Re: the "W" questions

Posted By Gaylen on March 07, 2001 at 01:11:31:

In Reply to: the "W" questions posted by chris on March 04, 2001 at 23:24:21:

I found that repitition with these really helped Curtis catch on. Also using cue cards since he could read was a big help. We started by placing cheerios around the room for "where?" with cue cards for the answer and gradually fading them, then pictures of folks for "who has the cheerios?" Later, we expanded it to "Guy Smiley's Amazing Question Game" (from sesame street), where he'd draw a card and have to either ask or answer a w question. We used photos of people and things with written questions about them. That was really fun and effective.

For why questions, a drill recommended in the Teach Me Language book was really helpful when done as a game. They have you list two objects like frog and leaf and say "why do these go together" -- "because they are both green" and do that with a large number of pairings that are alike for different reasons.

We also played a game I called "reporter" I pulled from my old news reporting days. I'd write out the who, what, where, when, why and how on a sheet of paper, then we'd trade off being the reporter and asking each other about an event or person. Later we added do/does to that. For some reason he really loved that game and it helped him expand his conversational skills too.
Gaylen

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Comments:: I found that repitition with these really helped Curtis catch on. Also using cue cards since he could read was a big help. We started by placing cheerios around the room for "where?" with cue cards for the answer and gradually fading them, then pictures of folks for "who has the cheerios?" Later, we expanded it to "Guy Smiley's Amazing Question Game" (from sesame street), where he'd draw a card and have to either ask or answer a w question. We used photos of people and things with written questions about them. That was really fun and effective. : For why questions, a drill recommended in the Teach Me Language book was really helpful when done as a game. They have you list two objects like frog and leaf and say "why do these go together" -- "because they are both green" and do that with a large number of pairings that are alike for different reasons. : We also played a game I called "reporter" I pulled from my old news reporting days. I'd write out the who, what, where, when, why and how on a sheet of paper, then we'd trade off being the reporter and asking each other about an event or person. Later we added do/does to that. For some reason he really loved that game and it helped him expand his conversational skills too. : Gaylen