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EYFS Hey Diddle Diddle Expressive Arts and Design

EYFS Hey Diddle Diddle Expressive Arts and Design

EYFS Hey Diddle Diddle Expressive Arts and Design

This Hey Diddle Diddle expressive arts and design activity is adult-led with a clear and easy to follow structure. There are three activities which include making a dish and spoon out of clay, creating a moving picture and using musical instruments and actions to represent different sections of the rhyme. A session could involve all the activities or a selection based on the needs of the children.

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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.
Use a comfortable grip with good control when holding pens and pencils.
Show a preference for a dominant hand.

Expressive Arts and Design
Create closed shapes with continuous lines, and begin to use these shapes to represent objects.
Draw with increasing complexity and detail, such as representing a face with a circle and including details.
Show different emotions in their drawings – happiness, sadness, fear, etc.
Remember and sing entire songs.
Play instruments with increasing control to express their feelings and ideas.

Children in Reception
Expressive Arts and Design
Explore, use and refine a variety of artistic effects to express their ideas and feelings.
Sing in a group or on their own, increasingly matching the pitch and following the melody.
Explore and engage in music making and dance, performing solo or in groups.

Early Learning Goal
Physical Development
Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery
Begin to show accuracy and care when drawing.

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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