Section 7.5

USING THE WORD 'FIRST' AND 'LAST' CORRECTLY'

MAIN ACTIVITY

        1. 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.
        2. Use toy cars or bricks. Ask the child to ‘Put the red car first’ and ‘Put the blue car last’.
        3. 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?

        1. 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’.
        2. 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’.
        3. 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?

        1. Model the activity and then get your child to copy.
        2. Use less toys.
        3. Just focus on the words ‘first’ and ‘not first’ to start with. Introduce ‘last’ after a few days.