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Our Causal Sentences – Why… Because resource provides an engaging intervention to support comprehension of ‘Why’ questions and the use of the causal connective ‘because’. The ability to understand and produce cause-and-effect statements is essential for children’s explanation skills and overall narrative development.
This full-colour resource pack includes a bank of illustrated sequences designed to help children form two-clause sentences and independently create cause-and-consequence statements with visual support.
It is most suitable for use with children aged 3- 7 years and full instructions are included.
For more information see below.
The Why… Because, causal sentence resource provides a bank of engaging, color-illustrated sequences designed to support children’s understanding of ‘Why’ questions and their ability to form cause-and-effect statements. With 60 illustrated scenarios, this resource helps children explain reasons and consequences in a fun and interactive way. Understanding and generating cause-and-effect statements are crucial for developing children’s explanation skills and storytelling abilities.
Each activity includes full instructions, with differentiation strategies for younger children. Sample discussion scripts are also provided to guide learning.
Introduce the activity as a guessing game, encouraging children to examine the pictures and figure out what is happening. The eye-catching, often humorous illustrations make learning both enjoyable and effective.
Example prompts include:
Why is the girl happy? Because it’s her birthday. Why is the fish hiding? Because a shark is swimming by. Why is the snowman melting? Because the sun is shining. Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ate 9!
Ages: Early Years – KS1 (3–7 years) Contents: 6 pages of guidance & instructions, 20 colour pages (60 scenarios), plus black & white duplicates Format: Downloadable PDF
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Lift-the-Flap Activity: Includes picture pairs and a Why… Because sheet to encourage reasoning skills. The pictures include four sheets of three picture pairs. Examples include: Why is the boy sad? Why is the woman frightened? Why does the boy feel sick?
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5 to 7 years
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