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Primary school age (5-11 years)
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Key Word Activities and Resources
This page lists activities and resources for working on key word understanding throughout the website.
Key Word Understanding
Activity Links
- One key word understanding (nouns/verbs)
- Two key word understanding - set 1 (noun + noun)
Activities to develop understanding of instructions containing 3 key words - set 2 (nouns/adjectives)
| Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
|---|---|---|
| Sort the Washing (size + colour + noun) - Washing machine template - click here to print. You could stick the template onto a cardboard box and cut out a slot to post the clothing cards in to. | - Print and cut out the washing machine template and clothing cards. - Lay out the clothes cards in front of you. Explain to your child that you need to put the washing in the machine and that they can help. - Give instructions containing 3 key words (size+colour+clothing item), e.g. wash the big red hat, wash the small green socks. - After a few turns, encourage your child to give you an instruction. | If your child is finding it challenging to follow the instructions containing 3 key words you could try the following: - check that they understand the concepts being used in the instructions: colour and size Click here for activities that work on developing big/little/small. - Remove some of the pictures and give instructions containing 2 key words, e.g. have one size of clothes and different colours, 'was the red hat'. You could also look at activities that focus on two key words here: Two key word activities - set 1 Two key word activities - set 2 Two key word activities - set 3
If your child is following 3 key word instructions, you may like to try working on 4 key word instruction here: |
| Alien Visitors (size + colour + place) | If your child is finding it challenging to follow the instructions containing 3 key words you could try the following: - check that they understand the concepts being used in the instructions: colour and size Click here for activities that work on developing big/little/small. - Remove some of the pictures and give instructions containing 2 key words, e.g. have one size of clothes and different colours, 'was the red hat'. You could also look at activities that focus on two key words here: Two key word activities - set 1 Two key word activities - set 2 Two key word activities - set 3
If your child is following 3 key word instructions, you may like to try working on 4 key word instruction here: | |
| Pirate themed game (size + object + place) | If your child is finding it challenging to follow the instructions containing 3 key words you could try the following: - check that they understand the concepts being used in the instructions: size Click here for activities that work on developing big/little/small. - Remove some of the pictures and give instructions containing 2 key words, e.g. have one size of clothes and different colours, 'was the red hat'. You could also look at activities that focus on two key words here: Two key word activities - set 1 Two key word activities - set 2 Two key word activities - set 3 If your child is following 3 key word instructions, you may like to try working on 4 key word instruction here: |
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