‘Words are the Building Blocks of Sentences’
Yes indeed. Babies start to make sense of the world around them through words like ‘Mama’, ‘Dad’ and even ‘Dog’. As they get older, their relationship with words gets far more complex. And enriching, too.
It’s the time when they discover the magical power of ‘Sentences’!
The Power of Sentences is constantly invoked by children who have just started communicating. From simple statements like ‘I am hungry’, to more complex ones like ‘Pass me that pasta please’, they are forever using sentences to make concise statements pertaining to what they want. Or simply, what they might be thinking of any given moment.
At EuroKids we lay a strong emphasis on the ‘communicative’ powers of all kids. Which is why, we have compiled some effective sentence building activities in this article, to help children form sentences in a far more succinct fashion than they otherwise would. Furthermore, we also have some cool sentence building examples and even sentence building games to boot!
Ready for some cool sentence building fun? Delve right into the sentence building activities compiled in this article, to see how you can get your child to construct those sentences with a greater sense of elan. But first, let’s get back to Grammar Basics! Take a trip back in time to English Class, as we explore the basic parts of a sentence!
Table of Contents
- Back to Grammar Basics: Decoding the Basic Parts of a Sentence
- Simple Sentence Building Activities for Kids
Back to Grammar Basics: Decoding the Basic Parts of a Sentence
A sentence is defined as a collection of words that has a ‘subject’ and a ‘predicate’.
Note: The subject can either be a ‘noun’ or ‘pronoun’, that is responsible for the ‘action’. The predicate, on the other hand, refers to the ‘verb’ that is the very action that is performed by the subject in the sentence.
Examples of Subject and Predicate in Sentences:
- The man kept laughing.
- Rohit is writing an email.
In this case ‘the man’ is the subject that performs the action, and is hence ‘the subject’.
Here, ‘is writing’ is the action that is performed by the subject ‘Rohit, and is hence’ the predicate.’
These are only the basic rules of sentence writing, mind you. However, once they master them, children will be able to move on to the more complex nuances of sentence writing, far more easily.
Simple Sentence Building Activities for Kids
Looking for some cool sentence building activities for your little one? In this section you will find our list of the top sentence building activities for children, that include some cool sentence building games, too!
Presenting the best sentence building activities for your child to master the art of creating sentences.
- Sentence Scramble
- Building Elaborate Sentences
- I ate an apple. (Simple Sentence)
- The cat is sleeping. (Simple Sentence)
- Fill in the Blanks
- Stimulate their Creativity
- Potential Question: 1: What will you do if you go to the fun fair?
- Potential Question 2: What is your perfect day like?
- Correct the Sentences
- Story Chains
- Your child might say ‘Once upon a time there was an old house.’
- The next child might add: ‘In that house there lived a cat.’
- The third kid might add: ‘The cat was very naughty.’
We spoke earlier about words being the building blocks of sentences, right? This cool activity bears testament to exactly that!
To do: Jumble some words written on different bits of paper, and ask your child to rearrange them to form meaningful sentences!
Tip: You might wish to use a timer, to make it more challenging and interesting!
Oftentimes, sentences are bland and lack a punch! Change all that with this, one of the cooler sentence building games for your child to indulge in.
To do: You want to get your kids to elaborate on some ‘simple’ sentences, in order to come up with ‘elaborate’ sentences.
Sentence Building Examples:
I ate a delicious red apple. (Elaborate Sentence)
The cat is sleeping on my favourite pillow! (Elaborate Sentence)
This one’s great where it comes to firmly ensconcing Grammar rules into those impressionable young minds.
To do: On a sheet of paper, give your child some fill-in-the-blank sentences that they must complete, keeping in mind that the sentences need to be ‘grammatically correct.’
If there’s one thing that kids love most, it’s retreating to the world of their imaginations!
To do: You want to use the power of their imagination well, vis a vis constructing sentences. To do this, ask them some cool ‘open-ended questions’.
Sentence Building Examples:
Potential Answer 1 : I will go on rides and have cotton candy!
Potential Answer 2: Spending time with my best friends!
One of the best sentence building games, this one helps them sharpen their sentence-making precision, in a fresh way!
To do: Hand your child a sheet of paper with sentences that have minor errors in them. Then tell them to write the ‘correct’ sentences beneath each of them. See how many they can get right!
This one is a cool sentence building activity that is best played with a few children.
To do: Ask your child to begin a story with a sentence of their choice, Then their friend must add to that sentence, and then the next friend must do the same and so on, until the turn comes back to your child. This one’s a really cool exercise to show kids how several sentences, when grouped together, can form a beautiful ‘narrative’.
Sentence Building Examples:
At EuroKids we are of the firm opinion that sentence building activities can be a great boon to children who are just starting out creating sentences on their own. Have your child engage in a sentence building activity or two, and see how they master the art of sentence formation in no time!
