Introducing the Colourful Semantics Starter Pack from Little Learners Hub – a comprehensive tool designed to support children in constructing and expanding sentences using real-life images and colour-coded prompts.
This pack includes:
Real-Life Situation Images: High-quality photos of everyday scenarios such as a child playing with a toy, a lady eating an ice cream, or someone at the park. These relatable images provide the context for children to practice building sentences.
Colour-Coded Sentence Cards:
Who? (Subject) – Orange cards: Features people or animals involved in the action, like “The boy,” “The dog.”
Doing? (Verb) – Yellow cards: Action words such as “is playing,” “is eating.”
What? (Object) – Green cards: Objects or items involved, like “the ball,” “the cake.”
Where? (Prepositions) – Blue cards: Locations like “in the park,” “at the beach.”
Adjectives and Link Words: Additional cards to add descriptive words and connectors, helping to make sentences more detailed.
Who Benefits?
This starter pack is ideal for:
Children who struggle with sentence structure: It helps them sequence words correctly and avoid mixing up the order.
Visual learners: The colour-coding provides clear, visual support, making sentence construction more intuitive.
Children needing language expansion: It helps them go beyond simple sentences by incorporating more elements like adjectives and prepositions.
How Colourful Semantics Works
Each part of the sentence is associated with a specific colour:
Orange for WHO (subject)
Yellow for WHAT DOING (verb)
Green for WHAT (object)
Blue for WHERE (prepositions)
As children progress, the colour support is gradually reduced, transitioning to highlighting or underlining text.
This visual technique not only improves sentence structure but also enhances language skills, providing children with the confidence to express themselves more clearly.
12 prompt sheets strategically designed to support adult-child interactions in all areas of provision during play. Tailored to children’s communication levels, they encourage appropriate and meaningful conversations, fostering language development and engagement. They are a versatile and beautifully created resource for all early years classrooms!
Reading, Writing, Maths, Construction, Small World, Domestic Role Play, Painting, Creative Workshop, Malleable, Sand, Water and Mud Kitchen
Key features:
Differentiated Questions:
Each sheet provides questions suited to the developmental level of the child - based on research by Blank, Rose and Berlin (1978) - and the area in which they are playing.
Versatile Use:
Ideal for student teachers, temporary staff, and full-time practitioners, ensuring consistency in language-rich interactions.
Classroom and Home:
Perfect for classroom use, but can also be shared with parents to encourage similar interactions at home.
By integrating these sheets, educators can maintain a language-focused environment while ensuring that everyone - regardless of their familiarity with the children - can contribute to their development. They are a valuable tool for teachers looking to improve communication and play-based learning.
This is the Traditional Tales Colourful Semantics Bundle from Little Learners Hub, designed to support young learners in mastering sentence structure using the “Who? Doing? What?” framework (subject, verb, object).
This pack includes:
24 High-Quality Images: Child-friendly illustrations from the traditional tale. Each image is engaging and visually appealing, perfect for capturing children’s imaginations.
Sentence Structure Cards: Following the Colourful Semantics approach, the pack provides suggested symbols for each part of the sentence.
Symbol Cards: Colour-coded for easy identification, helping children match the symbols to complete sentences. These visual aids support understanding and communication, particularly for children with special educational needs or those developing early language skills.
Fostering language development while having fun with a traditional tale!