It is widely known that a noun is a person place or thing.
It doesnt stop there though.
Teaching children the difference between proper and common nouns does not have to be difficult or boring!
Use this as a hands-on game or no-prepcommon and proper nouns worksheets.
I quickly realized that she gets an attitude when she is bored and that helps no one.
She doesnt learn, I get frustrated and nothing good comes of that.
Creating exciting, engaging and simple activities is critical.
I also like when activities are lower prep.
It helps me and gets the activities out for my daughter quicker which is always a good thing.
Common and proper noun sort game
My daughter loves sorting activities.
It helps to see the big picture and then break it down into the smaller categories!
This can be a helpful tool for many different skills, but this is especially so.
This is helpful to practice alphabetical order as well as deciding which noun they are categorized as.
We started this activity by cutting out all of the word strips.
Once they were ready, we put them in alphabetical order.
The next step is up to you.
Both have benefits, so it is totally up to you.
Common and proper nouns sort
The next activity is straight sorting.
We started similarly by cutting out the word strips.
Again, I had my daughter state what the word was and place it in the correct box.
Common and proper nouns exercises
This is a simple extra.
you’re free to laminate the sheets and use them with dry erase markers.
Grammar Activities for Kids
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