Nursery rhymes help young children to develop vocabulary and communication skills and encourage them to become interested in rhythms, rhymes and patterns in language.

This resource pack provides a selection of traditional nursery rhymes to recite with the children and a range of stick puppet characters that young learners can create to retell the nursery rhymes in the learning environment.

Nursery Rhymes included:

• Humpty Dumpty
• Little Miss Muffet
• The Grand Old Duke of York
• Incy Wincy Spider
• Hickory Dickory Dock
• Wind the Bobbin Up

Included in this EYFS resource pack

• Nursery rhyme examples
• Nursery rhyme puppet templates
• Teacher notes with guidance on how the resources could be used in the classroom

Early Learning Goals

Communication and Language
ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions, comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions and small group interactions;

Literacy
ELG: Comprehension
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary;
- Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories;
- Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play.

Expressive Arts and Design
ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs;
- Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate- try to move in time with music

This resource is part of the Early Years Inspiration collection.
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• Nursery rhyme examples
• Nursery rhyme puppet templates
• Teacher notes with guidance on how the resources could be used in the classroom