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Tell the story yourself first. Discuss the prompt cards with the children, and explain that it is important they remember to answer all of the questions on the cards when they are telling their stories. Have one child at a time take a turn to retell the story. Go over the cards to see if they have included all the details.
1. Stick the "What happened?" prompt on the board. 2. Produce the puppet and introduce it to the children. 3. Explain that you are going to practise talking about what happened, and that Molly (or whatever you call the puppet) will help the children to do this. 4. Explain that Molly is sometimes a bit naughty. 5. At this point, the other adult makes an excuse and leaves the room. 6. While the...
Have a tea party. Hand out the food. Point out which ones have less. Ask the child to take some food away from one of the toys so that it has less. Make fruit salad in two bowls. Cut up fruit for the 2 bowls and ask "Less banana here?" Can the child tell you what to put in each bowl using less? Compare amounts of water in a full cup to a nearly empty cup of water say 'Look ...this is less';...
Sit in the child's sight line in a quiet room and choose an action type toy to have on your lap. Gain the child's attention by stroking their face/clapping your hands or calling their name. Use the toy. Show happiness and/or surprise as you do so. Wait to see if the child makes a move to request a repeat. Repeat the action if the child requests. If the child does not request a repeat do the...
1. Explain to the child that they are going to tell a story. You are going to tell it first and then it will be their turn. 2. Tell the story. It should be about 150 - 200 words. Make sure that there is enough detail in the section you have chosen or in the story you have made up. 3. Have the child tell the story back to you, or to another child. 4. Look at the photocopy of the story together and...
1. Choose a set of three cards and mix them up. 2. Ask your child to sort the pictures in the order that they happened. If your child finds this hard, put them in order together. Match them to the symbols. 3. Describe what is happening in the pictures using the words first, next and last - you can point to the symbols as you say the words. 4. Encourage your child to describe what is happening...
1. Pick a card from each envelope and peg them onto the string. 2. Make up a simple story which has everything on the string in it. 3. Have the child recap the main parts of the story to you, using the prompt sheet. 4. Take it in turns to make up the story, but have the child do the retell of it every time. 1. Either tell the story to the child, or have the child tell the story. 2. Have them work...
Using appropriate equipment, ask the child to predict what will happen, then carry out the action to see if they were right: What will happen if you... Touch a flame to the candle's wick? Hold the candle horizontally? Blow onto the candle's flame? Blow into the balloon? Touch the balloon with the blunt end of the pin? Touch the balloon with the sharp end? Put a large brick on top of a smaller...

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