English Reception/Year 1 Summer Poetry

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

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

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!

1. How many?
2. Japanese netsuke hedgehogs
3. Rum's adventures
4. Run like Rum!

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

Weblinks
The Caribbean Counting Rhyme by Pamela Mordechai - song version from youtube.com

The Ballad of Rum by Peter Wolveridge is readily available online.