EYFS Humpty Dumpty Provision Enhancements

EYFS Humpty Dumpty Provision Enhancements

This Humpty Dumpty provision enhancement resource includes a variety of activities for enhancing provision in the classroom. The activities can be used to support independent or adult-led play across 6 different areas of provision. Children will enjoy exploring and learning all about Humpty Dumpty. Each card includes helpful advice as well as questions that could be asked to prompt discussion.

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Development Matters and Early Learning Goal Links:
3 and 4 year olds

Physical Development
Use one-handed tools and equipment, for example, making snips in paper with scissors.
Show a preference for a dominant hand.
Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils.

Literacy
Use some of their print and letter knowledge in their early writing. For example: writing a pretend shopping list that starts at the top of the page; writing ‘m’ for mummy.
Write some or all of their name.
Write some letters accurately.

Expressive Arts and Design

Explore different materials freely, to develop their ideas about how to use them and what to make.
Join different materials and explore different textures.
Remember and sing entire songs.

Children in Reception

Physical Development
Develop their small motor skills so that they can use a range of tools competently, safely and confidently. Suggested tools: pencils for drawing and writing, paintbrushes, scissors, knives, forks and spoons.
Literacy
Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.
Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

Expressive Arts and Design
Create collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills.
Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.

Early Learning Goal
Physical Development
Hold a pencil effectively in preparation for fluent writing – using the tripod grip in almost all cases.
Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery.

Literacy
Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play.
Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.
Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter or letters.
Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.

Expressive Arts and Design
Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Share their creations, explaining the process they have used.
Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and stories.
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.

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