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Hickory Dickory Dock Provision Enhancements

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This Hickory Dickory Dock 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 Jack and Jill. Each card includes helpful advice as well as questions that could be asked to prompt discussion.

It covers the following objectives for 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.

Mathematics

Count objects, actions and sounds.

Compare numbers.

Expressive Arts and Design

Create collaboratively, sharing ideas, resources and skills.

Develop storylines in their pretend play.

Curriculum Objectives

  • Use a range of small tools, including scissors, paint brushes and cutlery
  • Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play
  • Explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds, double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally
  • 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

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