English Reception/Year 1 Summer Poetry
World Rhymes
Teach the children, then some may enjoy Exploring and Playing while you lead Group Learning.
Senses and sounds (suggested as 5 days)
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- Using my senses
- At a Chinese-American street food stall
- Making a vegetable chow mein
- Colourful fish
You Will Need
Essential Texts
Poems provided in resources
Hamilton Group Reader
Tiny Tim by Ruth Merttens
Group Readers
Tiny Tim
This is a re-telling of a traditional poem which has been through several iterations since the Victorian era. Simple and rhythmical, it allows children to read with ease and also makes an excellent rhyme for them to learn off by heart. The illustrations will make them laugh!
Short poems, long poems (suggested as 5 days)
Lesson Planning
Group Learning
Exploring and Playing
- How many?
- Japanese netsuke hedgehogs
- Rum's adventures
- Run like Rum!
You Will Need
Essential Text
Poems provided in resources
Weblinks
The Caribbean Counting Rhyme by Pamela Mordechai - song version from youtube.com