Songs and games based on Mr Gumpy's Outing

E-I-E-I-O ADULT-LED Retell the story of Mr Gumpy by composing a new version of a favourite song - 'Old MacDonald had a Farm' Key learning intentions To make up songs To link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet To use their phonic knowledge to write simple regular words and make phonetically plausible attempts at more complex words To know that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom Resources A copy of Mr Gumpy's Outing (see page 7 for story outline); flipchart, pen, small-world toys...