Activities

Each story comes with a range of Clicker activities, which are based on specific literacy objectives.

Each set includes the following activities:

 

Matching activities

The matching activities encourage children to look for patterns, from simple picture and word matching to listen-and-find activities. These can also be printed out and cut up, to make cards for table-top activities.

 
  Matching
     

Sentence activities

In the sentence activities, children build sentences in the Clicker Writer to help to reinforce the features of sentence construction. You can use them to practise the key vocabulary from the story, or to focus on the key elements of sentences.

  Sentence
     

Word activities

The word activities reinforce recognition of high-frequency words, as well as their spelling. You can print out the words as 'flash cards', or use them on-screen, along with Clicker's speech facility, to check word recognition.

  Words
     

Question activities

These activities encourage children to understand and respond to questions about the books. There are word-based questions and picture-based questions, asking which of the characters did what in the story. These are particularly suitable for children who may find it difficult to respond in words.

  Questions
     

Writing activities

Pre-prepared Clicker Grids enable children to compose their own stories, based on the themes of the books. You can also print these out, for children to write their stories away from the computer.

  Writing
     

Book making activities

Here, the book is set up with pictures, but without text, so you can write the stories with your children. You can do this on-screen, or print the activities.