Attention and listening: The child needs to wait for the word ‘in’ before the putting sand in the bucket Waiting for ‘GO’ before knocking their own sandcastle down Turn taking: Filling the bucket up as a group and passing the spade along Choosing someone from the group to knock down their castle Understanding of language: Equipment needed: big/little stones and shells, bucket and spade 1 word level Find the stone/shell 2word level Put the stone on the bucket/spade 3 word level Put the big/little stone/shell on the bucket/spade 4 word level Put the big/little stone/shell under/on the bucket/spade Vocabulary Verbs: dig, fill, pat and lift Nouns: stone, shell, bucket and spade Adjectives: empty, full, heavy, wet and dry

Attention and listening: Waiting for ‘Go’ before pouring water on the water wheel Waiting for ‘blow’ before blowing bubbles Turn taking: Passing bubble blower around the group, emphasising whose turn it is Taking turns to catch the fish in the water Understanding of language: Equipment needed: Different coloured fish and frogs and 4 buckets. 1 word level Find the fish/frog 2 word level Give a fish/frog to Julie/David 3 word level Put a fish/frog in Julie/David’s hand/bucket 4 word level Put the red/green fish/frog in Julie/David’s hand/bucket Vocabulary Verbs: pour, splash and blow Nouns: bubble, fish, frog, bucket and net Adjectives: red, yellow, wet and round

Attention and listening: Listening for a sound to ‘Go’ and ‘Stop’ ( e.g. a bell) Play the same sound in two different place. Children need to locate where the sound is coming from and run to that place ( could use two adults to play sounds). Turn taking: Taking turns to roll or throwing ball to another child Playing ring games Understanding of language: Equipment needed: big/little chair and big/little boxes 1 word level Using action words ‘jump/sit/run’ 2 word level Omar/Fatima run/jump 3 word level Omar/Fatima run/jump to the chair/box 4 word level Omar/Fatima run/jump to the big/little box/chair Vocabulary Verbs: roll, throw, kick, sit, walk and listen Nouns: ball, chair, box and feet Adjectives: big and little

Attention and listening: Listening for a list of items to shop for e.g. buy an apple and cake Guess the rhyming word ( list supplied). Children need to listen to rhyme and find the word. Understanding of language: Equipment needed: selection of food, teddy with plate and bowl, doll with plate and bowl. 1 word level Find the apple/banana 2 word level Give the apple/banana to doll/teddy 3 word level Put the apple/banana on teddy/doll’s plate/bowl 4 word level Put the apple/banana and cake/biscuit on teddy/doll’s plate/bowl Vocabulary Verbs: eat, drink and cook Nouns: teddy, doll, plate, bowl, cup, and food items Adjectives: hot and cold

Attention and listening: Building a tower, child waits for a clap before putting the next brick on Building individual towers, child listens for their name before putting a brick on their tower Turn taking: Taking a brick out of a bag, putting it on the tower and passing the bag round Making a car as a group and taking turns to name the person they are sending it to Understanding of language: Equipment needed: bridge, box, red and blue bricks and red and blue cars 1 word level Put it on the bridge ( give car to the child) 2 word level Put a brick/car on the bridge/box 3 word level Put a car/brick on/under the bridge/box 4 word level Put the red/blue brick/car on /under the box/bridge Vocabulary Verbs: build and push Nouns: car, brick, bridge and Box Adjectives: fast, slow and tall Prepositions: on, under and over

Attention and listening: Match the sound to the animal. For example ‘which one says moo?’ Turn taking: Placing different pieces of furniture into a bag. Child finds one and guesses what it is and passes the bag around. To make it easier place very different objects in the bag e.g. chair, elephant, car and teddy bear. Understanding of language: Equipment needed: big and little farm animals, grass and pond 1 word level Find the cow/sheep 2 word level Put the sheep/cow on the grass/pond 3 word level Put the cow/sheep and horse/pig on the grass/pond 4 word level Put the cow/sheep and big/little pig/horse on the grass/pond Vocabulary Verbs: sleep, run and jump Nouns: animal names, grass and pond Adjectives: long and short