an action (e.g. painting, splashing, building, knocking), and
an object or place (paddling pool, sandcastle, door, fence).
Sentences Practice:
Use pictures to help the child make long sentences with a person, an action, and an object or place
Make it harder: use the ‘and’ to join 2 sentences, each with a red, yellow and orange element. For example, The boy is splashing in the paddling pool and the girl is building a sandcastle. Talk about whether these sentences are silly or sensible.
Make it harder still: build a short sentence and use the ‘because’ card to get children to think about why it might be happening.
Play barrier games with your child (put a barrier between you / the players so that they can’t see what the other person is doing). Practise understanding and giving directions, for example take turns giving directions to colour in a picture the same way. Check the pictures at the end and decide whether they are the same or not.
Make it easier: break down the directions into shorter sentences.
Make it harder: take turns to give instructions to each other. Start with a blank piece of paper and get them to draw a picture or shapes based on your instructions.
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