Positional Words

Button, Button, Where Is the Button?

Choose five buttons and put them into a resealable plastic sandwich bag.  Directions:  Use these buttons to help your child learn to follow directions and to learn positional words.  Tell your child where to put the button.  At first, give one direction at a time; then give two or three at a time.  Example: “Put this button under the chair.”  Positional words: under, behind, beside, top, in front of, over, below, around, high, above, up, between, down, low.

Playground Photo Shoot

As the children play outside, take pictures that capture children experiencing different positions such as sliding down the slide, crawling through a tunnel, and jumping over a rope.  Once the pictures have been developed, share them with small groups of youngsters.  As the children enjoy the photos, help them describe what they see by encouraging descriptive words such as between, under, beside, and many more.