The Garden Hose: Activities

Read the story, then choose an answer. You can talk, point, sign or use a communication device. Ask for reading help if you need it.

Vocabulary

Read these five words from the story. Talk about what they mean.

hose: A flexible tube that carries water.
flow: The movement of water from one place to another.
leak: A place where water escapes when it should not.
kink: A sharp bend that blocks a hose or tube.
loosely: Without being pulled or pressed tightly.

Jumbled Words

Use the clue to make a word from the story. Drag the letters with a mouse or finger, or tap a letter and then a space.

Put the story in order

Drag the pictures into order from first to last with a mouse or finger. Or tap a picture, then tap where it should go. Use arrow keys to move a focused picture.

Tell the story

Retell their first idea, the clue they find and the solution. Explain why there were no wet patches. What can checking a whole object show that one quick look might miss?