All in One Worksheet: Following Instructions and Sentence Building
Children ages 4-6 practice reading and following short written instructions across several small tasks while also building basic sentence construction skills, combining early reading comprehension with beginning grammar practice. Learning to read a direction and complete exactly what it asks is a skill that carries directly into classroom worksheets and tests.
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Month 12: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7
This is page 8 of the pack. Ages 6-7 · Grade 1Ages 6-7 · Year 2Ages 6-7 · Class 1Ages 6-7
Curriculum
- Fluency > Sentence Building
How to use this worksheet
Read the instructions for the first section together, making sure your child understands what is being asked before they start. Have them complete each task, whether it's circling an answer, filling in a blank, or writing a sentence, checking in after each section to review what they did. Move through the remaining sections one at a time, encouraging your child to read each new instruction aloud before beginning.
Materials needed
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Give your child a simple two-step spoken instruction, like 'clap twice, then touch your nose,' and see if they can follow it.
- 2Have your child create their own sentence following the same pattern as one from the worksheet.
- 3Draw a picture to match one of the completed sentences from the page.
- 4Play a following-directions game like Simon Says to practice listening and acting on instructions.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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