me, him, her, us, them
Look at ME! The pronouns that receive the action — small words children need loudly and early, tidied into grammar later.
From age 7Building sentences →
✏️ The pattern
- Saying it
- Look at me. Help him.
- Saying no
- Don't tell them.
- Asking
- Can you see us?
- Short answer
- Yes, I can see you.
🗣️ Sentences a child can say
Tap any sentence to hear it. Every one uses words from a topic pack you already have.
🩹 What you will actually hear
The three mistakes that come up in every class, and what is behind each one.
Look at I!Look at me!
I does the action; me receives it. After a verb or a little word like at, to, with — the receiving team plays.
Me like pizza.I like pizza.
The mirror mistake: me tries to do the acting. The doer's seat at the start of the sentence belongs to I, he, she, we, they.
🎯 How to teach it
- 1
Teach them inside commands the class already owns: Look at me, help him, give it to her. The imperative carries the object pronoun like a tray.
- 2
Play pass-the-teddy: 'Give it to HIM… now give it to HER… to THEM!' The bear's journey around the circle is the whole pronoun table in motion.
- 3
Pair each subject with its object on one card — I/me, he/him, they/them — and play snap. The pairs must become reflexes, not lookups.
🗂️ Topic packs that pair with this
Same structure, words your class already knows — no new vocabulary needed.
💬 Questions teachers ask
Subject and object pronouns in the same lesson?
In the same sentence, yes — 'I like him' — but never as two tables side by side. Children learn the pairs through use; the tables are for your planning notebook.
What about it — is it worth teaching separately?
It arrives free: 'Give it to me' is drilled from the first pass-the-object game, and children never misuse it. Spend the attention on him/her, where the real work is.