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8 courses
English · Preschool
Short listening games with Olly: children listen to a spoken clue and find the picture it describes, follow simple spoken directions in play, and practise taking turns in a conversation with a grown-up. Everything is spoken aloud; no reading is needed.
English · Preschool
Children grow their everyday vocabulary: they find familiar things by name, use describing words such as big, little, hot, cold and soft, and sort things into groups by what they are and what we use them for. A grown-up encourages the child to say the words aloud.
English · Preschool
Children learn to "read" pictures: they say who is in a picture, what is happening and where, put three picture-story events in order, and ask and answer who, what and where questions in a back-and-forth chat with a grown-up.
English · Preschool
Playful listening for the sounds inside words: children find words that rhyme, clap and count the parts (syllables) of words, and join two small words into one big word (sun + flower = sunflower). It is all done by listening and speaking; no letters are needed.
English · Preschool
Children explore how books work: the front cover and its title, turning pages from front to back, and the difference between pictures and words. They learn that the words tell the reader what to say, and they spot print and signs in the world around them.
English · Preschool
Children explore letters through names and signs: they tell letters apart from numbers, find a named capital letter among look-alike letters (starting with the first letter of a name), and copy short names with letter tiles, learning that names and words are letters in a set order.
English · Preschool
A grown-up reads a short original story, Cat's Lost Mitten, aloud. Children name who is in it and where it happens, retell the events in order with pictures, say what the problem was and how it was fixed, and then retell the story with a simple sock puppet.
English · Preschool
Children learn that drawing and writing are ways to send a message. They choose drawings that tell a message, tell a grown-up about a picture so the grown-up can write their words down, and try their own marks, letter-like shapes and name letters, working from left to right.
