Pupils understand and use single words, signs or symbols for familiar actions
Early years skill: | Speaking |
Early years typical range: | 8-20m |
P-scales/Curriculum skill: | English Speaking |
P-scales/Curriculum level: | P4 |
TAP skill: | Expressive Language |
TAP level: | TAP24 |
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 |
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Play with miniatures | Give a commentary on what the child is doing, for example "Dolly's drinking", "Mohammed is pushing the car", "the car crashed!". | |
Make toy animals/teddy/doll do various actions | The child listens and does the actions, then the child indicates what actions you or another child should do. | |
Simon Says type game | Children take it in turns to tell what others in the group should do, for example 'clap', 'jump', 'sit down'. | You can use pictures as prompts to help children give commands. |
Checking pupils understanding of verbs being targeted Pictures of actions You could use photos, or create using symbols | You might need to check also that the child associates the picture with the actual action that they can see happening or can experience - with familiar pictures some children may learn to associate words with those particular pictures rather than with something they can do or experience. | |
Posting games Pictures of verbs, post box For the verb pictures, you could use photos, or create using symbols | Give the pupil time to name the action. Help them by giving a prompt (e.g. a forced alternative, the first sound. or the word or sign to repeat) | |
Dice Pictures of verbs on a die For the pictures, you could use photos, or create using symbols | ||
Feely bag Bag containing objects which you can do actions with. | ||
Verb pictures Pictures of actions on cards You could use photos, or create using symbols | ||
Throw the beanbag Pictures of actions on cards Beanbag For the pictures of actions, you could use photos, or create using symbols |