Salient Features
Materials needed: no materials to prep, play this game within your house or even places in the neighborhood
Activity directions:
- Take turns picking out one item in the room to describe; don’t tell the other player the name of the item!
- Using the parameters of the game ‘I Spy’ use salient features to describe an item
- Features one can use include: an object’s function, its physical description (color, size, texture,) the letter the item starts with or its location
- Guess the child’s item he/she is describing!
Helpful tips: You can verbally prompt your child if she/he is having difficulty initially; ask question such as, “What would I use this thing for?” or “What’s it made of?” while trying to fade those questions after several turns