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Grammar for Kids: Puzzling Sentences

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     Grammar for kids is important because children are learning sentence structure! Here is a fun way to reinforce sentence structure and grammar at home.  All you need is an old puzzle that has pieces that are big enough to write on.  Next, find pieces that are in a row, the edges work best.  Depending on the age of your kids you can make sentences that are basic or more complex.  Flip the pieces over and on the backside write one word on each puzzle piece.  Here is an example:

 We                        like                        to             play                        at                        the                    park.

 

 Here is an example of a more complex sentence:

 

 The     dog    trotted    over    to    the   elementary   school    and    vigilantly     waited   for   his   boy     to    come   out.

     If your child is younger, like first grade, just try one sentence at a time at first.  Let them move the pieces around, you may hear them saying things out loud as they try to organize it.  The best part is that you don’t have to correct them, if the word is in the wrong place, the puzzle won’t fit together.  They can keep trying until it all fits.  Some kids may focus more on putting the puzzle together than the words, and that’s okay.  When they are done have them read the sentence out loud and tell you why it makes sense.  Once they get the hang of it, you can put two or more sentence puzzles in a pile to be sorted.  For an extra challenge create 3 sentences with different verb tenses, then put them together in one sort.  Afterward you can talk about the different tenses and how they figured out which words belong together. 

If you know you aren’t going to use the puzzle again you can write the parts of speech on the back of the piece.  When your child is finished you can flip the pieces over to talk about the structure of that sentence.  Here is an example with a basic sentence:

 

School                                   starts                                      early                        on                        Monday.

 

Noun (subject)                        verb (predicate)             adj.              prep.                  Noun

 

      Once you make them put them in separate bags, so they can be used again and again.  To save time take sentences out of books!   Older children may want to create their own sentence puzzles once they are used to it.  This is a great activity to teach grammar for kids, to help them understanding sentence structure and parts of speech, in a hands on way.

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