This rhyming words matching activity lets PreK to 1st grade children match picture cards that rhyme, like cat and hat. A practice page and answer key included.
This pictures and words context clues activity lets PreK to 1st grade children hold up a sign to show whether a fact came from the picture or the words. Answer key included.
Using The Pumpkin Book Unknown Words Activity, students use context clues to figure out unknown words in a text to build their reading comprehension.
This color word activity has preschool to 1st grade students match ten paint can color words to bright picture cards. Answer key included.
Match rhyming pictures like star and car in this rhyming words Christmas activity for preschool to 1st grade, with ornament picture cards and a practice page. An answer key is included.
This rainforest vocabulary matching activity helps Preschool to 1st grade children match eight rainforest pictures to their words, with helper cards, a practice page and an answer key included.
This we go together activity is a picture memory game for Preschool to 1st Grade where children match two things that belong together, with a matching mat, practice page and answer key included.
Using this Find the Groups Grouping Activity, students place picture objects in the most appropriate category based on where it fits best.
This weather words activity has PreK-2nd grade students hunt for weather cards around the room and write each word they find. Two word sets and an answer key included.
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Preschool is a word explosion. Children learn the names for everyday things around them, like colors, shapes, numbers, foods and animals. They start sorting words into groups: an apple and a banana are both fruits. They learn describing words like big, soft and bumpy, and position words like over, under and next to. Hearing stories and songs every day gives them new words they wouldn't hear in everyday talk. The click moment is when a child uses a new word all on their own, like "That dinosaur is enormous!"
Young children learn words by seeing, hearing and using them over and over. These moves make that easy and fun.
Show a picture card, say the word and have children repeat it. Then ask a quick question: "What color is the apple?" Pairing the picture with talk helps the word stick, and the question gets children using it right away.
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 withPreschool Vocabulary Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Play a letter song and pause after each word to point to its picture. Children love singing along, and songs bring in words they don't hear in everyday talk. Sing the same song all week so the words become old friends.
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 withLetter B Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Call out a color word and have children find something in the room that matches. Then hold up the color word card so they see how it looks written. Moving around while learning keeps preschoolers engaged.
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 withColor Word ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Words become games, pictures and giggles.
ActivitiesChildren match pictures that rhyme, like cat and hat. Say each pair out loud together.
Open Rhyming Words Matching Activity →
WorksheetsRead a picnic story where some words are pictures. Children "read" the pictures out loud.
Open Picnic Day Rebus Worksheet →
Flash CardsPost shape word cards and have children find each shape around the room or on a walk.
Open Shapes Word Wall →Teacher favorites right now: Rhyming Words Matching Activity, Pictures and Words Context Clues Activity and The Pumpkin Book Unknown Words Activity.
Vocabulary grows quickly in the preschool years, and children learn new words almost every day. What matters most is that they keep learning words and start using them in sentences. If you have concerns, talk with your pediatrician or child's teacher.
Read together every day, talk about what you see, and use rich words like "enormous" instead of only "big." Ask questions that need more than a yes or no answer.
Start with words for everyday things: colors, shapes, numbers, body parts, foods, animals and family members. Then add describing words and position words like over and under.
Yes, when they are used for talking and playing, not drilling. Show a card, talk about the picture and connect it to something real in the child's world.
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