Learning about pronouns

Appropriate Population: 

• School age or preschool. 
• Enjoys colouring activities. 

Goal: 

• Gain exposure to the different pronouns people might use.
• Build awareness about pronouns and how to use them. 
• Following multi-step directions

Steps:

1. Print out coloring activities from all genders, all together pdf. 
2. Have the child choose their coloring activity. 
3. Talk through the worksheet and give explicit attention to the characters name and their pronoun. Explain that you will use the persons pronoun to direct the child what to color in. 
4. Give directions, single or multi-step depending on the child’s level of understanding. Use the person’s pronoun in the instruction. E.g “Colour their foot in” 

Step up:

• Each have your own colouring sheet and you take turns providing each other directions using the characters’ appropriate pronouns.

Step down: 

• Focus on single step instructions.
• Let the child focus on colouring and talk to them to annotate what they are doing by repeating pronouns. E.g “oh you are colouring her shoes blue” 

Resources:

• All genders all together colouring pages.