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

  • T-shirts

    T-shirts

    Select and combine a range of different shapes, colours and patterns that can be used to design and print a t-shirt for a specific function or event

  • Fashion Parade

    Fashion Parade

    Select and design clothing patterns to use on t-shirts matching a range of different family functions, events and occasions

  • T-shirt Shapes

    T-shirt Shapes

    Investigate and record some of the different shapes that can be used to make pattern designs on clothing to match a special function, occasion or event

  • T-shirt Printing

    T-shirt Printing

    Explore and test different ways of printing shapes and patterns on fabric to represent occasions and events to use on example t-shirts