This Jack and Jill stick puppet activity allows children to retell the nursery rhyme demonstrating their understanding of the narrative using props to role-play the different characters. They also allow children to develop their fine motor skills through cutting out and constructing the puppets.
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Development Matters and Early Learning Goal Links:
3 and 4 year olds
Know many rhymes, be able to talk about familiar books, and be able to tell a long story.
Children in Reception
Retell the story, once they have developed a deep familiarity with the text, some as exact repetition and some in their own words.
Early Learning Goal
Communication and Language
Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their teacher and peers.
Literacy
Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play.
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