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My Little Island (American English)

Leone Dyson


Levels: 3 levels

Language: American English

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  • Levels & Samples
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Overview

Welcome to My Little Island

A friendly place for children to begin their journey in learning English.

  • Designed to help children learn to communicate in English through a four-skills-based approach
  • Builds increasing language proficiency through prereading/reading, prewriting/writing, listening, and speaking lessons and activities.
  • Children start out listening to and looking at picture stories and advance in the upper two levels to reading along with stories that have simple text
  • Children progress from tracing letters in words to writing words.
  • Listening and speaking skills, which are critical for language learning, are developed throughout the program with increasing emphasis in later levels.

Four over-arching beliefs

  1. Realities of the child's world must be at the core of the program and the basis for materials chosen
  2. A learner who is engaged will learn better
  3. Each child is unique in personality, interests, and learning styles and will benefit from materials that reflect this
  4. Successful learning only occurs when skills presented build on each other and are reviewed meaningfully

Levels & Samples

Three levels of pre-primary course for age 3 to 5 year old children

Components

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Student Book w/ CD-ROM 9780132314770 9780132795364 9780132795418
Workbook w/ Audio CD 9780132795470 9780132795401 9780132795463
Teacher’s Edition with ActiveTeach 9780132795494 9780132795395 9780132795456
Class Audio CDs 9780132795500 9780132795388 9780132795449
Picture Cards 9780132795517 9780132795371 9780132795432
For the course
Big Book 9780132795425
Posters (set of 3) 9780132795524
Sammy the Squirrel Puppet 9780132795531

Component

Student Book with CD-Rom

Eight thematic units focus on presentation and practice of the new vocabulary and language structures. Vocabulary builds throughout the program, children listen to stories with target language; sing songs and say chants; play games, collaborate, and communicate with partners, in small groups, and with the whole class.

The CD-ROM features program stories, as well as a variety of games and activities including matching, sorting, concentration, and multiple-choice.

Teacher's Edition with ActiveTeach

The interleaved Teacher's Edition includes full-size Student Book pages right beside the teaching lessons. A two-page Unit Overview with each unit's content and objectives also provides bulletin-board ideas, story summaries, and home-school and curriculum connections.

Student Book pages can be projected onto the big screen, using this interactive whiteboard program. Audio for songs, chants, directions, listening activities, videos, and Picture Cards is included.

Workbook with Audio CD

The Workbook provides practice and reinforcement of Student Book lessons. Children practice developing fine motor skills as they trace, match, and color theme-related pictures. An Audio CD with songs and chants is included.

Audio Program

Class Audio CDs contain all of the level's songs, chants, stories, and listening comprehension activities.

Posters

Three colorful posters motivate children as they set off to learn English. The My Little Island map and Meet Your New Friends! introduce the main characters.

Picture Cards

Forty-eight colorful photographs of the target vocabulary appear on Picture Cards for presentation, review, and games.

Big Book

The My Little Island Big Book engages children in a hands-on shared reading experience. The large, over-sized pages allow children to easily point to words and pictures.

Sammy the Squirrel Puppet

Sammy is the mascot of the My Little Island series, providing laughter and fun for children as they progress through each level.

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