Unit A – Nursery Rhymes

This literacy scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate the use of patterned language and rhyming in traditional nursery rhymes and practise segmenting words into individual phonemes. The class can devise short plays to illustrate the sequence of events in nursery rhymes.

Investigate the use of patterned language and rhyming in traditional nursery rhymes and practise segmenting words into individual phonemes by reading and adapting poetry

Lesson One : Hickory Dickory Dock

Identify, describe and model the use of patterned language and vocabulary rhyming words that feature in a traditional nursery rhyme poem

Lesson Two : This Old Man

Explore, record and perform the use of rhyming language and vocabulary words that feature in a traditional nursery rhyme poem about a special character

Lesson Three : Five Little Ducks

Identify, sequence and order each of the different events that occur in a traditional nursery rhyme and segment and blend cvc words used in the narrative

Lesson Four : Sing a Song of Sixpence

Investigate and change some of the different word rhymes and special vocabulary words that feature in a traditional nursery rhyme with a narrative story

Lesson Five : Story Telling

Practise using drama and role-play to retell and illustrate some of the different events that occur in a story based on a traditional nursery rhyme poem

  • Length Words

    Length Words

    Practise using special vocabulary words to compare the lengths and sizes of objects found and used in different locations

  • Speaking Skills

    Speaking Skills

    Explain and model how to use voices clearly and expressively when interacting with others in different situations and scenarios

  • School Friends

    School Friends

    Investigate, describe and model some of the special ways of providing practical, spiritual and emotional support to other pupils in the school

  • School Pictograms

    School Pictograms

    Explore how to count and record the numbers of different pieces of school equipment that can be found in trays stored around the classroom