Year 2 – Term 1
Clever Cubs
Songs & Rhymes – Lesson 3 – Humpty Dumpty
Learning Outcome:
Students will be able to sing Humpty Dumpty and understand that he was an egg.
Students will know that eggs come from chickens and understand the properties of an egg.
Some students will see the humour in the other versions.
Introduction to Topic:
Draw an oval shape on the board. Ask students what shape it is and to guess what you are
drawing. If they don’t guess “egg”, draw a chicken, fried egg etc. until they can. Draw a face on
the oval, add hair, arms & legs. Ask students if they know who this is. If they can’t guess, add
a wall and give clues until they do!
Sing the first verse once through and then again adding actions – get students to role play
(cushion for the wall). Teacher Resource 1 – first rhyme with pictures.
After sequencing activity or in second part of lesson:
Start a dialogue about what happened to Humpty – Teacher Resource 2.
If appropriate, get an egg and talk about the shape and the shell. Let students hold it and
shake it gently so they can feel that there is something inside. Ask students what is inside.
Discuss what type of eggs students like to eat. Talk about where eggs come from (chickens).
Teacher Resource 3 for chicken facts & pictures. Teacher Resource 1 for chicken songs.
Read the other versions of Humpty Dumpty – discuss with students.
Main Activity:
1) Humpty Dumpty sequencing – Student Resource 1.
2) My Itsy Bitsy Humpty Dumpty book – Student Resource 2. Students can use attached
pictures or draw their own.
3) Humpty Dumpty – Choose one of the craft activities – Teacher Resource 4.
Supplementary Activities:
 Chicken crafts – Teacher Resource 4.
 Colour in the sequencing activity.
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Key Vocabulary:
Egg, king, king’s men, horses
Activities to be included:
Story – 1)
Differentiation:
Songs – see song book
Some of the vocabulary to do with chickens
Games – see resource book
Reflection:
Everyone holds up their Humpty Dumpty and tells the class a fact about their creation.
Some students will be be able to role-play the rhyme.
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Year 2 – Term 1
Clever Cubs
Resources:
Teacher Resource 1 – Humpty Dumpty rhyme & chicken songs
Teacher Resource 2 – Humpty Dumpty discussion questions
Teacher Resource 3 – Chicken facts & pictures
Teacher Resource 4 – Craft ideas
Student Resource 1 – Humpty Dumpty sequencing
Student Resource 2 – My Itsy Bitsy Humpty Dumpty Book – template & pictures
Student Resource 3 – Colouring & Activity pages
Websites:
http://learningenglish-esl.blogspot.hk/2010/07/humpty-dumpty-printables.html
This website has some nice patterns and a reading booklet for Humpty Dumpty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brye9MAXXmE – KidsTV123 – alternative verses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQsVZxXsnpE&NR=1&feature=fvwp – Cuties451 –
traditional
http://www.carlscorner.us.com/mothergoose.htm - other activities including sentence
sequencing
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Teacher Resource 1: Songs
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Humpty Dumpty – other versions
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the King's horses and all the King's men
said, "OH NO!
Not scrambled eggs for dinner again."
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Along came the children with paper and glue
And stuck him together as good as new.
Chick Chick Chicken
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken,
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
...trod on him!
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
He didn't get bruised, he didn't get bumped
Humpty Dumpty bungee jumped!
Humpty Dumpty sat on the chair
While the barber cut his hair
Lay a little egg for me.
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken,
I want one for my tea.
I haven't had an egg since breakfast,
And now it's half past three.
So, chick, chick, chick, chick, chicken,
Lay a little egg for me.
Higgledy Piggledy
Higgledy Piggledy,
My black hen,
She lays eggs
He cut it long, he cut it short
He cut it with a knife and fork
For gentlemen;
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
And sometimes ten,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
Higgledy Piggledy,
When his mum found him and asked him,
My black hen!
Sometimes nine,
“WHY?”
Humpty replied "I thought I could fly"
Humpty Dumpty opened his eyes
(Falling down was such a surprise)
Then Humpty Dumpty counted to ten
And climbed back up on the wall again.
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Teacher Resource 2: Humpty Dumpty discussion questions
Ask students the following questions about Humpty Dumpty.
 Where was he sitting?
 What happened next?,
 Why did he fall? (ask students to think of some ideas)
 What should Humpty have done in order not to fall?
 What happened to Humpty Dumpty when he fell?
 Who tried to help him?
 Why do you think they couldn’t put him back together again?
 What was Humpty Dumpty? (oval shape)
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Teacher Resource 3: Chicken facts & pictures
Chickens
 Chickens have beaks which they use to peck for food
 Chickens eat seeds, grains, vegetables, fruits, small insects & bugs
 Chickens are kept on farms so people can eat them and use their eggs
 Some eggs will hatch into baby chickens or chicks
 A male chicken is called a rooster
 Chickens are friendly animals who live together in groups called flocks
 They are very clean animals and preen their feathers every day. They
also like to take dust baths!
 Chickens cannot fly very well so they stick together in groups to stay
safe
 Chickens make a “cluck cluck” or “buk buk” noise
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Student Resource 1: Humpty Dumpty sequencing
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Student Resource 2: My Itsy Bitshy Humpty Dumpty book
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Teacher Resource 4: Craft ideas
Humpty Dumpty puppets
Cut out ovals, add face and hat etc. Attach concertina arms and legs. Make a simple wall and
attach all to a lolly stick.
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Student Resource 3: Colouring & Activity page
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