Kindergarten Activity No 35 – Prepositions

Teaching Prepositions to young children

Prepositions are an important part of the language and help children to create more complex sentences. These are  examples of some prepositions: in, on, at, around, above, near. It is important that children learn these words from a young age so that they can carry out instructions.

Learning about prepositions doesn’t have to be boring. Teach prepositions through playing games and by presenting enjoyable activities so that the children can learn while they have fun.

Children benefit from repetition and from learning in a variety of different ways. When you introduce a new concept make them use all their senses to learn. Use movement, touch, sight, and hearing to teach children. This is called multi-sensory teaching. When they experience learning by using different senses, they learn more easily and retain the information better.

Follow the preposition

 

For this activity you need:   a box (big enough for your child to go into).

This multisensory game is intended to support the use of prepositions and to help children understand them. It consists of having your child listen to a set of directions and follow them. It involves movement, thus making it more fun and easier for them to learn and remember. Encourage your child to listen attentively to the directions given. This will help him/her develop his/her listening skills.

How to play this game:

1. Give the child a large box.
2. Then give him/her directions such as:

• “Put the box in front of you”
• “Jump over the box”
• “Put the box between you and the wall”
• “Walk around the box”.

 

Where does it go?

This is another multisensory activity which involves teaching prepositions through playing a game. It involves real objects, thus making the activity concrete and easier to learn and remember. Once again encourage your child to listen attentively to the instructions given.

To play this game you need:  a toy and a box

How to play this game:

Tell your child that you are going to give him a set of instructions. S/he must listen attentively to these instructions and follow them.

Give him/her directions such as:

1. “Put the toy on the box”
2. “Put the toy in the box”
3. “Put the toy under the box”
4. “Put the toy next to the box”.

Where is Teddy?

Watch this power point presentation with your child to consolidate learning.

Prepositions Ms Marita

Ms Marita K2.3