Your child uses prepositions constantly. Words like in, on, at, to, and for appear in almost every sentence. Prepositions show relationships between w ...
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Your child already uses adverbs without realizing it. Words like quickly, very, always, and here add important details to sentences. Adverbs tell how, ...
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Your child loves to describe things. They talk about the big dog, the red ball, the funny movie. These describing words are adjectives. They make lang ...
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Your child uses verbs constantly. Every sentence needs a verb. Verbs tell what happens, what people do, and how things are. They are the engine of eve ...
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Your child uses pronouns every day without thinking. I, you, he, she, it, we, they appear in almost every sentence. Pronouns take the place of nouns s ...
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Every sentence needs a noun. Nouns name everything around us. People, places, things, and ideas all have nouns. When children learn nouns, they learn ...
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Your child knows that English usually follows a certain word order. Subject comes first, then verb. "You are happy." But sometimes we change this orde ...
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Every word in English belongs to a category called a part of speech. These categories tell us how words work in sentences. Nouns name things. Verbs sh ...
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Your child loves to tell you what someone said. "Mom said, 'Time for dinner'" or "Dad told me that we are going to the park." These are two different ...
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Your child often imagines possibilities. "If it rains, we will stay inside." "If I had a million dollars, I would buy a castle." These are conditional ...
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Your child loves to compare things. They say "My dog is bigger than yours" or "This is the best day ever." These comparisons use special forms called ...
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Your child already uses words like running and broken every day. These are participles. They come from verbs but can act as adjectives or help form ve ...
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