Following Directions

Objectives:
a) to listen and follow directions containing two nouns and one "location word"
b) to demonstrate an understanding of "above, below, in front of, beside, behind, top and bottom"


Points to Remember:
1. Make sure the child know all of the vocabulary before you begin, such as girl, boy, beach ball, pool, cloud, tree, ladder, sun, kite, etc.
2. Use the same predictable sentence structure so the child can learn what to listen for in the sentence. "Place the cloud above the pool." and "Place the flip flops below the tree." The 3 critical elements the child will listen for is cloud, above, pool and then flip flops, below, tree



Lesson:
Listening to directions given orally is always an auditory/verbal skill that Brooke needs to practice. She needs to be able to listen to directions and follow them once she gets to school. Practice at home is very important. We found these fun worksheet to practice.

1. I cut out the images of the cloud, flip-flops, boy, beach ball, kite, sun and girl. I gave Brooke the paper with the pool and sky and laid the images above the picture.

2. I asked her to
a. Put the sun above the pool
b. Put the flip flops below the tree
c. Put the beach ball in front of the pool
d. Put the girl beside the pool
e. Put the kite behind the tree
f. Put the boy on top of the ladder
g. Put the cloud on the bottom of the sun


3. Once she put the pictures where I asked her to put them, I allowed her to glue on the pieces anywhere she wanted.

Modifications:
1. There are lots of these types of sticker sheets available from Oriental Trading Company. The only problem is you get 12 of one type in a package. Maybe if you have 12 friends that will work!2. Look for coloring books with stickers...they just might work for this activity.
3. You can always use miniatures...Polly Pocket and all her stuff with a dollhouse would be a great manipulative to use. Such as, "Put the Polly Pocket on her bed." or "Put the shoes in the trunk of the car." and many other options with fewer or more critical elements.