Language, 4–6 years — 20 topics · MyLeoNes™ Kuks
20 language topics written for 4–6 years — not a older text simplified. In teaching order, each a deck of five cards: the idea, why it exists, a worked example, the common trap and where you meet it.
Language · 4–6 years
A sentence can tell a whole thought
A few words can work together to tell someone what is happening. A sentence feels complete enough for another person to understand your message.
Action words tell what happens
Some words show an action or a change, such as run, open or sleep. They help us make a picture of what is happening.
Changing one sound can make a new word
A tiny change in a spoken word can change what it means, even when nearly all the sounds stay the same.
Details help someone picture the right thing
When a listener cannot see what you mean, useful details guide their mind. Size, colour, place and action can turn a vague message into a clear one.
Letters can be big or small
A letter can have a big form and a small form. We use them in different places when we write.
Letters can stand for sounds
When we see a letter, we can connect it with a sound and use several letters to read a word.
Questions open a space for an answer
A question shows that you want to find something out. It gives the other person a useful job: provide the missing piece or explain what they know.
Some words mean nearly the same
Different words can point to a similar idea. Choosing one can make a sentence sound just right.
Some words show opposites
Words such as hot and cold point in opposite directions. Opposite words help us compare things clearly.
Spaces separate words
A small empty space helps our eyes see where one written word ends and the next one begins.
Stories have an order
A story makes more sense when we know what happened first, next and last.
Taking turns helps a conversation work
A conversation is something two or more people build together. Listening and taking turns help each person be heard.
Two words can join to make a new word
Sometimes two familiar words join and name one thing, such as “rain” and “coat” making “raincoat”.
Words can make a request kinder
The words around a request affect how it feels to hear it. Please and thank you help people work together, without being magic spells.
Words can rhyme
Rhyming words have an ending sound that matches or nearly matches, such as “cat” and “hat”.
Words can show one or many
A word can sometimes change when there is more than one thing. This helps listeners know whether to look for one object or a group.
Words can show when something happens
We can talk about something happening now or something that already happened. Small changes in words help place an event in time.
Words can start with the same sound
Listen to the first sound in a word. When two words begin alike, your ears can notice the link before you see any letters.
Words have beats
A word can be broken into spoken beats, or syllables, which we can hear and clap.
Words name the world
Words help us point to people, things, actions and feelings, even when they are not in front of us.
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