How to Easily Teach Your Kids the Basic Parts of Speech Using Silly Fill-In Stories

My mother was a teacher. So, every day was filled with learning experiences for my siblings and me as we grew up. One subject she particularly concentrated on was the English language. Besides teaching us how to accurately spell, enunciate when we speak, and create properly-structured sentences, my mother made sure we learned the basic parts of speech. One technique she used to teach us what nouns, proper nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and the rest are, didn't feel like learning at all to us. To my siblings and me, it was a game that produced giggles, belly laughs and just plain fun. Read this interesting article and find out how to easily teach your kids the basic parts of speech using silly fill-in stories!

A Bonus to Using Silly Fill-In Stories to Teach Your Kids
Looking back, I can see now how valuable these silly stories were. Sure, they taught us about the parts of speech. But, more importantly, a bonus that came from my mother using them, was, the quality time we spent together. We were being taught, but we had so much fun, we didn't even realize it.

A Mini Refresher Course
If your English skills are a little rusty, here's a mini refresher course on what the basic parts of speech are:

1. Nouns are common persons, places or things. Examples of nouns are star, truck and mother.
2. Proper nouns are specific persons, places or things. Examples of proper nouns are Mr. Smith, Irish Setter and Earth. Unlike nouns, proper nouns are always capitalized.
3. Adjectives are words that describe nouns. Examples of adjectives are weary, funny and good.
4. Verbs are action words. Examples of verbs are run, talk and bite.
5. Adverbs tell us how, when, where and to what extent something is done. These parts of speech usually end in -ly, but not always. Examples of adverbs are quickly, often and easily.

How to Easily Teach Your Kids the Basic Parts of Speech Using Silly Fill-In Stories
Mother started out writing a few fill-in stories and asking us for the words. After we caught on to the process, my brothers and I took turns with her being the story writer.