Hello everyone!
we are excited to share with you our presentations: "Incey Wincey Spider" and "One TwoThree Four Five", two popular nursery rhymes.
Each presentation explores a different rhyme and includes engaging activities designed for young learners.
We hope you enjoy the results of our work!
Incey Wincey Spider:
One TwoThree Four Five:
Hello everyone,
we worked in a team to create two learning activities to teach children, connected to rhymes.
It was very fun and a bit difficult, especially working together from far away,
but in the end, it was very good and we are happy with the result.
Enjoy your reading!
Hi everyone!
I’m Silvia Sindona from Roma Tre University.
This project was created by: Caserta Concetta, Catalano Jessica, Coppola Roberta Ilenia, Diamanti Melania, Piergotti Chiara, Piras Chiara and Sindona Silvia.
We are Group 2 from Roma Tre University and we worked on the rhyme Little Miss Muffet.
Here is the link to see our project.
We hope you like it!
Buona sera a tutte, questo pomeriggio, noi studentesse dell'università di Milano-Bicocca, ci siamo trovate per ultimare le presentazioni delle filastrocche.
Alleghiamo qui di seguito due link alle presentazioni, uno per "Round and round the garden" e uno per "Old King Cole".
Buona visione e accettiamo eventuali feedback da parte vostra! Grazie e buona serata a tutti.
Round and round the garden
Old King Cole
Using the nursery rhyme ‘Round and round the garden’ in English in childhood.
The use of nursery rhymes in English is very useful for introducing children to the English language in a fun and active way.
Planning sheet
Target group: five-year-old pupils
Types of activity
- Listening to and watching the nursery rhyme video
- Repetition of the words of the nursery rhyme
- Association of the new words with pictures printed out and attached in the classroom and
repetition first in Italian then in English
- Imitation of movements using a teddy bear and then working in pairs with a partner
- Tickle game: recite the nursery rhyme by touching the palm of a partner's hand miming a small circle with your finger, then take two steps with your fingers on the arm to tickle your friend.
Skills developed
Linguistic: development of memorisation, understanding of new words, recognition of sounds and intonations
Cognitive: initial understanding of the cause-effect relationship, short term memory
Social and relational: interaction between pupils, respect for others
Motor: fine motor coordination with gestures associated with words (one step, two step
associated with the steps the children have to take)
Strategies and methods
Circle time for listening to and watching the nursery rhyme
Role playing (children divided into pairs first experience the action of tickling their
partner and then receive it, reversing their role, with that of their
partner).
Strengths
The nursery rhyme is useful for getting children to play and approach each other because it enables them to touch each other and tickle each other gently.
By playing, the children have fun and a peaceful learning atmosphere is created in the classroom.
The children will act and dance to the notes of the nursery rhyme, so motor coordination is stimulated.
Emotions are also stimulated because the children know that at the end of the song there will be a tickle and they await it with surprise.
Assessment strategies
Pupils can be assessed by having them recite the nursery rhyme in pairs and showing them
pictures representing words used in the nursery rhyme to see if the pupils associate the picture with the word in English.
