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Activity: On the farm

Materials:
Construction paper, paper, pen or pencil, colored markers or crayons, glue, scissors, hole punch, colored yarn or ribbon
Time:
30 minutes
Skills:
Writing skills, grammar

Use a theme, such as “on the farm,” to build sentences with your child. Follow these instructions to turn your child's sentences into an illustrated book:

  1. Begin with a simple sentence that includes a noun and a verb: Ducks quack.
  2. Ask your child to add an adjective: Five ducks quack.
  3. Add an article: The five ducks quack.
  4. Ask your child to add an adverb: The five ducks quack loudly.
  5. Repeat the procedure for all the animals on the farm.
  6. Use colored construction paper to make a book called On the Farm.
  7. Have your child draw a picture based on each expanded sentence, then help your child rewrite each sentence as a caption for the corresponding pictures.
  8. Ask your child to draw a book cover.
  9. Finally, line up the book pages, punch holes in them and use colored yarn or ribbon to bind the book together.