS resource pack
- Nursery rhyme examples
- Nursery rhyme puppet templates
- Teacher notes with guidance on how the resources could be used in the classroom
Early Learning Goals
Communication and Language
ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions;
Literacy
ELG: Comprehension
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary;
- Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories;
- Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play.
Expressive Arts and Design
ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs;
- Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate- try to move in time with music