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Ready Steady Series
Pre-primary language learning through nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fingerplays, stories, projects and values.
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Ready Steady from Pregon Publishing is a new, fun and exciting educational programme
for very young English language learners.
The Ready Steady programme is comprised of a three-level pre-primary course book
series that supports language acquisition and skills development. It contains
digital materials for both classroom and home use, making it a versatile tool for
promoting effective learning.
Ready Steady contains a variety of traditional nursery rhymes, fairy tales and
fingerplays. It includes a tear out Story Time and a fun Project Time in each unit.
It highlights values which teach children how to behave both inside and outside the
classroom.
Pupil’s Books (includes audio)
Each unit is 10 pages long with developmentally appropriate and fun theme-related
activities. Stickers and press outs provide additional fun and enhance the
development of psychomotor skills. Each unit contains a theme-related Story Time
booklet to promote children’s interest in reading and provides an important
home-school connection. On the Project Time page children get to make a project to
enhance their understanding of the unit. Children develop math’s skills through
shape recognition, counting and sequencing. Ready Steady presents numbers 1-10 in
Level 1 and numbers 1-20 in Level 2.
Activity Books
The Activity Book gives children focused reinforcement and extension. Each unit
contains a variety of activities to recycle the vocabulary and language structures.
Cut outs provide additional fun and enhance the development of psychomotor skills
while the review pages can be used for revision or assessment purposes.
Online Platform for Students & Parents
This platform is great for reviewing and extending what has been taught in the
classroom. Learners can learn the new vocabulary by looking at the flashcards while
simultaneously listening to the audios. Structures can be practiced by listening and
singing along to the Unit Song. With the inclusion of Balloon Pop Games, Game-Based
Assessments and Printable Worksheets students can practice to attain perfection.
Includes “Talking instructions” so students can easily understand and follow.
The Teacher’s Guide contains the scope and sequence, tips for teachers and
suggestions for teaching Ready Steady. There is a unit overview with the teaching
materials, learning aims, learning activities & skills, the topics, key words
& structures, and links for each unit’s traditional Extra Activity, along with
all the pages of both books.
At the back of the Teacher’s Guide you can find a game bank, the parental letters,
and photocopiable resources.
Audios
The original songs with catchy tunes will delight children. The theme-based
dialogues introduce the unit’s vocabulary and target language. The “Story Time”
audio with page turning prompts are included. The values’ dialogue helps to
illustrate the meaning of the values. The above all provide opportunities for the
children to listen, imitate, repeat and begin to speak on their own.
Classware
The multimedia component containing the Activity and Pupil’s book for use on the
interactive White Board in the classroom. It includes animation and many extra
activities to help children enhance mental and physical skills while making the
lessons more interesting and engaging. Embedded are audio and flashcards with review
vocabulary activities.
Posters
A colourful visual aid with labels to enhance learning and make the learning
environment more engaging.
Flashcards
A set of two-sided pictured cards with the target vocabulary on the reverse. A
versatile study tool that can be used in many fun ways for introducing, practicing
and revising vocabulary. The flashcards also appear in the Classware with matching
audio files.
Storycards
Four story cards per unit help tell the story and are later used for games to
practice and review the vocabulary and target structures.
Puppets
Plush puppets help learners model the language and further engage.