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USING THE WORD 'FIRST' AND 'LAST' CORRECTLY'
MAIN ACTIVITY
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- Collect some toys and put them in a line. Ask the child to point to the ‘first’ and ‘last’ in the line. Repeat with different toys.
- Use toy cars or bricks. Ask the child to ‘Put the red car first’ and ‘Put the blue car last’.
- Ask the children to ‘Move the black car first’ and ‘move the yellow car last’. Repeat with different colours.
HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS ACTIVITY MORE CHALLENGING?
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- Use the words ‘first’ and ‘last’ throughout the day. For example, ‘Hassan was first to sit in the car’, ‘Aisha was the last to finish her dinner’.
- Link ‘first’ and ‘last’ to time activities, for example ‘When we go shopping we will collect the fruit first’ and ‘We will go to Poundland last’.
- Ask your child ‘What did you do ‘first’/’last’? This can be done easily when you read a book together, for example ‘What did Goldilocks do ‘first’?
HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS ACTIVITY EASIER?
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- Model the activity and then get your child to copy.
- Use less toys.
- Just focus on the words ‘first’ and ‘not first’ to start with. Introduce ‘last’ after a few days.