Story Prompts — The Play Mat
Lesson Type: Story Prompts | Level: Super Beginner
🎤 1. Warm-Up Questions
- What can you see?
- Do you like cars?
- What color do you like?
- Do you see the teddy bear?
📚 2. Vocabulary Preview
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| car | carro |
| boy | menino |
| teddy bear | ursinho |
| pillow | almofada |
| blue / yellow / orange | cores |
| because | porque |
📖 3. Reading — Very Simple
Paragraph 1 — What I See
There is a boy on the floor. He is smiling. I can see four cars. I can see a yellow car, a blue car, an orange car, and a white car. I can see a teddy bear with a red bow. I also see a big sofa with pillows.
🔎 Blockquote Summary 1
This paragraph shows many simple objects.
Gaethan can say things like: “I can see a car. I can see a teddy bear.”
Paragraph 2 — Colors Everywhere
The room has many colors. I see a yellow pillow and a blue pillow. I see books on the shelf. I see a green traffic light on the play mat. The cars look fun and bright. The room looks happy.
🔎 Blockquote Summary 2
This paragraph helps Gaethan read color words.
He can say: “I like the blue car because it is blue.”
Paragraph 3 — My Likes
I like the teddy bear because it is cute. I like the cars because they are fun. I like the room because it has many colors. I can see many things, and they are easy to name.
🔎 Blockquote Summary 3
This paragraph practices “I like… because…”
Gaethan can choose his favorite object and explain why in a simple way.
❓ 4. Check Your Understanding
- What can you see?
- What color do you like?
- Do you like the teddy bear? Why?
📝 5. Blog Comment Question
Write a simple comment:
What do you see? What do you like? Why?
💬 Example Comments
I can see a boy and many cars. I see a yellow car, a blue car, an orange car, and a white car. I like the cars because they are fun. I can see a teddy bear, and I like it because it is cute.
I can see a big sofa and pillows. I see a yellow pillow and a blue pillow. I can see books and a purple cup. I like the room because it has many colors.
I can see a teddy bear with a red bow. I can see the boy playing with the orange car. I like the orange car because it is big. I like the picture because it is happy.
I can see the boy. The boy is happy. The boy is playing. I can see many books. The books are yellow, red, green and blue. I can see a gray sofa. In my opinion the sofa is very beautiful.
I can see the boy. The boy is happy. The boy is playing. I can see the cars. The cars are beautiful. I can see the white car, the blue car and the orange car. I can see the boy is sitting on the floor. I can see many books. There are yellow books, there are blue books. I can see the gray sofa. I can see two pillows: a yellow pillow and a blue pillow.
I can see the boy. I can see the car. I can see the blue car. I can see the yellow car. I can see the white car. I can see the sofa. The sofa is big. I can see the 2 pillows. One pillow is yellow and one pillow is blue.