i want to teach phrase/sentence construction to preschools.?

Question

how to make it more creative?

oh..guys, just simple phrases or sentence will do..i think it would be very helpful for them, if early learning could actually make the ater learning easier...maybe i could give them a jumpstart.

example:
how to compose sentences with these words:

mother balloon the dog
he table is car
apple they ate are

how can i make a lesson plan out of it?
this will serve as my teaching demonstration..i really appreciate the help guys!

Answer 1

Use lots and lots of manipulatives. You can create sentences and work on grammar structures using any toys. In order for them to get the structure completely, they should be able to understand it receptively, model you, and give it to you expressively on demand. Then hopefully they will pick it up and use it in their spontaneous language. If you would like to email me with some specific structures you have in mind, I can give you some more specific ideas! Good luck!

Answer 2

My first question when I saw your question was, why? Admittedly, I don't know anything about pre-school education. I've taught secondary and some college over the past 15 years.

So I don't have concrete ideas to give you on how to teach, but I can offer you some creative jump-starts.

1) Work on getting them to speak in complete sentences. If a child only speaks in phrases, that might be a red flag of speech/hearing difficulty or even a disability. The sooner a child gets help, the sooner s/he can recover and get up to grade level when s/he starts school.

2) Get them to work on social development. Emphasize character (fairness, caring, trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, citizenship -- these come from Character Counts!). Emphasize good manners, and using please and thank you on a regular basis. The seeds you plant now will continue to grow and bloom forever. I'd emphasize social talk more than social writing. Emphasize being clear about asking for what they want, and using who, what, when, where, how, and why. Get them to talk about their feelings.

3) If they are writing (do they write that young?) get them to focus on simple sentences, with a capital at the beginning, as many words spelled correctly as they can, and a period (or other appropriate punctuation) at the end.

Most phrase and sentence construction begins in elementary schools, or late kinder. I'm not sure if pre-school is the time or place to teach this. So far as I know, pre-school is a place where kids are working on getting along, sharing, learning what friendship is, being cooperative, learning how to be part of a group and how to play alone. They learn colors, numbers, letters, and how to speak clearly. Real academic work doesn't start til kinder, and progresses more and more with each grade and level.

I hope this helps. Cheers, K

Answer 3

I'm not sure if you are aware of Developmentally Appropriate Practices issued by the NCYAE, but I'm pretty sure that sentence construction is far too advanced for preschool. They just don't have the cognitive processing abilities for that. You can encourage them to speak in complete sentences and use their words in arguments, but really that is about it.

Answer 4

Make the learning more meaningful to the students. Bring in realia, things that the students can actually see when teaching a specific theme.

Answer 5

Marie Montessori had 9 symbols which are different colors she used to teach the parts of speech I don't have time to research it for you but look up some of her stuff.

http://www.montessoriresources.com/-NINE-BASIC-GRAMMAR-SYMBOLS-P88C6.aspx

Here is info on a Bingo game:
http://www.amonco.org/montessori_grammar_bingo.html