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Elementary French, Spanish and German
Thousands of2013-14schools start
teaching worldlanguages
with Early Start resources
Because your classenjoys seeingreal children and how they live...
”Joyeux anniversaire!”We see a French class celebrate a pupil’s birthday.
12 Spanishpage
4 Frenchpage
16 Germanpage
NEW! IMPROVED! Multimedia packs.... resources with real support for teachers
www.earlystartlanguages.com
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“un..deux..trois..”
We saw French children playing hide-and-seek in their playground.
Gettingstarted
1 Your children learn as they SEE and HEAR REAL children’s everyday natural language in the films...
2 They OBSERVE and TALK ABOUT everyday life, celebrations and culture...
Together, you EXPLORE new language and refine PRONUNCIATION with versatile new e-flashcards... (and sing the songs)
1 Your children learn as they SEE and HEAR REAL children’s everyday natural language in the films...
2 They OBSERVE and TALK ABOUT everyday life, celebrations and culture...
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3 Together, you EXPLORE new language and refine PRONUNCIATION with versatile new e-flashcards... (and sing the songs)
4 ...and YOU save time with on-screen ‘teacher-prep’, and easy teaching ideas in the TEACHER’S MANUAL...
with Early Start
See samples at www.earlystartlanguages.com
Early Start French 14
C’est le rouge!
Get started with films and e-flashcardsGreeting people, sharing celebrations and games...
GreetingsHow are you?What’s your name?How old are you?Numbers 0-31Colours
What’s the date today?When’s your birthday?PetsBrothers and sistersThe alphabetP
ack
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Real children - everyday FranceYoung beginners are fascinated to see real French children, filmed at school, at home, and out in their communities. Planned language progressionEach 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
support speaking-and-listening activities: pupils enjoy using French while playing board games, outdoor “boules”, etc.Topics coveredIn Pack 1,“Salut! Ça va?”, children learn to talk about themselves in French, and find out about other people. It covers these topics:
We saw French children playing boules... and learned to play ourselves.
Starts simply ...builds a firm foundation
Bonjour, madame!
1PACK
$159
French pack 1
single-user :
Greeting people, sharing celebrations and games...
5- the Starter PackPack 1 - a sound start to language learning
Progress from words to build sentences...
“un chien”
See the film, then explore the new language...
NEW!
...with e-flashcards
Sing karaoke songs
Don’t have the Flashcards CD?Upgrade - see p. 30
...even better value!
“J’ai un chien.”
Children hear native speakers on films and e-flashcards as their main model of the language
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ADD interactive games6 French 1
PC / MAC compatible, ideal for whiteboards.
Internet-linked
Re-visit the films…
Play interactive games...
More cultural information...
Interactive games and activities to use alongside your films...
The French 1 e-CD adds great extra resources for the same language topics as the main pack - and with a network / site licence, all your children can access it individually.
$75
e-CDs:single-user :
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This CD-ROM adds a magic interactivity to the children’s experience with the DVD.Fun games and activities will motivate them to use the new language until it’s really familiar.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.
We saw French children saying their birthdays……then we sorted whose birthday came first…Out now!
Independent learning
“Mon anniversaire est le 20 mars.”
and independent learning
See a sample at www.earlystartlanguages.com
$75
e-CDs:single-user :
Where do you live?Places in your townWhere is the...? Directions
My classroomSchool subjectsWeatherNumbers 40-200
Food, drink- likes, dislikesTelling the time Euros and shoppingSports and leisure
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ack
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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.
Où habites-tu?Builds language skills...lots of activities...Songs...cross-curricular...website...
la cantine- builds on the Starter Pack
le déjeunerWe saw French children’s school dinners
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NEW!
2PACK
Early Start French 2 Continuation Pack
$159
French pack 2
single-user :
We saw French children’s school dinners
Early Start French 2 Continuation Pack
See a sample story at www.earlystartlanguages.com
NEW!
Children love
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!
10 interactive stories with native speaker voices on one CD-ROM
Themes include: - Birthdays - Shopping - Family - Numbers - Animals - Food
site licence:
$90
CD-ROM + 10 booklets
includes CD-ROM plus a set of 10 printed bookletsOn your whiteboard and
in your reading corner
for younger learners
Do you have older editions of the Early Start DVD packs without Flashcard CDs?If so, you don’t need to buy the packs again, you can buy just the Flashcard CDs as an upgrade to your existing pack.
The Flashcards CD is an upgrade to the Audio CD that used to be included in each pack.
Flashcard CDs for previous purchasers
$30.00
Each:
9Upgrade your packs...NEW!!
Karaoke songse-flashcardsLanguage support
10Use these new 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...
Big BooksTalking
on CD-ROM
Goodnight Everyone toy animals bedtime, PHSEHappy Birthday counting, colours celebrations I Want my Banana jungle animals, food habitat, extinctionHurry Up, Molly parts of body, left/right my bodyI’m Too Big comparing opposites Science:adaptationGeorge the Goldfish plants, seasons life cycles Puppy Finds a Friend farm animals, excuses farmingWhat’s for Supper? food, shopping, likes food, cooking The Space Postman directions, space planets Get Dressed, Robbie clothes, adjectives clothes design
Cross-curricular themes
KS1 3-4
3-4KS1
3-4KS1
3-4KS1
3-4KS1 5-6
3-4 5-6
3-4 5-6
5-6
3-4 5-6
3-4 5-6
Choice of TitlesSuitable for years
Languagecontent
Build oracy and literacy skills
Games on each CD-ROMmatch the story, eg:■ spot silent letters■ jumbled words■ Hangman■ spot the phoneme■ story quiz■ find nouns, verbs, etc■ electronic flashcards
Use on your Whiteboard
Use to add a language dimension to cross-curricular topic work.
...available in French, Spanish or German
KS1
Start reading in
single user:
$39
CD-ROMsper title
The cross-curricular themes of the best-selling ‘Talking Big Book’ series make them ideal to use either alongside your Early Start DVD packs or as stand-alone resources. Children learn how much they can communicate with very simple language.
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Can you label the Solar System in French? An optional extra Clicker activity from ‘Space postman’...
German Big Book titles: Puppy finds a friend, Happy Birthday, I want my Banana,What’s for Supper?
“¡Feliz cumpleaños!”
“Joyeaux anniversaire!”
“Alles gute zum Geburtstag!”
And now many titles include free optional activities using Clicker, the talking word-processor.
French, Spanish or German
Use the ‘Happy Birthday’ CD alongside the birthday chapter in DVD Pack 1 for French, German or Spanish.
Re-write the story yourself and hear it read back to you in Clicker 5 or 6. *
* you need Clicker 5 or 6 and Speech Support to access the free Clicker activites. See over for details.
NEW!
language, same great interactive
features...
“Let’s read” A new series of Talking Big Books for older readers......new stories, more advanced
see back pagefor more
details , or check website for
availability.
for older learners
with free
activities
Early Start Spanish -
Starter Pack 1: “Tú y Yo”A gentle, step-by-step start for young beginners, with careful attention to pronunciation, developing listening- and speaking-skills, and cultural awareness. Topics covered:-
See REAL Spanish childrenTo 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.
Talking about what you seeThe 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...
This project is part-financed by the European Commission SOCRATES Programme - Lingua Action D.
Materials produced by the Early Start team in part-nership with the Embajada de España in London.
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The months of the yearNumbers 13-31When’s your birthday?The days of the weekWhat’s the date today?PetsBrothers and sisters
GreetingsSaying goodbyeHow are you?What’s your name?ColoursNumbers 1-12How old are you?
Pac
k 11
PACK
$159
DVD packs:single-user :
Traditions
See Spanish children
A child’s eye view of everyday life in modern Spain. Simple language, lots of activities.
We saw what real Spanish children do in their spare time...
“ Feliz cumpleaños!”!We saw a Spanish birthday party...
They pull the birthday boy’s ear - a Spanish custom
the help of the Spanish Embassy- filmed in Spain
Where do you live?Places in your town: - shops, school, marketDirections to placesClassroom objectsWeather
Numbers 40-200What’s the time? Alphabet Likes and dislikes: - food - at school - sports and leisureP
ack
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Continuation Pack on the theme: “My town and school” with carefully-planned progression.
Pack 2: “Mi ciudad y mi colegio”
2PACK
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This CD-ROM gives your class independ-ent access to the films you have watched as a group, but split into brief sections. Each is followed by a fun language game,
Why do storks come to Spain?We saw storks nesting on a Spanish church
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an activity, or a simple presentation of cultural information. You can also use these activities on the whiteboard with the whole class.
Games like ‘Sort the months into order’. Find out about famous Spanish people.
- whiteboard-friendly!
ADD interactive gamesSpanish 1
febrero
Out now!
Play the Goose Game.
What days are special in Spain?
$75
e-CDs:single-user :
“¡Feliz cumpleaños!”
15Share a Spanish Talking Big Book with your class, on your whiteboard.■ hear the story read by a native speaker, sentence-by-sentence■ learn new words from the story■ do a quiz on the story■ re-arrange jumbled words■ lots of other games…
¿Se te ha escapado el globo?¡No pasa nada! ¡No llores!
Big BooksTalking
on CD-ROM
Start reading in Spanish
“¡Feliz cumpleaños!”
single user:
$39
CD-ROMsper title
Choice of Titles
Goodnight Everyone toy animals bedtime, PSHEHappy Birthday counting, colours celebrations I Want my Banana jungle animals, food habitat, extinctionI’m Too Big comparing opposites Science:adaptationGeorge the Goldfish plants, seasons life cycles Puppy Finds a Friend farm animals, excuses farmingWhat’s for Supper? food, shopping, likes food, cooking Get Dressed, Robbie clothes, adjectives clothes design
Languagecontent
Cross-curricular themes
Find out more - see p. 10
GermanEarly Start
- produced with the Goethe-Institut
“Ich bin Rumpelstilzchen”
“Das ist der Rattenfänger von Hameln”
“Fröhliche Weihnachten”
Die Lorelei: “Wie geht’s?”
“Tschüs!”
“Hallo, Silvia!”
“...der Rhein”
Pack 1 filmed in the RhinelandSee 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:-
GreetingsGoodbyeHow are you?What’s your name?Numbers 1-31How old are you?Where do you live?Days of the week
WeatherThe AlphabetPetsMy familyColoursChristmas in GermanyClassroom language“Can-do” record sheets
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Pac
k 1
Both packs include: Teacher’s Manual, DVD and Flashcards CD
1PACK
“Ich bin Rumpelstilzchen”
“...der Rhein”
17NEW! Early Start German 2”Meine Ökostadt”
- filmed in Freiburg, Germany’s “greenest city”
Places in my town My houseTravel to schoolDirections A tour of my schoolSchool subjectsWhat’s the time?Months of the yearMy birthday
Today’s dateLeisure activitiesNumbers 40-500 & the EuroWhat do you like to eat?Enjoy your meal!Parts of the bodyDescribing clothes and myselfCountries of the world
Pac
k 2
“mein Lieblingssport
ist Fußball”
“Ich koche gern.”
“meine Stadt”
Karaoke songse-flashcardsLanguage support
Films plus...
Link German with studying sustainabilityPack 2 features children and their families in Germany’s “greenest city”; their solar-houses, how they travel to school, grow vegetables in the school garden - and their football club!
2PACK
$159
DVD packs:single-user :
This CD-ROM gives your class independ-ent access to the films you have watched as a group, but split into brief sections. Each is followed by a fun language game,
Can you work out what they’re saying?We saw a class in a German school playing Hangman....
18- whiteboard-friendly!
an activity or a simple presentation of cultural information. You can also use the games on the whiteboard with the whole class.
Interesting things about Germany. Games to make new words familiar.
hear letter sounds
film clip
German 1
Independent learning
$75
e-CDs:single-user :
Out now!
ADD interactive games
19Big BooksTalking
on CD-ROM
Start reading in German
Share a German big book with your class, on your whiteboard.■ hear the story read by a native speaker, sentence-by-sentence■ learn new words from the story■ do a quiz on the story■ re-arrange jumbled words■ lots of other games…
Big Book titles: Puppy finds a friend, Happy Birthday, I want my Banana,What’s for Supper?
NEWtitle!
Komm nicht in die Küche, Mama.
single user:
$39
CD-ROMsper title
Find out more - see p. 10
Early Start Languages, 11 Western Rd, DEAL, Kent, UK CT14 6RX
Email: [email protected]
www.earlystartlanguages.com
“Let’s read” series NEW!
Stories on CD for young independent readers
Danny lives on an orangutan reserve with his mum, but a logging company wants to buy the land. What can they do?
Then Danny has an idea - ask for help through a blog!
A new series of bilingual CD-ROMs aimed at independent readers aged 8+ who are making progress in French or Spanish. Exciting stories with child-friendly illustrations, native-speaker voice and interactive activities.Plus... all the great features of the Talking Big Book series, but with more advanced language.See website for availability.
Big BooksTalking
on CD-ROM
for older
learners single user:
$39
CD-ROMsper title
NEW
