short songs and verses often read or sung to, or by, young children

a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung

something that has been done and re-done for a long period of time

refers to the act of presenting or reciting a poem in front of an audience, utilising vocal delivery, gestures, and expressions to enhance the impact of the poem.

'Little Bo Peep'

English

'Hickory Dickory Dock'

'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

Rhyming words have the same sound at the __________ of the word.

Select the words that rhyme with each other. 

Identify the words that are repeated in the following sentence: 'Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.'

What has Little Bo Peep lost at the start of the nursery rhyme?

Identify the words which are the same in the list below.

Which words have the same letters at the end?

words that sound the same at the end of the word

Identify the noun in the following sentence: 'The hat was red.'

Starter Quiz

Identify the words which are the same in the list below.