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Thousands of primary schools enjoy success teaching languages
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Because your class enjoys seeing real children and how they live...
with Early Start resources page
4 French
page
12 Spanish page
16 German page
22 Russian
”Joyeux anniversaire!”
We see a French class celebrate a pupil’s birthday.
Primary French, Spanish, German and Russian UPDATED Multimedia packs.... NEW! ONLINE versions
resources with real support for teachers www.earlystart.co.uk
2 .” . s i o r t . . x un..deu
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We saw French children playing hide-and-seek in their playground.
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Getting started
Your children learn as they SEE and HEAR REAL children’s everyday natural language in the films...
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They OBSERVE and TALK ABOUT everyday life, celebrations and culture...
See samples at www.earlystart.co.uk
3 Together, you EXPLORE new language and refine PRONUNCIATION with versatile new e-flashcards... (and sing the songs)
with Early Start
4 ...and YOU save time with on-screen ‘teacher-prep’, and easy teaching ideas in the TEACHER’S MANUAL...
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Early Start French 1 We saw French children playing boules... and learned to play ourselves.
! e g u o r e l C’est
French pack 1 single-user : +VAT
£140
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£230
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Bonjour, madame! PACK
Get started with films and e-flashcards
Real children - everyday France
Young beginners are fascinated to see real French children, filmed at school, at home, and out in their communities.
Planned language progression
Each section throughout the three packs gradually progresses children’s language skills - with many new activities, songs and links with literacy and numeracy work.
Teacher’s Manuals - full of ideas
The Manuals help you plan lessons using the films as a starting point. The photocopiable activity sheets
Starts simply
support speaking-and-listening activities: pupils enjoy using French while playing board games, outdoor “boules”, etc.
Topics covered
In Pack 1,“Salut! Ça va?”, children learn to talk about themselves in French, and find out about other people. It covers these topics:
Pack 1
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Greeting people, sharing celebrations and games...
Greetings How are you? What’s your name? How old are you? Numbers 0-31 Colours
What’s the date today? When’s your birthday? Pets, Family Today’s weather The alphabet Christmas
...builds a firm foundation
- the Starter Pack Pack 1
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- a sound start to language learning Children hear native speakers on films and e-flashcards as their main model of the language
See the film, then explore the new language... ...with e-flashcards
“un chien” Progress from words to build sentences...
“J’ai un chien.”
...even better value!
Sing karaoke songs
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French 1
with interactive games
Choose your activity...
Re-visit the films‌
PC / MAC compatible, ideal for whiteboards. Internet-linked
Play interactive games...
Interactive games and activities to use alongside your films... The French 1 pack now includes great extra resources for each language topic - and with an online subscription or a network licence, all your children can access it individually.
More cultural information...
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and independent learning
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“Mon ann
s.”
ar m 9 e l t s e ersaire
We heard French children saying their birthdays… …and set the calendar
Activities included in the pack add a magic interactivity to the children’s experience with the films. Fun games and activities will motivate them to use the new language until it’s really familiar. There are presentations exploring a wide range of cultural background about France and French speaking countries. You can use the games in whole-class teaching on a whiteboard, or children can use them independently in small groups on your class computers. Children gain more exposure and practice with language, plus independent access to see the films and explore cultural information.
See a sample at www.earlystart.co.uk
3 8 Early Start French 2 Continuation Pack la cantine - builds on the Starter Pack
PACK
2
le déjeuner We saw French children’s school dinners
Pack 2
In Pack 2, “Où habites-tu?”, you’ll see French children at family meal-times, school classrooms and canteens; shopping with euros; leisure activities like making kites - in big cities and small villages. There’s reading and writing, with links to story books and dictionaries. Where do you live? Places in your town Where is the...? Directions
My classroom School subjects Weather Numbers 40-200
Food, drink- likes, dislikes Telling the time Euros and shopping Sports and leisure
French pack 2 single-user : +VAT
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Où habites-tu?
Builds language skills... lots of activities...Songs... cross-curricular...website...
Early Start French 2
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e-CDs: single-user :
£60
site licence with CD:
£120 +VAT
As the children’s language skills develop, these activities help them work at sentence and text level. Fun games and activities will motivate them to use the new language in different contexts You can use the games in whole-class teaching on a whiteboard, or they’ll work with small groups on the class computers - with independent access to see the films and explore cultural information.
and independent learning
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Early Start French 3 Extension Pack es.”
ttes chinois
e des assie “J’aime fair
L’école du cirque in Lille
Pack 3 builds on Packs 1 and 2, meeting the needs of children who have been learning French for 2 to 3 years, starting in year 3 or before.
PACK
3
“A Sars-Po teries il y avait une g are”
“J’habite au Maroc.”
ue c’est?”
Pack 3
“Qu’est-ce q
Healthy eating Parts of the body PE-the circus school Mini-beasts
“C’est un rhinocér
os.”
Zoos and habitats Past and present Morocco, our world Days out On the way to school Cinderella, the story Seasons and the history
We saw a French class visit the Zoo ... French children at a circus school ... ... a village school in France celebrate its centenary ...a mini-beast hunt... ...and Moroccan children who are learning French ...
“Ici et là”
- builds on the Continuation Pack
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Karaoke songs e-flashcards Language support
‘Cendrillon’... the Cinderella story set in a French château...
French pack 3 single-user : +VAT
£140
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M
orocco
for Inter-Cultural Understanding
- a Learning Journey
Resource Pack
Cross-curricular links with French Reinforce and develop children’s French language as you study Morocco with this Resource Pack. It supports a range of classroom topics, especially the InterCultural Understanding strand. French is widely spoken in Morocco, a fast-changing country which is increasingly a tourist destination, as well as being overwhelmingly Muslim.
Ready-made lessons The Pack gives an educational rationale for a cross-curricular approach, as well as ready-made lessons and associated planning documents, and suggestions for school exchanges and linked webpages. The CD-ROM includes an extensive picture library that illustrates different faces of Morocco, with several multimedia presentations in French.
by Margot Brown & Ann Gregory, York St.John University
Book + CD
£45 .00 No VAT
Picture Library Photo diary Presentations Lesson ideas
Mint tea for guests
12 Early Start Spanish See REAL Spanish children
To introduce children to language and everyday life of modern Spain, we filmed real children and families in the towns of Calahorra and Nájera in la Rioja region of northern Spain - an area rich in history and culture. DVD packs: single-user : +VAT
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Talking about what you see
The Teacher’s Manuals highlight specific “talking points” which are stimulated by the films, and their images of children’s lives in Spain. Each pack provides the teacher with interesting background information to help pupils compare what they see with their own lives and community around them. Find out about: ■ Festivals and celebrations ■ Sports and pastimes ■ Places in Spanish towns ■ School life ■ Typical meals at home & school ■ Famous figures from Spanish history and culture ■ In the footprints of dinosaurs in Spain...
Starter Pack 1: “Tú y Yo”
Traditions
This project is part-financed by the European Commission SOCRATES Programme - Lingua Action D.
1 Materials produced by the Early Start team in partnership with the Embajada de España in London.
Pack 1
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A gentle, step-by-step start for young beginners, with careful attention to pronunciation, developing listening- and speaking-skills, and cultural awareness. Topics covered:Greetings Saying goodbye How are you? What’s your name? Colours Numbers 1-12 How old are you?
The months of the year Numbers 13-31 When’s your birthday? The days of the week What’s the date today? Pets Brothers and sisters
See Spanish children
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- filmed in Spain the help of the Spanish Embassy
A child’s eye view of everyday life in modern Spain. Simple language, lots of activities.
Pack 2: “Mi ciudad y mi colegio”
Pack 2
Continuation Pack on the theme: “My town and school” with carefully-planned progression. Where do you live? Places in your town: - shops, school, market Directions to places Classroom objects Weather
Numbers 40-200 What’s the time? Alphabet Likes and dislikes: - food - at school - sports and leisure
PACK
2
We saw what real Spanish children do in their spare time... We saw a Spanish birthday party...
” ! s o ñ a e l p m u c z i l e F “ !
They pull the birthday boy’s ear - a Spanish custom
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Spanish 1
ADD interactive games
o r e r b fe
- whiteboard-friendly!
e-CDs:
Play the Goose Game.
single-user :
£60
site licence with CD:
£120 +VAT
What days are special in Spain?
We saw storks nesting on a Spanish church
Why do storks come to Spain?
This CD-ROM gives your class independent access to the films you have watched as a group, but split into brief sections. Each is followed by a fun language game,
Games like ‘Sort the months into order’.
an activity, or a simple presentation of cultural information. You can also use these activities on the whiteboard with the whole class.
Find out about famous Spanish people.
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More for Spanish...
Resources to complement your Early Start packs
We recommend...
Need more for Spanish?
Talking Big Books... Interactive stories on CD-ROM with games, activities and cross-curricular links. Use alongside your DVD packs, or as a stand-alone resource... see p20. HOW TO ORDER: ONLINE: www.earlystart.co.uk Phone: 01304 362569 Fax: 01304 600123 Email: orders@earlystart.co.uk Schools can request an invoice or pay by card Private individuals can order by debit/credit card
€
£24
CD-ROM +VAT
EURO play-money
A vital accessory for Spanish, French or German.
Notes: 100 mixed:
£8.75 +VAT
Coins: 100 mixed:
£3.75 +VAT
Ideal for language-play activities such as shopping and cafés, this EURO play money helps familiarise children with handling the real EUROs. Realistic designs help you teach the background to the European Union’s currency. The EURO notes depict similar art and colours to real ones, and mimic actual sizes. The coins are 2-sided plastic, showing all denominations with a variety of national coin backs.
Children learn by handling “real”-looking Euros.
Die Lorelei: “Wie geht’s?”
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Early Start
n a m r e G
“Ich bin Rumpelstilzchen”
- produced with the Goethe-Institut Pack 1 filmed in the Rhineland
See real German children filmed at school, with their families, in historic Boppard, and along the River Rhine.
Starter Pack 1: “Hallo! Wie geht’s?”
Part 1 of the course helps pupils talk about themselves, and find out about other people. They’ll see everyday life in Germany, plus traditional tales and customs. Topics:-
PACK
1
“Hallo, Silvia!”
Pack 1
“Tschüs!”
Greetings Goodbye How are you? What’s your name? Numbers 1-31 How old are you? Where do you live? Days of the week
Weather The Alphabet Pets My family Colours Christmas in Germany Classroom language “Can-do” record sheets
“Fröhliche Weihnachten” “...der Rhein” Both packs include: Teacher’s Manual, DVD and Flashcards CD
“Das ist der Rattenfänger von Hameln”
Early Start German
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”Meine Ökostadt”
- filmed in Freiburg, Germany’s “greenest city”
Each pack:
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2
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Karaoke songs e-flashcards Language support
Link German with studying sustainability Pack 2 features children and their families in Germany’s
Pack 2
“greenest city”; their solar-houses, how they travel to school, grow vegetables in the school garden - and their football club!
ern.”
he g “Ich koc
“meine Stadt”
Places in my town My house Travel to school Directions A tour of my school School subjects What’s the time? Months of the year My birthday
Today’s date Leisure activities Numbers 40-500 & the Euro What do you like to eat? Enjoy your meal! Parts of the body Describing clothes and myself Countries of the world
“mein Lieblingssport ist Fußball”
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German 1
ADD interactive games - whiteboard-friendly!
e-CDs: single-user :
£60
! Out now
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£120 +VAT
We saw a class in a German school playing Hangman....
Can you work out what they’re saying?
This CD-ROM gives your class independent access to the films you have watched as a group, but split into brief sections. Each is followed by a fun language game,
an activity or a simple presentation of cultural information. You can also use the games on the whiteboard with the whole class.
arning
Independent le
hear letter sounds
film clip
Interesting things about Germany.
Games to make new words familiar.
More for German...
Resources to complement your Early Start packs
We recommend...
Need more for German? Learn German with Songs... Song books with audio CDs... topic-based songs in German for KS1 and 2.
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Talking Big Books... Interactive stories on CD-ROM with games, activities and cross-curricular links. Use alongside your DVD packs, or as a stand-alone resource... see p20.
books
ÂŁ15 each
with worksheets and tips for use.
HOW TO ORDER: ONLINE: www.earlystart.co.uk Phone: 01304 362569 Fax: 01304 600123 Email: orders@earlystart.co.uk Schools can request an invoice or pay by debit/credit card Private individuals can order by debit/credit card
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Talking Big Books on CD-ROM
Start reading in
Games on each CD-ROM match the story, eg: ■ spot silent letters ■ jumbled words ■ Hangman ■ spot the phoneme ■ story quiz ■ find nouns, verbs, etc ■ electronic flashcards Use to add a language dimension to crosscurricular topic work.
Use these CD-ROMs like a BIG BOOK - teacher controls the pace as children see and hear the story... Encourage them to join in, and then play games with the language... CD-ROMs per title
...ava
ilable
in Fre nch,
single user:
Span
£24
ish or Ger m
an
site licence:
£48 +VAT
books
.99 …also as books £5 each Suitable for years KS1 3-4 KS1 3-4 KS1 3-4 KS1 3-4 KS1 3-4
5-6
KS1 3-4
5-6
3-4
5-6
3-4
5-6
3-4
5-6 5-6
Choice of Titles Goodnight Everyone Happy Birthday I Want my Banana Hurry Up, Molly I’m Too Big George the Goldfish Puppy Finds a Friend What’s for Supper? The Space Postman Get Dressed, Robbie
Use on your Whiteboard Language content toy animals counting, colours jungle animals, food parts of body, left/right comparing opposites plants, seasons farm animals, excuses food, shopping, likes directions, space clothes, adjectives
Build oracy and literacy skills
Cross-curricular themes bedtime, PSHE celebrations habitat, extinction my body Science:adaptation life cycles farming food, cooking planets clothes design
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French, Spanish or German “Alles gute zum G
!”
“¡Feliz cumpleaños
eburtstag!”
“Joyeux anniversaire!”
Use the ‘Happy Birthday’ CD alongside the birthday chapter in Early Start Pack 1 for French, The cross-curricular themes of the best-selling German or Spanish.
‘Talking Big Book’ series make them ideal to use either alongside your Early Start packs or with free as stand-alone resources. And now many titles activities German Big Book titles: Puppy finds a friend, include free optional activities using Happy Birthday, I want my Banana, Clicker, the talking word-processor. What’s for Supper?
Children love
for you ng learne er rs
10 interactive stories with native speaker voices on one CD-ROM for shared reading with the whole class, told in simple French. Children love these stories about monsters and witches. Following the text boosts their confidence as readers, and reinforces pronunciation. In Book 4 (right) Pic and Pac open the doors in a strange maze by doing simple sums! CD-ROM + Themes include: 10 booklets - Birthdays - Shopping single user: - Family - Numbers £39 - Animals - Food site licence:
On your whiteboard and in your reading corner
£90 +VAT
includes CD-ROM plus a set of 10 printed booklets
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An exciting “taster” for primary schools NEW
Belka &
Strelka
- space
dogs
Learn Russian alongside your pupils Real children and their families Vivid films show Russian language and culture seen through the eyes of Russian children living in the UK. n Day to day family life n Saturday morning “Russian School” n Celebrations and festivals n Links with relations in Russia. Your pupils will learn as they see and hear everyday natural language in the films.
d t more an u o d n fi o o to T interest g r u o y r e t regis start.co.uk www.early
Real Russian
families
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To help primary schools already offering foreign language learning, this Russian “taster” course makes it easy to take a simple look at an alternative language, culture and alphabet.
Early Start Russian contains: n films n e-flashcards n songs n teachers’ language support n ideas for language games n fascinating facts about Russia. TOPICS •Greetings •What’s your name? •Numbers •How old are you? •Where do you live? •Weather •Months of the year •Days of the week
Supported by:
•My family •Pets •Sports •Colours •Food •Introduction to the Russian alphabet
Watch the films Explore the language Reinforce with games and songs Discover a new country Encounter a different alphabet
New Year celebrations
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What else do you need to work with Early Start?
Dictionaries - a vital skill for learning
French
cultural information
The ideal first French dictionary
A bilingual dictionary with detailed coverage of core vocabulary in a clear, easy-to-use format. Designed to meet the needs of primary school children learning French, it includes simple examples to illustrate usage, and key phrases. Useful for children, parents, and a mine of helpful information for teachers.
key phrases examples of usage
We recommend... Spanish German
We recommend... Oxford School German Dictionary as ‘best of what’s available’ for young beginners.
HOW TO ORDER Please see our website for details of how to order dictionaries: www.earlystart.co.uk
This dictionary is specially designed for children aged 7-11 just starting to learn Spanish. We recommend it because it has all the basic features of a “proper” bilingual dictionary: - two sides (Sp-En/En-Sp) - age-appropriate vocabulary - examples of usage - simple grammar info without confusing abbreviations. Notes There are lots of notes about language and culture, and warnings about “false friends”. It covers Spanish and Latin American practice.
How to order
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French
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Spanish
Russian
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