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Language and Communication To be able to describe objects using a variety of adjectives/descriptive words  This resource has been viewed by a moderator.

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Description:

These activities aim to develop your child's ability to use describing words (adjectives).

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Early years skill:Speaking
Early years typical range:30-50m
P-scales/Curriculum skill:Materials and Their Properties
P-scales/Curriculum level:P7
TAP skill:Expressive Language
TAP level:TAP37-54
Pre/Nat. Curriculum Area:not specified
Pre/Nat. Curiculum Standard:not specified
Section:Early Years (0-5yrs) info; Primary (5-11yrs) info
Activity/strategy name and materials required How to do the activity Key principles for doing the activity and comments
What's in the bag?

- adjective symbol boards - click here to print

- a variety of objects or pictures - click below for a selection of pictures:

     - clothes

     - animals

     - food

     - transport

     - toys

- a bag
  1. Print out the adjective symbol boards.
  2. Explain to your child/student that you are going to take turns to put and object/picture in the bag and give clues to the other person to guess what it is. Explain you are ging to practice using lots of different words to describe the item.
  3. You go first to model how to carry out the activity. Choose and object/picture to put in the bag.
  4. Give a description of the item - model using the symbol boards to find words you could use to describe the item.
  5. Encourage the child to guess and then swap roles.

Make sure your child/student has an understanding of the basic concepts, e.g. heavy/light, hard/soft before playing this game.

 

To make this activity easier, you could give your child/student a selection of pictures they can look at while you are giving clues to see if they can find the one you are describing.
Label a picture

- A selection of photographs or pictures of objects - you could cut them out from a newspaper, magazine or catalogue.

- Paper

- Glue

- Optional - adjective symbol charts - click here to print.

1. Choose a picture and cut it out and stick in the middle of the paper.

2. Explain to your child/student that you are going to think of ways to describe the picture in front of you.

3. As your child/student thinks of words, draw arrows from the centre of the picture to label the item.

4. If you child/student is finding it hard to think of words, you could give some choices, e.g. 'do you think it is soft or hard?', or ask a question, 'what do think it is made of?'
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