Why Role plays will 10X your child's vocabulary.

I do a lot of role plays with my students who are preparing for their 4+ Assessments.

Why?

Because it boosts their vocabulary to a level that surprises even me!

When children are having fun, they will simply learn 10x more than if they are not having fun.

Learning, in my opinion must always be fun. Regardless of how old your child is.

When learning starts to become tedious, boring and mundane, your child will simply not absorb what they are being taught.

In their 4+ Assessments, your child will role play.

Whether it will be a dress up station, a train set, a tea party, a picnic or a dolls house, they will be asked to take part in a role play. It might be as a group or it might be 1:1 with the Assessor/s.

Let’s take a tea party as an example.

In my lessons, I ask my students to bring a tea party set (well I ask their parents to of course!) and they come to my lesson with their tea set, their tea cups, their cutlery and their tea party foods and tea bags. You can immediately see the excitement in their eyes. Their eyes darting around the table in front of them looking at what to pick up first!

I ask them to just have a play with the set and I observe them. Their parents interact with them and it is always a delight. Then comes the questioning.

This is where the magic happens.

So much language is developed in these 10 minutes of role playing. So much vocabulary is boosted.

I will hear language and vocabulary like…

‘I am pouring the tea.’

‘The tea pot is boiling hot.’

‘I need to be careful not to burn my fingers.’

‘The tea is delicious.’

‘I am stirring the tea with my spoon.’

‘I have a spoon and a knife as my cutlery.’

So much vocabulary!

And my students don’t even realise that we are boosting vocabulary, they are just having lots and lots of fun!

Answering the types of questions that I ask however, if vital to 4+ Assessment success. Because if your child if not able to answer questions well, they will not pass their 4+ Assessments. If they are not able to use verbs and adjectives within their answers, they will not pass their 4+ Assessments. If they are not able to extend their answers, they will not pass their 4+ Assessments.

So prepare them for this aspect of the 4+ Assessment and prepare them well.

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