Ready Steady
A pre-primary course book series supporting language acquisition and skills through
nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fingerplays, Story Time, Project Time and values.
- Pupil's Books
- Activity Books
- Teacher's Guide
- Online Platform
- Audio & Classware
- Posters, Flashcards & Storycards
- Puppets
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Ready Steady from Pregon Publishing is a new, fun and exciting
educational programme for very young English language learners.
The Ready Steady programme is comprised of a three-level pre-primary
course book series that supports language acquisition and skills
development. It contains digital materials for both classroom and home
use, making it a versatile tool for promoting effective learning.
Ready Steady contains a variety of traditional nursery rhymes, fairy
tales and fingerplays. It includes a tear out Story Time and a fun
Project Time in each unit. It highlights values which teach children how
to behave both inside and outside the classroom.
Pupil’s Books (includes audio)
Each unit is 10 pages long with developmentally appropriate and fun
theme-related activities. Stickers and press outs provide additional fun
and enhance the development of psychomotor skills. Each unit contains a
theme-related Story Time booklet to promote children’s interest in
reading and provides an important home-school connection. On the Project
Time page children get to make a project to enhance their understanding
of the unit. Children develop math’s skills through shape recognition,
counting and sequencing. Ready Steady presents numbers 1-10 in Level 1
and numbers 1-20 in Level 2.
Activity Books
The Activity Book gives children focused reinforcement and extension.
Each unit contains a variety of activities to recycle the vocabulary and
language structures. Cut outs provide additional fun and enhance the
development of psychomotor skills while the review pages can be used for
revision or assessment purposes.
Online Platform for Students & Parents
This platform is great for reviewing and extending what has been taught
in the classroom. Learners can learn the new vocabulary by looking at
the flashcards while simultaneously listening to the audios. Structures
can be practiced by listening and singing along to the Unit Song. With
the inclusion of Balloon Pop Games, Game-Based Assessments and Printable
Worksheets students can practice to attain perfection. Includes “Talking
instructions” so students can easily understand and follow.
The Teacher’s Guide contains the scope and sequence, tips for teachers
and suggestions for teaching Ready Steady. There is a unit overview with
the teaching materials, learning aims, learning activities & skills,
the topics, key words & structures, and links for each unit’s
traditional Extra Activity, along with all the pages of both books.
At the back of the Teacher’s Guide you can find a game bank, the
parental letters, and photocopiable resources.
Audios
The original songs with catchy tunes will delight children. The
theme-based dialogues introduce the unit’s vocabulary and target
language. The “Story Time” audio with page turning prompts are included.
The values’ dialogue helps to illustrate the meaning of the values. The
above all provide opportunities for the children to listen, imitate,
repeat and begin to speak on their own.
Classware
The multimedia component containing the Activity and Pupil’s book for
use on the interactive White Board in the classroom. It includes
animation and many extra activities to help children enhance mental and
physical skills while making the lessons more interesting and engaging.
Embedded are audio and flashcards with review vocabulary activities.
Posters
A colourful visual aid with labels to enhance learning and make the
learning environment more engaging.
Flashcards
A set of two-sided pictured cards with the target vocabulary on the
reverse. A versatile study tool that can be used in many fun ways for
introducing, practicing and revising vocabulary. The flashcards also
appear in the Classware with matching audio files.
Storycards
Four story cards per unit help tell the story and are later used for
games to practice and review the vocabulary and target structures.
Puppets
Plush puppets help learners model the language and further engage.
