Helping with vocabulary
Helping your child to learn new words gives them better UNDERSTANDING about the world around them and a greater ability to COMMUNICATE their thoughts and feelings.
Without a good vocabulary, children will read slower, find it difficult to remember new concepts, tune out of conversations around them and may even have trouble organising their thoughts.
Lots of research has suggested that young people with good vocabularies do better at school. It is so IMPORTANT that it can not be left to chance.
Here are some ideas of how you can do this in a FUN way that won’t take extra time out of your day.
Speak to them like an adult
Why wait until you think they are ready to hear more ‘grown up’ vocabulary? Use it now.
Read to them
Reading to them is the perfect opportunity to discuss meanings of words that come up in the text. Explain briefly so you don’t lose the flow but after you have finished reading, go back and talk about the words some more.
Scan ahead
When they are reading to you, take a few minutes to scan the pages to see if there are words you think they will not know. Teach them how to read those words as well as the meaning before they start. This will really help their confidence and comprehension.
Synonyms & antonyms
Think of SYNONYMS (similar words) and ANTONYMS (opposite words) to the new word you are learning. This will deepen their understanding and help with writing too.
Create a word wall
Create a WORD WALL by writing new words on Post It notes and putting them somewhere visible around the house. Labelling objects for younger children is a great use of this idea.
What next?
If you would like to book your child on one of my programmes, please contact me for further information.