Word Recognition Art and Game

Word Recognition for 3 year old

For Faith, I have been focusing on word recognition lately and while reading to her, I realized that like my other children at that age, she can't differentiate each individual word clearly yet. Hence, in order to help her differentiate the individual word, we did this little art and craft, and word game activity.  

Basically, she used the scissors of different edges to cut out shapes. The different edged scissors just makes her shapes a little more interesting. I am encouraging her to cut paper using a pair of scissors in order to train her motor skills. 

Faith used the cut out shapes to form random items.

For the butterfly, I have to help her to cut out the shape of the wings because she had great difficulty trying to cut out the shape. Yet, she insisted on making a butterfly. 

After completing her art, I wrote out the sight words and the vocabulary on different coloured papers. Identical sight words are written on a specific coloured paper. 

e.g. The word "This" is on green coloured paper. 

       The word " is" is on pink coloured paper.

       The word " a" is on yellow coloured paper.
       The vocabulary word/noun is on light green coloured              paper. 

Through this activity, I hope to help her see that a sentence is made up of several individual words. Moreover, the sentence structure would become more apparent to her.

I mixed them up randomly and began my word game. Faith have to pick out the words that I asked for. 

I asked her to identify each word to form the sentences. 

After learning to recognize each word, I mixed up the words again and got her to form the sentences by herself this time round. 

After getting the sentence right, she is allowed to paste the words on her art piece. 

This is an easy activity for word recognition. All you need is some coloured paper, a pair of scissors and a black marker. 

Simile

Simile: A simile is a direct comparison between two unlike things.

Simile can be useful to describe people or things during writing. 

Natalie was doing a worksheet on this and I decided to compile a list for her for easy reference. 

As fat as a pig

As crafty as a fox

As timid as a mouse

As wise as an owl

As loud as thunder

As white as snow

As proud as a peacock

As colourful as a rainbow

As cool as a cucumber

As graceful as swans

As fast as a hare

As brave as a bear

As big as an elephant

As black as coal

As blind as bat

As busy as a bee

As clear as crystal

As easy as ABC

As fresh as a daisy

As gentle as lamb

As heavy as lead

As innocent as a lamb

As light as a feather

As playful as a kitten

As quick as lighting

As regular as clockwork

As stiff as a board

As stubborn as a mule

As sweet as pie

As tall as a giraffe

As agile as a monkey

As slow as a snail

As mad as a hornet

As quick as silver

As sick as a dog

As silent as the grave

As tough as old boots

As white as a ghost

As alike as two peas

As delicate as a flower

As silly as a goose

As free as a bird

  

Simile- Lenka's song-"everything at once" is useful for teaching simile.

As mean as a wolf

As sharp as a tooth

As deep as a bite

As dark as the night

As long as a road

As ugly as a toad

As hard as nails

As grand as a whale

As cold as ice

As old as time

As stealthy as a tiger

As sly as a fox

As strong as an ox

As neat as a word

As quiet as a mouse

As big as a house

Download and print the list in pdf here.