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    This document provides guidance for teaching English to young learners. It notes that very young learners are active, energetic, creative, easily frustrated, eager to learn, and interested in pleasing teachers. It recommends using games, activities, songs, rules, routines, attractive materials, variety, positive reinforcement, patience, and movement. It also lists useful resources like posters, flashcards, puppets, toys, stories, and songs. The document emphasizes teaching useful vocabulary, structures, literacy and numeracy skills. It suggests puppets are powerful tools to engage children and that real-world activities in class help prepare pupils for lifelong learning.

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    This document provides guidance for teaching English to young learners. It notes that very young learners are active, energetic, creative, easily frustrated, eager to learn, and interested in pleasing teachers. It recommends using games, activities, songs, rules, routines, attractive materials, variety, positive reinforcement, patience, and movement. It also lists useful resources like posters, flashcards, puppets, toys, stories, and songs. The document emphasizes teaching useful vocabulary, structures, literacy and numeracy skills. It suggests puppets are powerful tools to engage children and that real-world activities in class help prepare pupils for lifelong learning.

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    Friendly First Steps

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    This document provides guidance for teaching English to young learners. It notes that very young learners are active, energetic, creative, easily frustrated, eager to learn, and interested in pleasing teachers. It recommends using games, activities, songs, rules, routines, attractive materials, variety, positive reinforcement, patience, and movement. It also lists useful resources like posters, flashcards, puppets, toys, stories, and songs. The document emphasizes teaching useful vocabulary, structures, literacy and numeracy skills. It suggests puppets are powerful tools to engage children and that real-world activities in class help prepare pupils for lifelong learning.

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    Friendly First Steps in English

    Nina Lauder - 2009


    Characteristics of very young learners are...
    active energetic .creative .easily frustrated eager to learn interested in pleasing parents and teachers curious ..developing eye-hand coordination

    need...
    attention games .activities songs rules .routines attractive class material variety positive reinforcement patience movement

    have...
    ..a lot of toys mood swings short attention spans imaginary friends great imaginations ..a lot of unanswered questions

    In principle all children want to learn and can succeed in learning. In order to succeed, they need useful, age appropriate vocabulary, basic structures and the tools to develop solid literacy and numeracy skills.

    Learning to Read
    Capable teachers are often unsure of the best way to approach teaching reading in English. First Friends was designed with this issue in mind. Susan Iannuzzi

    Puppets in Class
    Teachers use puppets for the same reason a fisherman puts bait on his hook; to catch the attention of children. Children love puppets. Puppets are much more than a cute toy. Puppets are powerful communication tools. Let us Teach All Kids; 2004

    Resources for young learners


    Posters - flashcards - puppets - toys - realia stories - songs - worksheets

    Skills to work on in pre-primary


    Fine motor skills - gross motor skills - social skills thinking skills - literacy skills

    Games
    Just a little bit Whats missing? Clap if correct Countdown

    Doing real world activities in class


    .helps prepare pupils for lifelong learning .is more motivating makes the use of English real and meaningful

    The material in this talk was taken from First Friends, OUP, 2009

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