ACTIVITIES OF THE WEEK
Most of these activities focus on matching and decoding which pronouns belong to which object/person.
Pronouns Picture Matching Game (age 3+, single or multiple players)
WHAT YOU NEED- Sheets of paper
- Pen/Pencil
- Various pictures of people, animals, objects, and gods/religious symbols
- Write each pronoun on multiple cards
- Print out or provide pictures (in books or magazines) of the various subjects
- Pass out at least one of every pronoun to every child.
- Choose a picture (or point to an object in your house) and ask your child to choose which pronoun goes with the picture. Technically, 他 works in all situations, but for the purpose of this activity, limit to the male or mixed gender pictures.
- Continue until all pictures/examples are used.
Depending on the age of your child, you can increase or decrease the difficulty level of the activity by:
- Using pictures of groups of objects/people/animals (This is hard because it would default to 他.)
- If your child is younger and can’t understand the concept of divine beings, remove that category.
- If your children are really young, you may want to limit to 2 or 3 pronouns and leave the rest out.
Memory Matching Pronouns Game (age 3+, single or multi players)
WHAT YOU NEED- Sheets of paper
- Pen/Pencil
- Write each pronoun on multiple cards
- Mix up the cards and place them face down on the floor.
- Have the first child flip over two cards. If they match, they keep the pair and can either go again or have the next child go.
- Take turns until all cards are paired.
Depending on the age of your child, you can increase or decrease the difficulty level of the activity by:
- If your children are really young, you may want to limit to 2 or 3 pronouns and leave the rest out.
Pronoun Radicals Matching Game (age 3+, single or multi players)
WHAT YOU NEED- Sheets of paper
- Pen/Pencil
- Or Sagebooks flashcards
- Write multiple pronoun cards several times
- Also write the radicals of the pronouns several times on cards
- Shuffle the pronoun cards.
- Give each child at least one of each radical card.
- Flip over a pronoun card and have each child choose which is the matching radical.
Depending on the age of your child, you can increase or decrease the difficulty level of the activity by:
- You can also swap which cards you shuffle (ie: use the radical cards and have your child choose the matching pronoun)
- If your children are really young, instead of having them match pronouns with the radicals, you can use only pronoun cards.
Radical Elimination Game (age 3+, single or multi players)
WHAT YOU NEED- Sheets of paper
- Pen/Pencil
- Timer
- Write radicals on the cards
- Write 也 / 匕 on multiple cards
- Mix up all the radicals and the 也 匕 cards together and spread out on the floor.
- Set a timer for 1-2 minutes and have the children make as many pronouns as possible.
Depending on the age of your child, you can increase or decrease the difficulty level of the activity by:
- If your children are younger, you can separate the radicals from the 也 / 匕
- You can also remove the timer or make the time limit shorter.
- To make it harder, turn the cards face down and turn into a memory game. Matched pairs are whatever radical matches the 也 / 匕
