Toddlers use all their senses look around the world around them. That's how they learn. It is an important duration of their lives to understand sounds, learn word meanings and develop fine and gross motor skills. As an adult, you need to talk to the child as they play, read to them at each opportunity and sing fun songs. The easiest times that we take for granted, like bath time for instance, is really a learning time for your child. These activities will address using size words: big / small; big, bigger, biggest; small, smaller, smallest.
Toddlers use all their senses look around the world around them. That's how they learn. It is an important duration of their lives to know sounds, learn word meanings and develop fine and gross motor skills. Being an adult, you should speak with the child because they play, read for them at every opportunity and sing fun songs. The simplest times that people ignore, like bath time for example, is a learning time for your child. This lesson addresses using size words: big / small; big, bigger, biggest; small, smaller, smallest.
Begin the lesson by getting the interest of the toddlers! Bring in some adult size dress up clothes. Walk in with an over-sized jacket or shoes! If they are laughing or taking a look at you inside a strange way question them, 'What is wrong with what I am wearing?" Hopefully someone will say, 'It's too big!" Then have willing children put on some from the clothes on top of their very own. Ask the students the things they think. They all are too big.
Have three different sizes of a similar item. This can be 3 containers, 3 books, 3 toys, 3 dolls, 3 balls or something similar. Consult with the children which one is the biggest and why. Choose two children to stand along with you and get, 'Which one of us is the biggest?"
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Use three balls: big, bigger and biggest. Teacher stands in the center of a circle of scholars and tosses the ball to some student saying, 'This is a huge ball!" Student tosses it back saying, 'This is a big ball." Continue round the circle till everyone gets a turn. Then perform the same goes with the following ball, 'This is a bigger ball!" Finally, do the same with the final ball, 'This is the biggest ball!"
Gather the scholars around you. Show them the doll clothes and let them know that they're your clothes and you are likely to put them on. Someone will say, 'No, too small!" Ask if someone within the class can put them on. 'No, too small!"
Show them pictures of the items you have (elephant, baby, etc.) Ask if the item is very large or small.
1.Endure an item just like a book and ask a student to locate one that is smaller than the one you have.
2.Ask students to bring you three crayons. Then possess the students decide which may be the smallest.
3. Have a partner activity! One individual makes a tower with blocks. The partner then makes a bigger(or smaller) one.
4. Hold up a cracker and get someone to allow it to be smaller. Yum!
The concepts of big and small , the comparison words: small, smaller, smallest and big, bigger, biggest should be reinforced all year long. This is especially true for any of the math vocabulary words like long, short, tall, light, heavy, empty, full and so forth. Once you introduce a thing continue using teachable moments to strengthen the vocabulary.
If you are working on shapes, find large and small types of the shape. It might appear just like a small move to make but it makes a huge difference!
Ideas come from the author's twenty-five many years of teaching in preschool and elementary settings.