See and Learn First Word Pictures Activities
See and Learn First Word Pictures - Guide to the activities
Activities
See and Learn First Word Pictures consists of
4 activities:
For full details, see the instructions for each activity by
following the links.
Progressing through the activities
Begin by working through the activities in the order shown in the box with the first
set of 4 picture cards shown on the Looking
at First Word Pictures record sheet.
Once your child has looked at these pictures (Activity
1), can match them (Activity 2)
and is showing that he/she understands the words on these picture cards (Activity
3), you can help your child practice naming this set of
4 words (Activity 4). At
the same time, start looking at another set of pictures (Activity
1 - Looking at First Word Pictures).
This means that you can be working with your child on more than one activity at
any particular time, but using different sets of pictures in each activity.
Following your child's lead
See and Learn Language and Reading is not a rigid program
- you will need to be flexible and follow your child's lead. Individual children
will make different rates of progress through the activities and take different
lengths of time to complete See and Learn First Word Pictures.
While we encourage you to work through each activity as we describe them, some children
do not enjoy matching and will go from
Activity 1 to Activity 3
- they will be able to show you they have learned the words for the pictures by
selecting the correct pictures.
Similarly, some children may have good understanding but cannot yet say or sign
the word (Activity 4). While continuing
with Activity 4 for the words your
child understands at Activity 3,
you can also move to the steps in the next stage consisting of
See and Learn First Written Words and
See and Learn More Word Pictures.
Because some children find saying words particularly difficult, we do not want to
hold back their ability to learn to understand and/or read a wider range of words.
Recording your child's progress
Use the First Word Pictures record sheets to
record your child's progress through the activities and plan his/her practice sessions.
Common questions
Before starting any of the activities,
read the answers to these common questions about the See and Learn
Language and Reading program: