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Contains activities or strategies suitable for a small group.
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Colourful Semantics Resources
The following page contains resources colour coded according to a Colourful Semantics approach. Colourful Semantics is an approach developed by Alison Bryan using colour coding to teach the understanding of question words, develop vocabulary including increasing the range of verbs (actions words) and develop ability to build sentences. There is an excellent resource pack that can be purchased, written by NHS Forth Valley - Colourful Semantics - A resource for developing Children's Spoken and Written Language Skills.
Who resources - Orange
- Who - fairytale/imaginary characters
What doing? resources - Yellow
Sentence Building
Activities to develop understanding of instructions containing 3 key words - set 3 (nouns/adjectives/prepositions)
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Game (size + noun + preposition) | 1. Print and cut out the big/little animal picture cards. 2. Explain to you child that you are going to ask them to place the animals in different places. 3. Lay out a selection of big and little animals in front of your child - make sure you have the big and little version of each animal. 4. Give instructions containing a preposition, e.g. put the big sheep under the box, put the little cow next to the box. Prepostion words you could use: in, on, under, being, in front, next to. | |
| Hide the toys (noun + preposition + noun) - A room with different furniture or items such as baskets/boxes where you can hide objects. - Objects/toys (e.g. ball, car, doll etc) |
Activities to develop understanding of instructions containing 3 key words - set 1 (nouns/verbs)
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Picnic Time (noun + noun + noun) - 2 different soft toys, e.g dolly/teddy - 2 plates - baskets - Play food items | 1. Put teddy and dolly in front of your child. 2. Give teddy a plate and a basket, then give dolly a plate and a basket 3. Lay a selection of play food out for your child to see. 4. Give instructions to your child, e.g. "put the banana on teddy's plate", or "put the bread in dolly's basket". 5. After a few turns, see if your child is able to give you an instruction. | If your child is finding it challenging to understand 3 key words, try some of the activities that work on 2 key words - click on the links below:
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