The two Activity Books are designed to progressively develop children’s Language Arts and Literacy skills step by step. Activity Book 1 concentrates on pre-reading and pre-writing skills and the beginnings of sound and letter recognition. Activity Book 2 reinforces and extends the learning to include letter formation and the first steps in word-building. Look inside to see what else is included in the package!
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Other products in the A, B, C, You and Me series: A, B, C, You and Me Activity Book 1: 9781408297261 A, B, C, You and Me Pack: 9781447906964
The 1, 2, 3, You and Me: Early Childhood Numeracy education series: 1, 2, 3, You and Me Activity Book 1: 9781408277751 1, 2, 3, You and Me Activity Book 2: 9781408277768 1, 2, 3, You and Me pack: 9781408279861
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A, B, C, You and Me is a complete package of interactive materials for Early Childhood Language Arts and Literacy education in the Caribbean. Its interactivity and diversity provides opportunities for children to learn through play, developing critical Language Arts and Literacy skills in a stimulating and enjoyable way.
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The wheels on the bus
Transport
Activity instructions: Talk about travelling on the bus. Where do they go on the bus? Emphasise the importance of getting on and off the bus safely. Sing Wheels on the bus (on the CD) showing the children how to do the actions for each verse. Stress the “w” at the start of the “wheels” and “wipers”. Encourage the children to make up new verses and actions.
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We’re on the bus!
Transport
w
Ww
Activity instructions: Say the word “wheels” together stressing the initial “w”. Does anyone’s name start with “w”? Ask the children to find items in the picture that start with “w” and to colour them (window, wipers, woman, watch, water, wet boy, web, whale, wheel). Sing Wee Willie Winkie (on the CD).
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Make it match!
Transport
ww WW Activity instructions: Ask the children to look carefully at the vehicles on the left and then to make the ones on the right look the same. Letter formation: practise formation of “w W� using whiteboards, etc. (see Activity instructions, page 3).
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Roadworks
Rr
Transport
r
Activity instructions: Ask the children if they have seen roadworks like this on a road near them. Why do the workmen need to dig holes in the road? Why do we need traffic lights or signs saying STOP and GO? What does “road” begin with? Does anyone’s name begin with “r”? Ask them to find other items in the picture that start with “r” and to circle them (rocks, ropes, red light, rainbow, roof, roundabout).
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Road signs
Transport
Activity instructions: Look at each road sign in turn and ask the children if they have seen it before and what they think it says. Ask them to look back at the picture on page 56 and find where the sign is situated. Children to colour each sign to match the ones in that picture. Remind them to look out for signs like these on their way to and from school.
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Find the r and colour it red
Transport
rr RR Activity instructions: Ask the children to name the items in each row of pictures. Do any of them begin with “r”? Ask them to colour red the things starting with “r”, then to find the letter ‘r’ and colour it red too. Letter formation: practise formation of “r R” using whiteboards, etc. (see Activity instructions, page 3). Sing Row, row, row your boat (on the CD).
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Is it safe?
Transport
Yes Yes
No
No <insert AW84>
Yes
Yes
No Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Activity instructions: Talk about road safety. Look at each picture in turn and ask the children to describe what is happening, whether they think it is safe or not, and why. Then ask them to look at each picture again and circle either “Yes” or “No”.
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Name and number?
Transport
n
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Nn
Activity instructions: Ask the children to describe what is happening in the picture. Have they ever seen an accident? What is the girl doing? How would one make an emergency call? What number should be dialled? Role play making emergency phone calls. What sound does “number” begin with? Does anyone’s name begin with “n”? Ask them to find other items in the picture that start with “n” and to colour them (nurse, necklace, newspaper, nose).
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N is for net
Transport
n ___eedle
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___ut
___ose
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9 ___ine
nn NN Activity instructions: Letter formation: practise formation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;n Nâ&#x20AC;? using whiteboards, etc. (see Activity instructions, page 3). Ask the children what they can see on the page and which letter is missing from the caption each time. Ask them to write in the missing "n" in each caption.
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Match the animal with its load m
h
Transport
m
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Activity instructions: Ask the children to name the animals in the pictures. Talk about each one. Explain the difference between a mule and a donkey (a mule is the offspring of a female horse and a male donkey; a donkey is the offspring of two donkeys). Have they ever seen any of these animals carrying or pulling a load? Ask them to match the load to the animal by drawing a line from left to right. They can check whether they are right by matching the letters on the loads with the initial sound of the animals.
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Put the m things on the mule
Transport
m
Activity instructions: Ask the children to name the things they see on this page. Explain that only the things starting with “m” are to go in the mule’s basket. Then ask them to circle, colour and draw a line from all the “m” items to the basket. Use the flashcards for more phonic practice.
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A music man maze
Transport
mm MM Activity instructions: Explain to the children that they are to help the music man and his mule find the shortest way down the mountain. Ask them to follow the track with their finger and, when they have found the shortest way, trace it with a pencil. Letter formation: practise formation of “m M” using whiteboards, etc. (see Activity instructions, page 3). Sing The music man (Teacher’s Guide, page 37).
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A yacht
Transport
Yy
y
Activity instructions: Ask the children to look at the boat. Have they ever been on a boat like this? Do they know what this kind of boat is called? (yacht) What sound does “yacht” start with? Does anyone’s name start with “y”? Ask them to find other items in the picture that start with “y” and to colour them yellow (yawn, yogurt, yo-yo).
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Colour the yachts
Transport
y
r
b
g
Activity instructions: Explain to the children that you would like them to colour the yachts. The letters on the flags show what colour each boat is to be. Ask them which colour starts with “r”, which with “b”, “y” and “g”.
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Who has the yellow yo-yo?
Transport
yy YY Activity instructions: Read the sentence at the top of the page together, pointing to each word as you say it. Ask the children to follow each yo-yo string carefully with their finger to find which colour yo-yo each person has. They can then use crayons to trace the string from each person to the yo-yo of that colour. Letter formation: practise formation of â&#x20AC;&#x153;y Yâ&#x20AC;? using whiteboards, etc. (see Activity instructions, page 3).
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Looking back y
Transport
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y w
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Activity instructions: Ask the children to say what they see on this page. What letters are on the three vans? Ask them to draw a line from each thing to the van that has the letter it begins with. They then draw the item inside the appropriate van.
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Looking back
Transport
Where do they go?
Activity instructions: Ask the children what each sign says and then to draw a line from the sign to the place where it should be in the picture.
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The two Activity Books are designed to progressively develop childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Language Arts and Literacy skills step by step. Activity Book 1 concentrates on pre-reading and pre-writing skills and the beginnings of sound and letter recognition. Activity Book 2 reinforces and extends the learning to include letter formation and the first steps in word-building. Look inside to see what else is included in the package!
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Other products in the A, B, C, You and Me series: A, B, C, You and Me Activity Book 1: 9781408297261 A, B, C, You and Me Pack: 9781447906964
The 1, 2, 3, You and Me: Early Childhood Numeracy education series: 1, 2, 3, You and Me Activity Book 1: 9781408277751 1, 2, 3, You and Me Activity Book 2: 9781408277768 1, 2, 3, You and Me pack: 9781408279861
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CVR_ECLI_AB_ECCAR_7278_CVR_sample.indd 1
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Written and reviewed by experts in the field, and developed in accordance with Caribbean curricula, it is child-centred, hands-on, developmentally appropriate and integrated. Teachers and parents can be confident that this package will provide the support and tools they need to teach and excite young learners.
E
Z
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M
A, B, C, You and Me is a complete package of interactive materials for Early Childhood Language Arts and Literacy education in the Caribbean. Its interactivity and diversity provides opportunities for children to learn through play, developing critical Language Arts and Literacy skills in a stimulating and enjoyable way.
A
Early Childhood Language Arts and Literacy for the Caribbean
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M
Boo y t ivi Act
2
Anne Worrall and Tanya Banks
16/02/2012 12:18