Literacy Games - Learning English for Kids - What is a question mark? - Punctuation for Kids | KS1

Are you searching for the right ways that would help you teach your kids English? We have an idea here that you could try, it is fun and would give them the chance to know more English vocabulary and most importantly be able to think.

English is the language that is used wide world in every country you go to, there are only few ones where you would find it difficult to deal with its people if they don't speak English. That should be enough to teach your kids English especially if it is not the main language of the country you are from.

The "Squishy Bananas" is the game we are suggesting for the kids so that they could think about new vocabulary and questions to ask. The "squishy bananas" is build on the idea of letting a number of kids sit around in a circle and then one starts with directing a question at a specific person, that person should answer immediately with saying "squishy bananas" and that kid should resist laughing even if the rest of the players did. The one who was asked will then take the turn and ask a third player who will also provide the same answer no matter what the question is.

The idea behind this game is to teach the kids to ask questions and thus increase their vocabulary when it comes to this language and that's why the focus is always on the one who is asking and not on the one who is supposed to give an answer to the question. This game is also helpful because it will make the kids able to ask real questions that carry a meaning and know how to form a question in general; it will bring them closer to question marks.

"Squishy bananas" is not obligatory but the kids could choose another word or phrase which they will all agree on that will be the answer they are supposed to give when asked any questions. This is another thing related to learning English because they will think about an English word and this will bring their creativity to life in order to come up with something that is funny.

Learning English could happen through lots of several ways and games but one should always first decide whether he want to teach the kid English as in speaking or else want to teach the kid English as in knowing how to write the alphabetical letters.

We have lots of educational videos on our channel and some of them are related to teaching the kids the English language. Letter and phonic sounds could be taught to the kids with using Lego, which we consider is one of the important mind games that one could depend on (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmmNwX1bPH4), kids could also learn English through knowing the names of the colors in this language (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdF96FG_vy0), they could also learn to write letters while playing some games and it could be done with play doh as well (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT8ImgjSA-g) and all that comes in addition to other games that could be played out there for the purpose of educating the kids (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DO_qeSroDs).

Homeschooling is important and in order for the parents to succeed in this preschool life, they should find the support needed through the educational resources that are found out there. LearningMole is trying to support those parents through the educational videos it is bringing in different fields that include maths, English, crafts and cooking.

There are different techniques and methods used for teaching kids maths (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYvf790iHUc), and letting them be included in the crafts thing is not always hard but might end up being more successful with those who are more into it from the beginning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UbH0fUs9U4) and cooking is not for making a whole meal but at least for letting them know how to help in the kitchen (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYFZObt2o6w).

Here is one way to teach the kids English and let them become creative with the words and phrases they use, but there are still lots of other ways which you could come up with and which we could bring later through our channel.

Let us hear your opinions and share any suggestions if you have, we would be pleased to listen to your ideas.

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