Read with an adult. Take your time. You can say, point, draw or write your answer.
1 Let's look together
Listen to this original poem. 'Rain taps softly on the pane. / Boots go splashing down the lane. / Clouds roll on; the sky turns bright. / Puddles hold the morning light.'
A poem is arranged in lines. Pane and lane rhyme; bright and light rhyme. Hear one line, copy it, add the next line and start again. Actions and rhythm can help you remember the words.
Rain taps softly on the pane.Boots go splashing down the lane.Clouds roll on; the sky turns bright.Puddles hold the morning light.
Look, point and talk with your adult.
2 Watch how I do it
My adult says the first line. I echo it. We add the second line, then I say both. I do not rush ahead until the words are secure.
3 Your turn
Which words rhyme in the last two lines?
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Let's check together
Bright and light.
4 Try it away from the page
Learn two lines, then all four over several short sessions. Recite with a clear voice, signs or AAC. Tell someone your favourite word and why you chose it.
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Adult notes · prerequisites, safety and coverage
This is an original short poem for focused practice. Share a much wider range of properly licensed poems and rhymes throughout the year. Memory, enjoyment and meaning matter more than performance pressure.
Read instructions aloud. Word-reading practice must match the child's taught sounds. The phonics pages support, but do not replace, the school's systematic synthetic phonics programme. Shared stories are adult-read unless the child can decode them. Re-read and practise daily.
Enjoy, discuss and retell stories, poems and non-fiction read aloud.
Listen, take turns, ask questions and explain ideas aloud.