Free first course

In this free course you and your child learn simple greetings, color in alphabet sheets, sing and make the actions of a good morning song, practice phonics and have fun with a simple drama game.

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Description of each follow-up module

Learn English through Drama with your child
for kindergarten children ages 3 to 6.

Course 2

Help and encourage your child to make a successful start in life
by learning English the easy and enjoyable way.

Help them to learn English the way they learn their mother tongue.

Cooperate with your child’s teachers.

Learn some English yourself.

Absorb English naturally through

• Colouring,
• Singing,
• Playing Games
• and Drama.

Learn greetings and words beginning with B.

Sing the song “My name’s Benny” with them.

All the family: Mum and Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, brothers, sisters and
friends can join in.

Course 3

Encourage your child to make a successful start in life
by learning English the easy and enjoyable way.

Have fun with them.

Sing a daily routine song with them:

“I wake up …… etc”

Get your child to paint or make models of objects beginning with C.

Look at flashcards and say words for washing face,
brushing teeth, having a bath, going to school, etc.

Together act the actions, body language and facial expressions
while saying the words.

Course 4

Help yourself and your child to learn
English the easy and enjoyable way.

Cooperate with your child’s teachers to help your child succeed.

Mum and Dad, Grandma and Grandpa, brothers and sisters
and friends can all help your child and have fun together.

See the Drama Youtube Demo.

Help you child to sing:
“How about you? What can you do?
Dance, I can dance …. etc”

Fill in colouring and writing sheets for the letter D.

Sing the letter D song too.

Course 5

Help your children to learn English the way they learn
their mother tongue.

Cooperate with your child’s teachers.

Learn English yourself.

Have fun with your children. Help to enthuse them.

Help your child to draw face pictures of your family
on his or her fingers.

Sing “Daddy Finger ……..”

Encourage them to paint and draw and cut and glue and say the Art words with them.

Listen and repeat the phonics.

Sing letter E and F songs together.

Play the family photographer game.

Course 6

Help and encourage your child to make a successful
start in life by learning English the easy and enjoyable
way.

Absorb English naturally through

• Colouring,
• Singing,
• Playing Games
• and Drama.

Learn about jobs in English.
Sing with them:
“What do you do? I’m a pilot……”

Also sing ““How old are you?” song.

Choose toys for your child to take to school to name and show.

Drama Game: miming and guessing different jobs.

Course 7

Encourage your child to make a successful start in life
by learning English the easy and enjoyable way.

Touch many body parts as you sing:

“My head is on top of my body.
My head has a nose, mouth and teeth……”

Do it faster and faster.

Gender: “is your grandmother a man or a woman?”

Sing colour song.

Ask: “what sport do you play?”

Drama game: mime and guess activities – in English: e.g. telling someone you love them,
eating spaghetti, etc.

Course 8

Warm up song:
Let’s go to the zoo
And stomp like the elephants do.
….. And jump like the kangaroos do.
…….And swing like the monkeys do ….”

Learn names of animals:

Also sing “Let’s take a walk in the Jungle”.

Read, write, listen to and say numbers with your child.

Read, say and write words with M, N, O and P.

Practice writing sheets with your child.

Encourage him or her to complete colouring sheets.

Drama Game: making pictures in groups.

Course 9

Sing the weather song
“How’s the weather today ?
Is it sunny?
Is it rainy?
Is it cloudy?
Is it snowy?”

Sing days of the week song.

Revise words with M, N, O and P from the previous lesson.

Read, say and write words with Q, R, S, T and U.

Sing transport song.

Drama game: kinds of transport

Use speech, movement and gesture to act being a passenger or rider.

Example: Noise of steam train. “Which platform?” Whistle. “Close the doors please.”

Course 10

Sing healthy food song:

“…Fruit and vegetables, grains will help you grow.
You’ll have energy, just you wait and see.

Healthy food will make you smile.
Junk foods, only fine once in a while.”

Review previous lessons: toys, body parts, sports, colours, animals,
transport, numbers, weather and weekdays.

Talk and sing about holidays with you child.

Numbers one to a hundred.

Drama Game: Say as many different kinds of fruit and vegetable as possible,
as quickly as you can.

Subscriptions

Our subscriptions give you access to current course documents and other related resources. Each course contains 8 – 10 modules and is available in alternative versions, tailored to the needs of parents or teachers.

$15 inclusive subscriptions for one year

1. Teachers’ kindergarten, elementary and secondary courses
2. Parents’ kindergarten, elementary and secondary courses