Development of Language: Sequencing Activities
As your children start to get older and learn the elements of a story, one of the most important things they will learn is how to sequence a story. Sequencing is when you put the events of a story in order. This skill carries over in to many skills concerning language development and story structure.
Some examples of
Some examples of
are putting things in chronological order, steps of a recipe or instructions, and even life cycles provide a sequential format. Examples of sequencing are seen in life every day. If you have ever seen the cartoon Dora, they do sequencing all the time as Dora has the children repeat the things they will be doing in the order they need to be done in. This skill, of putting events in order, helps with comprehension and helps with breaking large tasks in to small ones. It will also help memory and recollection when children are learning how to recall the sequence of events.
Make it a practice to ask about the sequence of events in your everyday life. Ask your child what they did when they woke up this morning. Take a movie or cartoon they just watched and ask them how it started. Use these sequencing cards to help them visually see a story taking place and teach them how to place them in order. Even take things a step further and ask them why it is important to do things in a certain order. Also encourage them to "predict" what will happen next. What are some major steps in this sequence? All these questions and
Make it a practice to ask about the sequence of events in your everyday life. Ask your child what they did when they woke up this morning. Take a movie or cartoon they just watched and ask them how it started. Use these sequencing cards to help them visually see a story taking place and teach them how to place them in order. Even take things a step further and ask them why it is important to do things in a certain order. Also encourage them to "predict" what will happen next. What are some major steps in this sequence? All these questions and
will get their minds working in areas that their teachers will address.
We can not tell what is going on in the minds of little ones, but you can get some tangible items to help see what they are thinking. These
We can not tell what is going on in the minds of little ones, but you can get some tangible items to help see what they are thinking. These
are a great resource to get a window in to your children's mind and to create comfort in ordering events. When they are comfortable putting events in order, it will be easier for them to follow a step of directions in school too. The order becomes important and these
can help with that.
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