Rhythm and rhyme: Let’s move!
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Act out traditional and original action rhymes while exploring movement, role play and dance

1 The grand old Duke of York
Re-enact a traditional rhyme
EYFS Area of learning > Physical development > Motor Skills > Gross Motor Skills
What you need
Group size: four children.
Two sets of solid wooden steps.
What to do
Push the steps back-to-back and invite the children to take turns to climb up and down them as the rest of the group sing the traditional rhyme The Grand Old Duke of York:
The Grand Old Duke of York
The grand old Duke of York
He had ten thousand men
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Published 7 September 2009
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