Think together about words that mean different things in different contexts (homonyms). Examples: right, match, mean, point, rest.

1. What word can mean different things, even when spelt the same?
2. Can you give me a sentence that shows the word in both the different meanings?
3. Can you think of words which have more than 2 meanings? (tip = 5: point, advice, fall, rubbish, gratuity)

Imagine your child worked in Marketing for Apple and a new iPhone was being launched. Ask them to translate the following FEATURES  into customer BENEFITS: lighter handset, longer battery, more apps. This is a basic rule of good marketing copy - the text should speak to the value for a customer, not just the specifications of the product.

1) Let's say the new phone was lighter. How could you talk about that?

2) What does a lighter phone mean for the person using it?

3) Similarly, what are the benefits of a longer battery life to the user?

Shout out any adjective and have your child shout out the opposite. You can start with simple pairs (for example: high - low; cold - hot; big - small) and work your way to harder pairs (for example: fizzy - flat; shiny - matt; transparent - opaque).

1) High! What is the opposite?

2) Cold, big, short, hard, strong, fizzy, shiny, transparent, hungry.

3) Now you shout out a word, and I have to shout the opposite?