Activities To Work Language Competence At Home – I’m A Mom
Linguistic competence consists of using language properly to communicate and interact with other people, both orally and in writing. This is one of the basic educational skills. But how can we work on language competence at home? Next, we will propose some activities to achieve this goal.
Activities to work on language competence at home
If the activities and games described below are put into practice, the little ones in the house will be able to improve verbal expression, mental speed, attention, social skills and other skills that will be beneficial to their development.
Discover how to have fun as a family while the little ones work on language competence!
the question phone
To start playing, participants should sit on the floor and form a circle so that everyone can see each other’s faces clearly.
One of the players must ask a question in the ear of the player to his right, who must answer the question asked also in the other’s ear. That participant must then ask the person to their right a question and memorize the answer received. This process must be repeated until the circle is completed.
Then, each of the participants must say, one at a time and out loud, what was the question they received and then say the answer they received. That way the questions won’t have anything to do with the answers, which can be really funny.
The backpack sequence, an ideal game for working on language skills at home
Before starting the game, participants must establish an order to be followed, so that the first player says out loud: “I’m going away and I’m taking it in my backpack…”, completing this sentence with the name of an object, like, for example, “a ball” .
Then, the next player will have to repeat this phrase, but will need to remember the object the previous player said and add a new one to the list. This should be repeated so that the phrase becomes more and more complicated, until one of the players cannot accurately remember the series of objects listed.
build a sentence
In this game, several words are said, about four or five. Then, each of the players must invent and write a sentence or a story in which all these words are included.
To decide who wins, you can choose to set a time limit (about two or three minutes) and, when the set time is up, all sentences or stories must be read aloud for an outsider play the role of judge, deciding which is the best and the most original.
It is also possible to decide the winner taking into account the speed, that is, the participant who finishes writing first wins.
Phrases with initials
To perform this activity, a random letter must be said out loud (for example, “letter c”). Then, a timer should be triggered for a duration of one minute. During this period, participants must create a sentence that contains the greatest number of words starting with the previously selected letter. For example, “Carlos eats caramel with his colleagues”.
When the time is up, each player must say aloud the sentence they wrote and count the number of words that begin with the letter in question. The participant who builds the sentence with more words that start with the established letter wins. This person will also be in charge of starting a new round and therefore choosing a different letter to form the sentences.
In summary, as you can see, there are countless options for games and activities to work on language competence at home with the little ones. Just have a little imagination and take time to have fun with the family while the little ones learn. So what are you waiting for to have fun with your kids?
