Using the Science Songs (MP3 Album), students learn about different science concepts while listening to these upbeat and catchy songs.
Using the Verb Rap Song (MP3), students will be able to define, give examples and use verbs in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
Opposites flash cards for Preschool through 1st Grade: 12 fold-over picture cards teach 24 opposite words, with a practice page and answer key included for fun, hands-on vocabulary review.
These action verbs flash cards help preschool through 3rd grade children name 18 actions with fold-over picture and word cards and model sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.
In this position words activity, preschool to 1st grade children match butterfly pictures to above, below, next to, in front of, and behind. Answer key included.
Using the Subject and Predicate Song (Original Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use subjects and predicates in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
These noun flash cards for preschool to 4th grade pair 18 bright pictures with their nouns so children learn people, places, animals, and things. Answer key included.
This noun bingo activity has 24 picture cards and 4 boards for Preschool to 2nd Grade, plus a practice page with an answer key included, so kids learn nouns while they play.
Using the Verb Rap Song (Original Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use verbs in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
Songs for Kids Download by Have Fun Teaching has 18 fun and educational songs for kids.
Using this Simile Song (Original Music Video), your students learn about how to use similes in order to bring emotion and feeling into their writing.
Naming words, doing words, fun words!
Preschool grammar is all about talking, not rules. Children learn that some words name things (nouns like dog, ball and mom) and some words tell what we do (verbs like run, jump and eat). They hear and use position words like in, on and under, and opposites like big and little. Mostly, they are learning to speak in longer, more complete sentences: "I want juice" grows into "I want apple juice in my blue cup." Every time you add a word to what your child says, you are teaching grammar.
Preschoolers learn grammar by hearing it, saying it and acting it out. Here is how we make that happen.
Play the verb rap and have kids do every action as they hear it: jump, clap, spin. Afterward, ask, "What did your body do?" Acting out verbs gives preschoolers a way to feel what a doing word is.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withVerb Rap Song (Original Music Video)SongsOpen it →Flip through noun flash cards and have kids name each one in a full sentence: "That is a truck." Then ask a silly follow-up: "Can a truck eat lunch?" Short, playful and lots of talking.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withNoun Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Show an action verb card and one child acts it out while the others guess. Then everyone says it together in a sentence: "She is hopping!" The guessing game keeps everyone watching and talking.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withAction Verbs Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Grammar games for little ones should be loud, wiggly and short.
ActivitiesCall out a naming word and kids cover the picture. Say "BINGO!" in your best announcer voice.
Open Noun BINGO →
Flash CardsShow big and little, or happy and sad. Kids freeze in a pose that shows each word.
Open Opposites Flash Cards →
ActivitiesPut a teddy bear in, on or under a box. Kids say where it is in a full sentence.
Open Position Words Activity →Teacher favorites right now: Science Songs (MP3 Album), Verb Rap Song (MP3) and Opposites Flash Cards.
Not formal grammar rules. Preschool grammar is about building spoken language: using nouns and verbs, position words and longer sentences. That talking is the foundation for reading and writing later.
A noun is a naming word for a person, place or thing, like mom, park or ball. Preschoolers can learn it simply as "a word that names something."
Repeat what they say and add a little more. If they say "Dog run," you say "Yes, the dog is running fast!" This gentle expanding is one of the best ways to grow language.
Yes. Saying "I runned" or "two mouses" shows your child is learning rules and applying them. Just model the right word in your reply without correcting.
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