EYFS Hey Diddle Diddle Provision Enhancements

EYFS Hey Diddle Diddle Provision Enhancements

This Hey Diddle Diddle 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 Hey Diddle Diddle. 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
Communication and Language
Know many rhymes, be able to talk about familiar books, and be able to tell a long story.

Physical Development
Use one-handed tools and equipment, for example, making snips in paper with scissors.
Show a preference for a dominant hand.

Mathematics
Recite numbers past 5.
Say one number for each item in order: 1,2,3,4,5.
Know that the last number reached when counting a small set of objects tells you how many there are in total (‘cardinal principle’).
Link numerals and amounts: for example, showing the right number of objects to match the numeral, up to 5.

Understanding the World
Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things.

Being Imaginative and Expressive
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
Communication and Language
Learn rhymes, poems and songs.

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.

Mathematics
Count objects, actions and sounds.
Link the number symbol (numeral) with its cardinal number value.

Understanding the World
Explore the natural world around them.

Being Imaginative and Expressive
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.

Early Learning Goal
Communication and Language
Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary.

Physical Development
Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery.

Mathematics
Have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each number.

Understanding the World
Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures of animals and plants.

Being Imaginative and Expressive
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.
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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