How to explain to children what are synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms and antonyms are opposite concepts. Many children have trouble understanding this. Nothing better than using a simple example so that they learn to differentiate them and understand what it means. Here are some games that you can use with your children to review synonyms and antonyms at hom

Here are some games that you can use with your children to review synonyms and antonyms at home.

What are synonyms and how to explain it to children

Synonyms are words that have the same or very similar meaning. So we will say that happy and cheerful have the same meaning, then they are synonymous. It means the same thing:

I'm happy.

We were walking home.

I wait for my husband.

The synonym is a resource widely used by writers as it is a way to avoid being repetitive. I give you an example:

He had a beautiful and tiny nose, a beautiful blond hair and a beautiful smile.

Here we see that the words, beautiful, beautiful and beautiful are in the same sentence and mean the same thing, but they do not repeat themselves.

What are antonyms and how to explain it to children

Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning. For example:

The child is dressed.

The child is naked.

I am very happy.

I'm very sad.

Go down the mountain.

Climb the mountain.

That's why we will say that they are words that mean exactly the opposite.

Game of synonyms and antonyms for children

Like so many other times we will resort to games so that children learn in a natural way and the concept is clear in their memory.

The idea is to learn while having fun, so this time we will use the famous emoticons.

1. SYNONYMS: We can explain to children that just as emoticons have different faces and can show the same emotions, so there are words that are written differently but can have the same meaning.

ANTONYMS: Antonyms, as we have said before, are words with the opposite meaning.

To see if you have understood the concept, we can choose several emoticons that show joy and the same number that show sadness. We will ask the children to form random pairs and then we will play to find out if they are synonyms or antonyms.