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)

Exploring and Playing

  1. Using my senses
  2. At a Chinese-American street food stall
  3. Making a vegetable chow mein
  4. 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!