Topic overview – 2 year olds

Nursery Rhymes

Our topic this half term is Nursery Rhymes. We will be focusing on one rhyme per week and will focus on the following rhymes:-

• Leo the lion,
• 10 little apples
• The Wheels on the bus
• Twinkle Twinkle little star.

In addition to rhyme time we support children’s development by providing:-

• Opportunities to play and develop self-confidence and relationships with their peers (PSED)
• Props to support children’s understanding of stories and rhymes  (CAL)
• Placing children into smaller groups for story and rhyme time encouraging them to express their own individual preferences  by choosing stories to read and rhymes to sing  (PSED)
• Modelling the actions to rhymes and encouraging children to join in with the actions  (PD)
• Providing stimulating indoor and outdoor activities for children to enjoy role play, messy play, small world play, and construction, creative and exploratory play.