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Capital Letters and Full Stops: A Sentence Train Adventure

Capital Letters and Full Stops

A Sentence Train Adventure

Learn how capital letters and full stops make a sentence, then build sentence trains, fix capitals and join ideas with “and” alongside Dot.

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What's inside

  1. Your first sentence
  2. Build it yourself
  3. Does it make sense?
  4. Small and big letters
  5. Capital partners
  6. Where capitals go
  7. Fix the capitals
  8. Meet Buzzy the bee
  9. Where does Dot go?
  10. Sentence detective
  11. Build the and bridge
  12. Join the ideas
  13. What comes next?
  14. Climb Star Mountain 6 questions

What you'll learn

  • A sentence is a group of words that makes sense
  • Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop
  • Capital letters for names, places, days of the week and the word I
  • Where to put a full stop when an idea ends
  • How the joining word “and” links two ideas into one sentence
  • Matching each small letter to its capital letter

About this adventure

Capital Letters and Full Stops is a free interactive game that teaches children aged 5–7 how to build a sentence, matching Year 1 English in the National Curriculum. Players learn that a sentence makes sense, begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, and how the joining word “and” links two ideas.

Dot the full stop guides each step, and a pointing hand shows what to tap. Children couple word carriages into sentence trains, turn small letters into capitals, fix names, places, days and the word I, help Buzzy the bee find where to stop, and build a bridge that joins two sentences with “and”.

Any word can be tapped to hear it spoken. A Star Mountain challenge checks everything at the end and awards a certificate.

Questions and answers

When do you use a capital letter?

You use a capital letter at the start of every sentence, for names of people and places, for days of the week and for the word I. In the game, children tap words like “sam” and “monday” to turn them into capitals.

Where does a full stop go in a sentence?

A full stop goes at the end of a sentence, where one complete idea finishes, and tells the reader to pause. When a line of words holds two ideas, each needs its own full stop, and the next sentence starts with a capital letter.

How do you join two sentences with “and”?

You join two sentences with “and” by removing the first full stop and putting “and” between the two ideas. The second idea then usually starts with a small letter, as in “The sun is hot and we go to the beach.”, but the word I always stays a capital.

What age is this capital letters and full stops game for?

It is made for children aged 5 to 7, matching Year 1 English in the National Curriculum for England. Older children who are still unsure about sentence punctuation can use it too, and Dot reads every instruction out loud for early readers.

How long does the game take and what does it include?

Playing everything takes about 35 minutes, and it can be split across several sessions because progress is saved. It includes five places on Sentence Island, 13 short activities, a six-question Star Mountain challenge and a certificate at the end.

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