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Shine Avi know how of language development The Importance Of Sequencing Skills In A Child’s DevelopmentWhat Is Sequencing From A Language Development PerspectiveThe ability to sequence is an important skill for comprehension, writing and reading.The importance of sequencing skills in a child’s development should not be underestimated.It’s one of those skills us adults often take for granted.if a child doesn’t have the basic concepts of sequencing first, we are jumping all over the place.If a child is unable to sequence a series of events it will be really hard for him to understand the timeline of a story once he starts reading.Toddlers and PreschoolersSinging and DancingFor toddlers you can practice sequencing through song and dance.Sing a familiar song such as Old McDonald or If You’re Happy and You Know It.As your child starts knowing what to expect leave out a word or action for him to fill in.Or make up a few simple dance steps (3-5 ideally) and show them to your child. See if your child can do the same thing with all steps in the correct order.Take turns making up the steps with your child so he can have a turn giving you the directions.Sequence Photos or ToysUse basic concepts such as small, medium, big or short, taller, tallest to arrange objects or pictures.A great idea is to find 3 pictures of your child, one as a newborn, one where she is learning to crawl and one where she can walk.Have her put them in order from “first I was born”, “next I crawled” and “last I learned to walk”.School Aged ChildrenStory SequencingIf your child is still learning to read you can do this with pictures.By the age of 4-5 children should be able to sequence 4-6 events in a story.You can make your own stories with photographs you have taken or download pictures to make your own story.An example could be a child building a snowman.Have 4-6 pictures depicting a child making a snowman. Tell the story to your child and then mix up the pictures and she if he can retell it.You can also talk about everyday routines. For example, “tell me what you do to get ready for bed”. This is why it is so important to narrate everything to your baby/toddler.Once your child can read, cut out a few sentences of a story and have her put them in the correct order after hearing the story.Or read a short story to your child (or let him read it if he is able to) and then ask him to retell the story in his own words.Here are some very small 4 steps sequencing acts which you can first walk your child with and then after doing it few times tell them to narrate the sequence .Hope this helps your child with language development Thank you for reading