Sahamamama Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I'm looking for a resource for doing gentle, ORAL grammar work with young children (preschoolers), and what I'm specifically trying to find is material that provides oral language exercises like this: Did he keep the soccer ball? Yes, he kept the soccer ball. Did she sweep the kitchen floor? Yes, she swept the kitchen floor. Did Little Brother sleep well last night? Yes, Little Brother slept well last night. Did he weep when he chopped the onions? Yes, he wept when he chopped the onions. Did you catch the firefly in grass? Yes, I caught the firefly in the grass. Did I teach you to speak English well? Yes, you taught me to speak English well. :D Also, if you've seen anything similar that drills or provides practice with PREPOSITIONS, that would be fabulous. Thanks! I'm beginning to think I might have to do this from scratch. :confused: :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 If it's for a native English speaking pre-schooler, I wouldn't bother... Irregular verbs are tricky for kids and their brains are doing a really good job of simply finding and sticking to rules like 'add -ed for past tense'. If your child is still doing it at age 7 or 8, it's worth fixing, but it'll probably pass on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Have you looked at FLL? The first one is very gentle and you may be able to find what you're looking for skipping around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Have you looked at FLL? The first one is very gentle and you may be able to find what you're looking for skipping around. Yes, we have this, and I used it with my K'er last year. It's great for grammar, and does have a few OLEs... but the group of preschoolers I'm working with needs something different, something that practices specific aspects of the language that are not going to be practiced at home. That's about all I want to say here. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Have you looked through the samples of Language Lessons put out by Queens Homeschool? They start off for the very young and are quite gentle. I'm not sure if they cover what you'd like them to though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Maybe Oral Language Lessons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishmommy Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) I found a great little book that presents some of these concepts in a fun little story. I bought it at Half Price Books and haven't really seen it anywhere else (but I hadn't heard of it before, so I wasn't looking). You could just go over the story and talk about the "characters". http://www.amazon.com/How-Speak-Politely-Munro-Leaf/dp/0789313529 Even my kids, who have proper grammar modeled for them, learned quite a bit from this book. Edited January 15, 2011 by Irishmommy wording Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 http://www.amazon.com/Building-Oral-Language-Skills-PreK-K/dp/054510100X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295064450&sr=8-1-fkmr0 http://www.amazon.com/Activities-Language-Development-Jodene-Smith/dp/1420633929/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1295064450&sr=8-2-fkmr0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Maybe Oral Language Lessons? That looks perfect! Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 http://www.amazon.com/Building-Oral-Language-Skills-PreK-K/dp/054510100X/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1295064450&sr=8-1-fkmr0 This resource looks like a great one for me as a teacher of a certain little group of preschoolers. ;) It guides the teacher towards building focused oral language activities (e.g., purposeful teacher talk, one-on-one conversations, group discussions, grammatical modeling/group call-back, storytelling, retelling, listening centers, and direct instruction) into the day. Thank you for finding this! :D Lots of good stuff in this book. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Have you looked at FLL? The first one is very gentle and you may be able to find what you're looking for skipping around. Thanks. I did pick out some "stuff" from FLL last night, so thanks for reminding me! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 This resource looks like a great one for me as a teacher of a certain little group of preschoolers. ;) It guides the teacher towards building focused oral language activities (e.g., purposeful teacher talk, one-on-one conversations, group discussions, grammatical modeling/group call-back, storytelling, retelling, listening centers, and direct instruction) into the day. Thank you for finding this! :D Lots of good stuff in this book. :D Thanks. I did pick out some "stuff" from FLL last night, so thanks for reminding me! :D This was a really nice way to wake up to the hive :) I'm so glad I could help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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