Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 11 of 14
Ways to Communicate
Words, faces, art and kind ways to speak and listen.
What your child practises
Practises the many ways people communicate (art, song, dance, facial expression, body language, sign language), active listening, respectful language, giving reasons, and sharing information with pictures or objects. Indigenous cultures have many different ways to communicate, and this unit only names the idea.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 0-KI-010, 0-KI-010A, 0-S-400, 0-S-401, 0-S-402, 0-S-403 · ways people communicate, listening, respectful language, giving reasons and sharing ideas
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which is a reason?
- I like the park.
- I like the park because it has swings.
- Swings.
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I like the park because it has swings.
Hint: A reason uses “because”.
Question 2
A big smile and open arms might mean someone is…
- angry
- welcoming
- scared
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welcoming
Hint: Body language can be friendly.
Question 3
Waving hello is…
- a song
- a story
- body language
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body language
Hint: Our bodies can say hello.
Question 4
Some people communicate with their hands. This is called…
- tying knots
- clapping
- sign language
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sign language
Hint: Sign language uses hands and faces.
Question 5
When a friend tells you something, you show you're listening by…
- singing
- playing with your shoe
- nodding and looking at them
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nodding and looking at them
Hint: Listening is more than hearing.
Question 6
Gestures, stories and art can share messages without words. This is…
- a machine
- a lost language
- non-verbal communication
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non-verbal communication
Hint: Communication can happen without words.