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Topic “Early Years (0-5yrs)”
Early Years (0 to 5 years)
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 |
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| 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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Activities to develop understanding of instructions containing 2 key words - set 3 (noun + adjective/preposition)
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Big/little feeding game - works of object + size (noun + adjective) - a soft toy | 1. Print and cut out the big/little food pictures. 2. Ask your child to choose a favourite toy and explain you are going to feed them. 3. Explain you have big food and little food. Lay out a small selection of food - make sure you have both the big and little version of the same food. 4. Give your child instructions, e.g. give teddy the big carrot, give teddy the little eggs. 5. After a few turns, encourage your child to give you an instruction to follow. | If you child is finding understanding big/little difficult, try using some activities that focus on learning these concepts - click here |
Activities to develop understanding of instructions containing 2 key words - set 2 (noun + verb)
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Actions Game - works on object + action (noun + verb) - 2 different soft toys | 1. Print and cut out the action cards - you could draw some actions if you do not have access to a printer. 2. Show your child the actions and say the word - practice making both soft toys carry out the actions. 3. When you are sure your child understands the different action words, start to give your child instructions, e.g. make teddy fly, make dolly sleep. 4. After a few turns see if your child can give you an instruction. | To increase complexity, click here for activities focusing on three key word instructions. (Add link) |
Activities to understand and use the concepts of big and little/small
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
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| Big/little treasure hunt |
| If your child is understanding these concepts well, you may wish to try some key word activities that can be found here: (add link) |
| Big/little sorting - Picture cards to sort - click on links below to print:
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