Stories with prepositions
Teaching Prepositions with Picture Books
Prepositions are words that describe position and spatial relationships. Growing in understanding of these types of relationships is an important part of general math understanding.
Position words are related to sequence, like numbers (before, after, between). These words are also related to shape and space, important concepts for geometry and other higher math understanding. These books can help your preschoolers begin to understand prepositions and the meaning of these important words. These words are sometimes referred to as positional words.
Picture Books to Teach Prepositions
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Iza Trapani
A book of the traditional song with a senses twist.
Where is Bear? by Jonathan Bentley
Yellow Ball by Molly Bang
Simple text with large simple pictures tell the story of a ball that floats away from shore but eventually ends up home again. Words describe the ball in relation to other things.
Underwear, by Jenn Harney
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Rosie the hen walks all over the farm (that includes all kinds of prepositions). But she is unaware of what’s happening right behind her. Illustrations will encourage discussion and using additional prepositions and positional words.
Cat Up, Cat Down, by Catherine Hnatov
Up & Down by Britta Keckentrup
Little Penguin goes on a journey to see his friend. This flap book is great with prepositions (and opposites).
The Greatest Gymnast of All, by Stuart J. Murphy
The Bouncing Ball by Deborah Kelly
A bouncing ball travels down the street and a great many other places.
Two Little Trains, by Margaret Wise Brown
We’re Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
The traditional story about going on a bear hunt and encountering various obstacles that must be overcome.
Hike, by Pete Oswald
Along a Long Road by Frank Viva
A bike ride on a long road goes up and down, in and out a tunnel, over a bridge, and back again.
Preposition Books for Preschool
Itsy Bitsy Spider
A version of the familiar fingerplay
Jack and Jill,
A fun version of the nursery rhyme
Grand Old Duke of York, by Nicholas Ian
A version of the classic song
Around the House the Fox Chased the Mouse, by Rick Walton
A fox chases a mouse around the house…and through, into, under, and out many places.
Joey and Jet, by James Yang
A boy and his dog play fetch, and the ball really travels.
Up, Down and Around, by Katherine Ayres
A fun book about growing a vegetable garden.
Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch, by Mary Peterson and Jennifer Rofe
Mischievous pigs run around the farm yard.
Elephants Aloft, by Kathi Appelt
Rama and Raja go on a balloon adventure.
Over and Under the Rainforest, by Kate Messner
Over and Under the Pond, by Kate Messner
Up and Down in the Dirt, by Kate Messner
Over and Under the Snow, by Kate Messner
Where is Jumper? by Ellen Stohl Walsh
You can look for these books at your local library or order used copies to keep costs down.
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Random Idea English: Random stories
Random Stories
Where I will try to illustrate a language point with a story, no doubt with varying degrees of success.
Here's a little story to give you some practice in prepositional verbs, although I'm afraid it's unlikely to win me a contract with Mills and Boon. It is designed as a follow-up to the lesson on prepositional verbs, where it originally appeared. You might want to do the lesson first. You can find it here.
Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
Part 1
for · on · of · into · after · under · towards · to
She bumped (1) him one day at the university library where she was working (2) her thesis. She was studying part-time, working (3) her Master's degree. He recognised her and asked (4) the health of one of her colleagues, saying that he hadn't seen him around recently, and asking what had become (5) him.
And so they got chatting. |
| He wasn't really the type she usually went (6) , but there was something in his smile that she really warmed (7) . They went for a coffee and she soon fell (8) the spell of his charm. He invited her to the cinema and suggested that he call (9) her with his car after work. His infectious laugh began to grow (10) her, and after a few more dates she had completely fallen (11) him. |
| But it didn't take long for it to dawn (12) her that his charm was just a facade, and that he wasn't what she had imagined at all. |
Part 2
into · with · through · for · without · at · to
| There were too many evenings when she had to go (1) his company because he had to 'work late', too many weekends when he had to go on 'business trips'. And she didn't exactly take (2) the idea of such a solitary lifestyle. |
When she burst (3) tears during an argument after one of these trips, he launched (4) a tirade about how she didn't trust him, saying that she had to allow (5) the demands of his career, and telling her that when you enter (6) a relationship you have to work (7) it.
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| Luckily she saw (8) his lies before she got too involved. She realised that there was no point in trying to stick (9) a relationship that was going nowhere, that was perhaps even heading (10) disaster. She decided she wasn't going to stand (11) his excuses any more, and that the best thing was to finish (12) him now, before she got in too deep. And so she did. |
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Answers to the exercises
- Part 1 - 1. into, 2. on, 3. towards, 4. after, 5. of, 6. for, 7. to, 8. under, 9. for, 10. on, 11. for, 12. on
- Part 2 - 1. without, 2. to, 3. into, 4. into, 5. for, 6. into, 7. at, 8. through, 9. at, 10. for, 11. for, 12. with
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Marina Koroleva (journalist, candidate of philological sciences)
I have been going to write for a long time - no, not about the preposition "about" itself, but about the amazing adventures of the preposition "about" in social networks and how these adventures came out of social networks into real life.
- Have you been to the new cafe? Not yet? Definitely go. Just keep in mind: it's not about food, it's about meeting and talking.
- Not about food? Where is there?
- It's better to eat in the cafe opposite. And this, new, it's about the atmosphere, it's just nice to be there.
Have you heard this? Have you read? For example, I read every day, and I hear more and more often. Interestingly, when used in this way, "pro" can be combined not only with a noun ("this room is about work, not about rest"), but also with a verb in the infinitive ("this trip is not about relaxing, but about working").
And if the combination of a preposition with a noun is habitual, at least formally, then with a verb...
Until recently, the rules of behavior for "pro" in Russian were clearly defined. This preposition is a synonym for a short "about" (about something and about something), they are used when it is necessary to indicate the person, object, phenomenon to which the thought or speech is directed. Or point to a topic, content (a fairy tale about a white bull). Synonyms are synonyms, but "about" is considered a literary pretext (a story about life), and "pro" is a colloquial one (a story about life). "About" also has use cases that are considered colloquial and obsolete: "about a rainy day" (corresponds to the preposition "on"), "not about us" (corresponds to the preposition "for").
And now our "pro" sweeps away the limits allotted to him and finds himself in new conditions for himself. One could be happy for him: noticed, chosen, loaded with additional work, used more and more often - here it is, glory! But something stops me.
