Senses and sounds

English Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Reception/Year 1 Mixed Age English Planning World Rhymes

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
Over the Hills: a treasury of nursery rhymes from around the world
edited by Elizabeth Hammill

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!