This text offers practical activity ideas for educators of 3-6 year olds based on popular early years rhymes. The rhymes included are: "Old Mother Hubbard"; "Hickory, Dickory Dock"; "Jack and Jill"; "Mary, Mary Quite Contrary"; and "Humpty Dumpty". For each rhyme there are activities across the early years curriculum, plus ideas for displays, a cookery activity and photocopiable sheets. All the activities provide a foundation for the National Curriculum/Scottish Guidelines and cover many of the Desirable Outcomes for under-fives recommended by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

 

This book is part of a book series called Starting With Rhyme .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Scholastic .

Jacquie Finlay is a Reception class teacher who has written extensively for Scholastic's early years list. Therese Finlay is a Reception teacher who has written extensively for Scholastic's early years list. Jenni Tavener is a reception teacher, writer and mother of two young children. She has written for Child Education, Infant Projects and Nursery Education magazines and is the author of a wide range of Scholastic early years books. She is a regular contributor to Early Years Activity Bank. Irene Yates was a primary school teacher and is now an educational consultant and writer, and Writer-in-Schools. She has written for Scholastic for many years. She is the author of over 120 books for other publishers as well as radio programmes for BBC Radio Education department.