Ways to use the Pebble cards

• Cut out the pebbles and lay them face down. Get your child to turn a pebble over and say a sentence using the conjunction. Repeat with the adult modelling a sentence.

• Stick Pebble cards around the room. Children must hunt for the pebbles and when they find them, say a sentence using that conjunction.

• Stick the poster next to the kitchen table and get different family members to talk about their days using the conjunctions on the pebbles.

• Print multiple copies and play ‘snap’. If children make a pair, they have to say a sentence using that conjunction.

• Give children examples of sentences with missing words. Children have to say which conjunction goes into space and give a reason for their answer.

• Use the sheet as a word mat and children write sentences using the conjunctions.

• Have the sheet next to you when reading the story and the child has to tap each connection when they hear it being read out. 

• Look in other books for examples of these conjunctions.

• Get your child to make their own pebbles with different conjunctions and display them.