Nouns: Person, Place, Thing

A lot of programs teach nouns, verbs, and adjectives in the same week.

That’s why children keep mixing them up.

We are going to stay with nouns until this feels easy.

Then we will add verbs.

👤 PERSON

A person is a noun.
You are a person. Mom, a teacher, a baby, and a friend are people. People are nouns.

Start with the person outline.

• Look through old magazines and cut out pictures of people’s faces.

• Glue the pictures onto the person outline to make a collage.

• Cut out the word PERSON and glue it onto the collage.

• Have an adult help cut out the shape

Look at the finished PERSON collage so you know what “done” looks like.

Quest:
Say: “Look at all these people. A person is a noun.”
Now point to a real person in the room and say their name.

You are a noun!

⚾ THING

A thing is a noun.
A toy, a book, a chair, a car, a ball, food, and clothes are things. If you can see it or hold it, it can be a thing.

Start with the baseball outline.

• Look through magazines and cut out pictures of things.

• Glue the pictures onto the baseball to make your THING collage.

• Glue the word THING in the center of the collage.

Look at the finished THING collage so you know what “done” looks like.

Quest:
Line up all three collages.
Point and say: “Person. Place. Thing.”
Then say: “A noun is a person, a place, or a thing.”
Bonus: walk around the room and name one person, one place, and one thing.

Now that we know what a noun is, let’s see if we can find them in sentences.

A highlighter makes this part feel like a hunt instead of a test. Let your child find the noun. You can help if they get stuck. The goal is for them to hear the sentence and think, “Who or what is this talking about?”

Start with Nouns on the Farm and Fun at the Beach. Most of those sentences have one noun, so your child can practice the new idea without too many words competing for attention.

Save Camping with Nouns for last. That page has several sentences with two nouns. Use it when the first two pages feel easy.

If your child can highlight the nouns and tell you whether each one is a person, a place, or a thing, they are ready to keep going. If they are guessing, stay on the farm or beach page a little longer. There is no rush.

🏠 PLACE

A place is a noun.
A house, a park, a lake, a mountain, a city, and a beach are places. Places are nouns.

Start with the house outline.

• Look through magazines and cut out pictures of places.

• Glue the pictures onto the house outline to make your PLACE collage.

• Cut out the word PLACE and glue it onto the collage.

• Cut out the shape of the house.

Look at the finished PLACE collage so you know what “done” looks like.

Quest:

Say both: “Both a person and a place are nouns.”