Assignment 6

Module 6

Fatima Ali
MDC5239

Question 4: How do we introduce the concept of noun, article, adjective and

verb to the child with the help of farm environment?
Materials

Objectives
Presentation

Presentation

Collection of objects/animals.
Colour-coded grammar cards - nouns (black), adjectives (royal blue),
verbs (red), articles (grey)
To learn, through the cards, the grammatical structure of phrases and
sentences.
Introduce the child to the box and allow him/her to set up the farm and
discuss the objects and what the various animals are doing. This is very
good for second-language children and language-delayed children as it
gives them the opportunity to explore in an unpressurised environment.
When the child has worked with the early grammar noun cards, you
can introduce him/her to the noun cards in the farm. Ask the child to set
up farm and take out the black cards, the naming cards. S/he can then
read the first card and either place it against the object, or bring the
object down to the card.

If the child is enthralled by an object and wants to start with that

particular one, do not worry. It just means that the child has to read
more cards as s/he has to read through the pile to find the
appropriate card.

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Presentation

Module 6

Fatima Ali
MDC5239

Again, once the child has worked with the early grammar adjective
cards, you can introduce him/her to the adjective cards in the farm box,
showing him/her how to place the adjective cards in front of the noun
cards (revision of noun and adjective game). The child reads the noun
card, finds the object and is asked to read through the adjective cards to
find a word that describes the object, e.g., plump to go with piglet.
At this point, you can also introduce the first set of article cards in
lower case, showing the child how to place this in front of the adjective
card.

The child then puts the cards at the bottom of their respective piles,
reads the next noun card man, looks through the adjective cards and
finds strong, e.g., the strong man. The child continues using the
cards in this way.

Presentation

The next cards to be introduced are the verb and upper case article
cards. The verb cards are placed after the noun and the article cards are
placed before the adjective cards. The child reads the first noun card
and finds the object man. S/he then finds a suitable adjective card,
strong. You then ask, What does the strong man do? S/he may
respond, after looking through the verb cards, stands. You remind
him/her that s/he is building a sentence, so the article card needs to start
with a capital letter. S/he finds the card, The and the sentence is
complete, The strong man stands. If you are using them, remind the
child to place a full stop card at the end of the sentence.

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Module 6

Fatima Ali
MDC5239

On each occasion the cards are returned to the bottom of their

respective piles so that the child can read the next card. The child then
reads the next noun card and continues sentence building as before.