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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
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- 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: |
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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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) |
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