Effective Preschool Alphabet Activities
Language Development

Preschool Language Development Activity:

The language development activities for preschool children will provide them with activities to improve their language skills.

The children will stimulate their auditory memory during the picnic activity. The children love outings and this activity will be a positive learning experience.

The picnic could be held indoors if the weather is miserable. Auditory stimulation is very important for all children, because they need to follow oral instructions in class.

Materials:

2. Objects for a picnic.
3. Picnic Food.
4. CD Player with Animal Sounds CD.
5. phonic-awareness

Procedure: Activity 1:

• The children will bring along their picnic baskets and blankets and leave for the picnic in the school garden.
• They should lay out their blankets and pack out their picnic lunches.
• The preschool children can enjoy their picnic lunch out in the garden under a shady tree. They will be asked to listen to the sounds of nature while enjoying their picnic.

• The teacher can introduce a fun game, for example, hide and seek, for the children to play, after the picnic lunch boxes have been put away.

• The teacher will play a word game. The teacher will start by making a list of objects needed for a picnic, for example, basket.

• The teacher will ask the children to add to the list, but starting with the first item and adding to it. For example, basket, blanket. Basket, blanket, and so on.

• For the next activity the teacher should ask the children to name animal sounds they have heard in the garden.
• The children should name as many as possible.
• The teacher could also play a CD recording of animal sounds in nature.
• Their auditory memory will be stimulated during these activities.
• The teacher should follow up the activity with animal sounds, for example, "What sound does a bird make?" A bird "chirps." " What sound does a duck make?" A duck "quacks." " What sound does a dog make?" " A dog barks." What sound does a bee make?" A bee "buzzes."
• They should name as many sounds as possible.

• The teacher will then ask the children to complete the sentences:
• If a cool drink is very cold it is: "ice-cold."
• The clouds were white as: "snow."
• The tree' canopy was green as: "grass."
• The apple was red as: "blood."
• The teacher could add to the list.

• The teacher could introduce the beginning sound of the week: "b." The children should recall, how many objects or words started with the "b" sound; bee, blanket, bird, bread, bug, Beatle, and basket.
• The teacher will refer to the picnic food,asking the children to answer:" If the grapes were very sweet, they were as sweet as: "honey." The orange was as sour as a: "lemon." The chips tasted as salty as: "salt."

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