Prepositions

Teaching a child 'prepositions' - words that specify time, place and direction - can sometimes be a confusing task.  There are generally three types of prepositions:

Preposition of place - at, on, in, below, beside, under, behind, between. 

Used to describe the place or position of nouns.

eg. The puppy is beside the pool. 

Preposition of time - at, on, in, since, during.  

Used to show when something happened.

eg. I read my book during morning tea.   

Preposition of direction -to, toward, across, into, over, onto.  

Used to clarify the direction of someone or something. 

eg. The plane flew toward the beach.

Here is a simple printable that can make these concepts clearer and more concrete to learning minds.

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At Small Talk Speech Pathology, we have printed these out, laminated them and turned them into 'fans' - a great language tool for children to refer to when in doubt.

Cheers!

Vanessa