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I Can Describe Home, School and Other Places

Cards to enrich your vocabulary

Monica Attolini, Valeria Del Rio, Rossella Cigarini

Product: Teaching tools

Trim size in cm: 22,2x13,2x9,3cm

ISBN: 9788859037811

Publication date: 01/09/2024

Suitable for: Primary 1st level (ages 6-7), Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)


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A kit born from the collaboration between Erickson and Zanichelli to create simple, fun playful and cooperative activities together with children to help them practice language, enhance and deepen their lexical competence (both the breadth and mastery of use) and their descriptive ability in an engaging and entertaining way.

I can describe my home, school and other places contains 200 cards with nouns and adjectives, accompanied by descriptions, examples and synonyms, 12 tables with lexical environments (kitchen, bedroom, classroom, library, park, forest, etc.) and a 5 senses dice which teaches children to observe and describe their surroundings in detail using all their sensory data.


Introduction
The materials
● The materials of the school kit
● The materials of the home kit
The activities
● What do you see?
● Do you know the names?
● Use adjectives
● Families
● Friendships
● Describe a background with synonyms
● Describe with your senses
● The 5 senses
● Pairings
● Find the pair
● Attach the adjective
● Mime the card



Cards to enrich your vocabulary


 

To create effective descriptions it is important to carefully observe what surrounds us, use the five senses and use a rich and detailed vocabulary. The boxes of the Cards to enrich Your vocabulary series present materials which, starting from simple and fun playful activities, aim to help primary school children deepen their vocabulary, both in terms of breadth and mastery of use.

The materials in the boxes offer many activities with different educational purposes:  

Know and explore, to "familiarize" yourself with the words and cards.

Describe places, objects and their characteristics with precision and originality.

Enrich vocabulary to have a broader lexical knowledge and a better command of the use of the words learned.

All activities have three levels of difficulty:

  • Simple
  • Medium
  • Complex

For each activity you get the description of the objective of the game, the materials to be used, and also how to carry out of the activity step by step.

THE SERIES

I Can Describe Home, School and Other Places

The kit contains 200 cards with names and adjectives, accompanied by descriptions, examples and synonyms, 12 charts with lexical environments (kitchen, bedroom, classroom, library, park, forest, etc.) and the 5 senses dice that teaches the little ones to observe and describe their surroundings in detail using all their sensory input.

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80 Name cards

120 Adjective cards

12 scenes with lexical environments

The Dice of the 5 senses

Read some translated cards and scenes that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

 

I Can Describe the Body and Emotions

The kit contains 200 cards with nouns and adjectives, and 12 environment backgrounds to explore the human body and the world of emotions and enrich children’s vocabulary in a playful and engaging way.

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80 action cards

40 puzzle cards

80 action cards

40 puzzle cards

12 wallpapers with lexical environments

Read some translated cards and scenes that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

THE AUTHORS

Monica Attolini, Teacher at the school at the Loris Malaguzzi International Center in Reggio Emilia. From 2010 to 2018 she was an instrumental function for integration and intercultural and a member of the commission for compensation, integration and recovery activities for students with Special Educational Needs.

Rossella Cigarini, Primary school teacher, held the role of instrumental function for the reception and integration of foreign students and worked in commissions to develop increasingly inclusive teaching, especially for students with disabilities, Special Educational Needs and SLD.

Valeria del Rio, Primary school teacher, has gained experience in supporting children with special rights. She collaborated with Reggio Children on training occasions in Reggio Emilia and abroad on the topic of the 3-11 curriculum.