Listen, Build and Solve - Foundation

Teach Foundation children to listen to a useful spoken step, give a clear short message, ask for missing information and check a shared task with a partner. Listen, Build and Solve uses toy-play arrangements and cooperative planning as practical reasons to communicate.

What's included

• 43-page Unit Plan PDF: one contents page, 11 teacher-guide pages and 31 resource pages.
• Editable 20-slide teaching presentation supporting all five lessons.
• Editable 22-slide quiz: cover, ten question/answer-feedback pairs and closing slide.
• Four colour communication displays and two worked-model displays.
• Three paired target/blank mat sets: toy play, picnic and helper space (six landscape pages).
• Two matching piece sheets, two sheets containing 12 repair cards, a partner game guide and a cooperative planning mat.
• Five black-and-white worksheets, each immediately followed by its red answer or model page.
• A fresh partner assessment, an interaction observation sheet and a three-level communication rubric.
• An 85-page watermarked Preview PDF combining the Unit Plan, presentation and quiz.
• A clean Table of Contents JPEG.

Learning focus

Receive a short useful message and respond; name an object and place; give a clear step; ask for missing information or a repeat; use a comfortable audible voice; contribute an idea and check a shared plan.

Classroom use

Children practise speaking and listening through adult modelling, shared views, pointing, gestures, AAC/talker output, additional wait time and adult help. Teacher guidance includes exact spoken messages, role swaps, support and challenge, observations, closure and optional extensions. Flexible lessons are planned for approximately 35–45 minutes. Worksheets are adult-read supports for oral practice; independent reading and writing are not required.

Answers

Worksheets 1–2 include fixed response/placement keys. Worksheet 3 includes question-choice answers and a possible rehearsal exchange. Worksheets 4–5 include clearly identified possible planning/reflection examples; other relevant responses are valid. Quiz feedback follows each question.

Teacher benefits

Exact teacher messages and worked exchanges support modelling. Matching target/blank mats give both children an active role. Red answer/model pages sit directly after each worksheet. A fresh task and observation sheet help record communication in context.

Digital product and licence

Digital download only; no physical item is supplied. Use the printable pages and presentation files with your own class. Do not resell, redistribute or post the files publicly. PowerPoint-compatible software is needed to edit the PPTX decks. Everyday classroom objects and adult preparation are needed for partner tasks.

Formats and page counts

Learning files: PDF Unit Plan; PPTX presentation and quiz; PDF Preview; JPEG contents image. The Unit Plan contains 43 pages; the two native decks contain 42 slides altogether (20 + 22). Total teaching pages/slides: 85. The Preview reproduces these materials and is not additional teaching content. Printable resource artwork is fixed-layout; presentation and quiz text is editable.