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understanding of familiar object names 
Pupils show an understanding of names of familiar objects.
| Early years skill: | Understanding |
| Early years typical range: | 8-20m |
| P-scales/Nat. Curriculum skill: | English Listening |
| P-scales/Nat. Curriculum level: | P4 |
| TAP skill: | Language Understanding |
| TAP level: | TAP24 |
| 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 |
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Teddy (or doll, or monster etc); Play food (or objects - especially if you have a monster which can eat anything!) |
Put out two or more food items or objects. Make the animal ask for something, e.g. 'apple'. The child has to find the correct item to feed the animal. |
If the child picks up the wrong item, the animal shakes its head and refuses to eat it. If they pick the right item, the animal makes a big show of eating it. |
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Pictures of everyday objects, post box |
Have two to four pictures of objects spread out in front of the child. Say or sign the name of one of the pictures for the child to post. In a small group: each child can have one or two pictures in front of them. If their picture is called out they put it in the post box. |
To make it easier: use a sign or gesture; reduce the number of cards the child needs to look at. |
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Lotto boards with four (or more) pictures on, set of picture cards corresponding to the pictures on the boards. (The lotto boards can consist of black and white photocopies of the colour picture cards). |
Signs will help the children understand the words. If the child calls out when they don't have the picture on their board, show them that the picture won't match to any on their board. |
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Eight picture cards, small piece of paper with a fish drawn on it |
A sign will help the child to understand the word. At first you may need to point to pictures to help the child know which one you are talking about. |
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Pictures with paper clips attached, magnetic fishing rods, 'pond' e.g. a flat box |
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Soft toys such as a teddy; Clothing items to go on the toys. |
Some times it is physically easier to take cloths off than to put them on - adapt the game for taking off! Have fun with this game! |
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