As an early childhood psychologist, I spend a lot of time considering the academic and language needs of our youngest learners. Academic knowledge and language processing are greatly entangled during early development. It is impossible to analyze a child's academic skill set without accounting for his/her language development.
Position concepts (e.g., under) are not just "language knowledge," they are actually foundational math skills. Before a student can consider which number comes "next" in a sequence, they need to have a schema for what "next" means. This applies to other concepts like "more" "bigger" and "behind" exc, exc..
I ran across this fun way to teach position concepts. You could cut out a "triangle shape" to make a fan (attached at the center with a brad). Then students could use a magnifying glass or "3D" glasses to locate the monkey.
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