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Meeting and using everyday words. Little Roos has 6 free games that practise it, for ages 3-8.
Where it fits
In the Early Years Learning Framework V2.0 (birth to five) and the Australian Curriculum v9 (Foundation to Year 2), with the official wording:
- AC9EFLA08 (Australian Curriculum v9: English, Foundation): recognise and develop awareness of vocabulary used in familiar contexts related to everyday experiences, personal interests and topics taught at school.
- EYLF 5.1 (Early Years Learning Framework V2.0): Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes.
Games that practise it
- Spelling Bee: Putting letters in order until they make a word. Ages 5-8.
- A Rhyme at a Time: Hearing which words end the same way. Ages 4-7.
- Blend It, Bandicoot: Blending sounds into words: hear s … u … n, and find the sun. Ages 4-6.
- The Big Summer Scene: Counting out a number of things, and where they go: in, on, up. Ages 3-5.
- Lorikeet's Opposites: Opposites: big and small, full and empty, up and down. Ages 3-6.
- Butterfly's Weather: Weather words, and what to wear: sunny and rainy, windy and calm, hot and cold. Ages 3-6.
Away from the screen
About two minutes each, with things most homes have.
Fridge words (from Spelling Bee)
- Pick a short word from the game, like sun.
- Say it slowly together: s … u … n.
- Make it with fridge letters, bottle caps with letters on, or letters written on paper.
Rhyme ping-pong (from A Rhyme at a Time)
- Say a word: bat.
- Your child says a word that rhymes: hat, mat, sat. Made-up words count too.
- Keep going back and forth until you run out, then pick a new word.
Things to ask while they play
- What sound does this word start with?
- What sound comes next?
- Say them both out loud. Do they sound the same at the end?
- Can you think of another word that rhymes?
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