Curriculum / Show & Tell Mastery / module 1

My Favourite Thing

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The child gives their first structured talk: one minute about a favourite object, using the simplest speech skeleton there is.

Parent guide (what to say and do)

Teach the skeleton: 'This is my... I love it because... The best thing that happened with it was... Thank you for listening.' Practise twice, then perform at dinner to the family. Applaud sincerely. Ask one kind question. Never correct during or right after the talk; note one improvement for next week's practice instead. Repeat weekly, adding thirty seconds each month.

Learning material

Speech skeleton card (platform library)
Talk topic jar ideas list

Practical exercises and activities

Weekly: dinner-table talk with the family as audience. Monthly: pod Showcase Saturday where each child presents to the group. Stretch: the child interviews a grandparent and presents what they learned.

Materials required

Nothing to buy. A phone to record talks is a powerful optional tool: children love watching their own progress.

Assessment checkpoints

Four weekly talks completed; the fourth talk uses the full skeleton unprompted and holds eye contact for most of the talk.

Learn with AI

Ready-made prompts for this module. Copy one into your AI assistant and it becomes a patient tutor that follows the OSH method: no lecturing, no rote learning, hands-on activities included.

For the student

A tutor that teaches this module step by step, asks questions, and never just gives answers.

For the parent or teacher

A coach that helps you prepare, deliver, and troubleshoot this lesson.

How to set this up in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude

ChatGPT: Open ChatGPT → press your profile → My GPTs → Create a GPT → paste the prompt into Instructions → name it after the module → save for repeated lessons. Or simply paste the prompt at the start of a new chat.

Gemini: Open Gemini → Gems panel → New Gem → paste the prompt into the instructions box → name it after the module → save. The Gem stays available for every study session.

Claude: Open Claude → create a Project (or a Skill in Claude Code) → paste the prompt into the project instructions → every conversation in that project becomes a tutoring session for this module.

Safety note: children under 13 should use AI assistants together with a parent, and account age rules of each platform apply.

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