words that have the same or similar ending sounds often used in poetry

a piece of writing that uses creative and rhythmic language to express thoughts, feelings, or ideas, often with a specific structure or pattern.

to note what is the same and what is different

'Hickory Dickory Dock'

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'Little Bo Peep'

'Five Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day'

'The Magic Porridge Pot'

Nursery rhymes performance

In 'Poetry: Zim Zam Zoom', pupils will listen to, discuss, learn and perform a selection of poems by James Carter and discuss what a poet is.

In EYFS, pupils learnt to listen to and sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs. Pupils learnt to try to move in time with music. In this unit, pupils will build on this by performing nursery rhymes in a small group, dedicating more time to discussing and contexualising the rhymes and expressing a preference.

In this unit, pupils explore poetry by learning different nursery rhymes, some familiar and some unfamiliar. Pupils learn to listen to, discuss and recite nursery rhymes. They also consider rhyming words, tune and actions. Pupils learn to share their opinion on their preferred nursery rhyme.

Nursery rhymes: reading poetry

Select the words from ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ that rhyme with each other.

Which animal runs up the clock in ‘Hickory Dickory Dock’?

We can use __________ to make a performance more interesting to watch.

‘Hickory Dickory Dock’ and ‘Little Bo Peep’ are similar because …

Select the words that rhyme with each other. 

They are long stories about magical creatures.

Identify the features of a nursery rhyme.

Complete the following sentence: 'When we perform a nursery rhyme, our voice should be __________ and __________.'

Starter Quiz

What makes nursery rhymes easy to learn?