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GREENMAN & THE MAGIC FOREST

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GREENMAN & THE MAGIC FORESTis an English course for

Pre-primary class full of surprising adventures created to help children

learn naturally. Children need to learn English in the same way they learn

everything at this age-feeding on the enthusiasm and spontaneity of young

learners. We need to help them experience the magic of nature and life and

learn respect for others and the world around them.


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To teach little children we need to understand them, what they can and cant

do, how they learn, what they enjoy. Greenman and the Magic Forest matches

the different needs and learning styles to make learning English as natural as

possible, feeding on the enthusiasm and joy of young learners. The magic of

childhood is matched by the magic of a course which the children will love and

pave the way for a future of successful learning.



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the adventures of two children, Nico and Sam and their encounter with the

magical protector of the forest Greenman.

Their animal friends from the forest also accompany them and the pupils as

they learn about looking after the environment, enjoying the outdoors and

having a healthy and active lifestyle.

Greenman and the Magic Forest lets children learn by being themselves

playing, discovering, sharing and having fun!Learn with nature, learn naturally the magic of childhood.



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SECURITY

Children need thesecurity of organised

routines and a clearstructure.

ENTHUSIASM AND FASCINATION

Children are full ofenthusiasm and have a

natural fascination for theworld around them.

AGAIN, PLEASE!

Children love repetition.If they enjoy something they

want to do it again andagain.

BE YOURSELF!

Children learn naturally and

spontaneously just by beingthemselves and interactingwith the world around them.

REWARDS

Children love rewardsfor doing things well it

motivates them.

I CAN DO IT!

Children try and try

again until they haveachieved what theywant to do. We need toset realistic targets to

help them succeed.



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WELCOME TO THE MAGIC FOREST

AND FOLLOW OUR ADVENTURES!

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Greenman is the protector of the forest. Helooks after the forest and his animal friends.He accompanies the children, Sam and Nico,on their adventures in the stories which

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LEARN NATURALLY WITH A COURSE

THAT GROWS WITH THE CHILDREN

Greenman and the Magic Forest follows the magicalmoment of young childrens education, followingand respecting their natural development and theirdifferent ways of learning, providing them withmaterials adapted to their needs, interests andabilities.

Sam and Nico also grow with each year of the courseand their abilities develop, too. The children will relate

to this in a natural and spontaneous way.

The children will have their first experience of learningEnglish at the same time they will be developingother areas of their education. Their first contactwith English will be exciting, filling them with anenthusiasm which will set them up for future learning.


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3 years old 4 years old 5 years old


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3 years

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4 years

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5 years

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STORIES BASED ON THE FANTASY WORLD

OF THE MAGIC FOREST AND THE CHILDRENS

REAL WORLD

The Big Book is used to present allsix stories in each level. Beautifullyillustrated and in the format of a real

story book, it also includes the textfor the stories. The stories are alsoanimated in the Interactive Whiteboardcomponent Digital Forest.Through the stories the childrenwill see the values of respect,companionship and the ability to solvethe little problems which the coursecharacters are faced with in theiradventures.The stories explore the Magic Forestand the real world in which thechildren live, their school, family, town,the local park.

Audio recordings of the stories areavailable on the App and the website

for parents to listen to them at homewith their children.


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THE PUPILS BOOK

ACTIVITIES TO SUIT ALL THE CHILDRENS

DIFFERENT LEARNING NEEDS

Simple icons help the children findout what they have to do

The Pupils Book provides the colour worksheets, stickers and pop-outs that are needed in class. The wideformat and spiral binding make it easy for small children to handle and helps the little left-handers.

A brief lesson planOptional activity for

fast-finishers or longersessions

Song lyrics The key unit vocabulary


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Total Physical Response Activities

The Pupils Book provides a worksheet to back up theTPR song. Those children who are shy or dont want tosing and dance can sit down and do the worksheet.

Action Song Videos

Greenman and The Magic Forest is based on storiesalong with fun songs and games which focus on aspectsof the holistic approach in pre-primary learning.There is an action song in every unit. The writer ofthe songs also performs them in a video in the IWBcomponent - Digital Forest. She acts out the songs with

real children so that the pupils in the class can act themout as they watch.


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THE PUPILS BOOK

NUMBERS AND PRE-WRITING SKILLS


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The lesson starts with the numbers song.The Pupils Book provides a worksheet to reinforcethe numbers.Extra! the Teachers Resource Book providesan optional photocopiable worksheet to

practise pre-writing and numeracy.

The approach and activities in Greenman andthe Magic Forest take into account the differingabilities of children at an early age, using anintegrated curriculum, which means that the pupilswill not be studying English as a language on its

own, but rather using it as a means to learn aboutthe world around them.


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A ROUTINE BASED COURSE

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The Routine BoardThe Routine Board is used to start the lessonand helps the pupils to get involved inidentifying routine vocabulary for weather,numbers, colours, shapes and birthdays. It isalso part of the integrated phonics lessons.The seasons and nature are a central part ofthe course.Young learners are getting to know theroutines of the classroom and with help from

Greenman they will learn them in English aswell. The process will feel natural to themand they will become used to the languageand learn much of it passively. They willactively be involved in repetitive words andphrases that they will hear and use in everyunit.


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ROUTINES AND A CLEAR STRUCTURE GIVE

CHILDREN CONFIDENCE


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Young children love repetition. They want tohear the story time and time again. They love torepeat the songs, and the actions. When they likesomething, they want to do it again! The courseprovides a regular unit structure which allows thechildren to repeat activity types in different contexts.

Each unit is made up of 6 main lessons, whichcan be extended with extra activities, games andreviews. The course is designed to be implementedin 3 to 5 sessions per week and is easily adaptedto different amounts of teaching time and classperiods.

Lesson 1: Vocabulary

Lesson 4: Action song/TPR

Lesson 2: Story+structures

Lesson 5: Skills(pre-Writing/matching etc.)

Lesson 3: Vocabulary/concept(up/down)

Lesson 6: Consolidation/Phonics


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WELL STAGED LESSONS GIVE

THE CHILDREN CONFIDENCE

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The children need to know what they will be doing to give them self-confidence.The lesson structure provides a repeated series of activities which helps them know what is coming next.The icons on the Worksheets also show them what they have to do and give them self-confidence.

STARTING THE LESSON

The Greenman puppetgreets the class and the

children sing the Hellosong! Other songs can

be used throughout theyear: the Birthday song,

weather song, shapessong or the Colours song.

ROUTINES

The Routines Board isused to focus on weather,

seasons, numbers,shapes, special events

and birthdays.ACTIVE TIME

This is the more interactivepart of the lesson withgames, flashcard activitiesalong with plenty of physicalactivities, too.

STORY TIME

The children sit aroundthe teacher and out comesthe Big Book for thestorytelling session.

TABLE TIME

The Pupils Bookworksheets providebright illustrations anduse stickers, colouring,drawing, connectinglines, tracing plentyof fun for busy hands.

GOODBYE

The lesson ends with thetidying up routine with

the Tidy Up Song beforesinging the GoodbyeSong to Greenman.


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PHONICS WITH STELLA THE SNAKE


The course has a Phonics lesson in every unit. Eachlesson introduces one or two letter sounds using

flashcards and an audio recording. Children practisethem with songs, chants and follow up activities.

Stella the snake, one ofthe course characters,is used to present thedifferent sounds and,optionally, the words

that appear throughoutthe different levels of the

course.

Extra! An optional photocopiableworksheet in the Teachers ResourceBook to reinforce the phonics.

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Every year, more and more infantteachers are recognising theusefulness of teaching phonics intheir English classes. Greenman andthe Magic Forest provides a fullyintegrated phonics programme foryou to use as part of your lessons.


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PHONICS FLASHCARDS

AND THE ROUTINES BOARD

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There are flashcards for allphonics sounds.They can be usedalongside the RoutinesBoard if you decide toincorporate phonics inthe routines, revising allsounds already learned.


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SEASON FUN!


Greenman has four specialsections which cover theseasons and provide Reviewlessons:Autumn FunWinter FunSpring FunSummer Fun

A review of the vocabularyand language from theprevious units

Season Songs have beenincluded with seasonal

TPR activities

Projects

Projects are included in the TeachersResource Book - photocopiable scenes

from the four seasons with cut-outs fora class project. The children can colourthe different elements and glue themonto the scene to create a class poster.

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FESTIVALS


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Special Festival lessons have beenincluded which the children willlove. These lessons offer a worksheetin the Pupils Book as well as twophotocopiables in the TeachersResource Book.

Catchy songs have been included sothe children can have even more funcelebrating these special days.

Phonics time sections are alsoincluded in the Festival lessons.


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HOME-SCHOOL CONNECTION


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Greenman and the Magic Forest offers ways for parents to see, on a regular basis, whattheir child is working on in class and gives simple ways for the parent to support thisprocess at home.

The Pupils Book is designed with tear-offpages for the pupils to take their work

home after each lesson if you choose. Thepupils can take home the work that they areproud of from class to talk about and shareat home. With positive reinforcement from

home and school the pupil will develop selfconfidence in general and in particular in

their skills in English language.As well as the worksheets from the Pupils

Book, children will also take home TeachersResource Book worksheets and other

projects that they may have done in class.


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The parents don't have to speak English to support learning at home. Simply by asking the childrenwhat they have done in class supports their learning and the parents can encourage them to sing thesongs - these small things will stimulate their learning.

The Greenman App

Is available for families to download to playgames, watch animated versions of the storiesand watch the action videos at home.

Reward Stamps and Stickers

These are included so you can praise the childrenswork, and they can show their parents how well theyare doing in class.


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PUPILS


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PUPIL'S BOOK

The Pupils Book provides the colour

worksheets, stickers and pop-outsthat are needed in class.

The spiral binding makes it easy forsmall children to handle and helpsthe little left-handers.There are six worksheets for everyunit and these are perforated soteachers can easily tear out a pagefor the children to take home ofthey wish. On the back of each

worksheet brief teachers notes havebeen provided, with song lyrics andkey language.

POP-OUTS

Fun pop-outs to review the Story

concepts.

STICKERS

Evaluation stickers for the

consolidation worksheet.

THE GREENMAN APP

A free app for tablets helps parents

get involved in their childrens firststeps in English, with fun games andanimations to explore the magicforest with Greenman.

COMPONENTS

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TEACHERS BOOK

The Teachers Book is full colourwith facsimile pages of the PupilsBook provided for easy reference.The teachers notes include a fullguide for each lesson and includeoptional activities and games forextension. It also includes:

A complete introduction to the

courseThe syllabus for the three levelsNotes on how the course tiesin with the Pre-primary schoolcurriculumA Games bank

Home-school connection withideas on how parents can getinvolved with their childrenslearning

Evaluation grids

Phonics notesMini-stories an overview of allthe story pages so teachers can seethe complete story at a glance

BIG BOOK

The beautifully illustrated Big Bookis used to present all six stories in

each level in the format of a realstory book, it also includes the textfor the stories.

TEACHERS RESOURCE BOOK

The Teachers Resource Bookincludes photocopiable worksheets

and activities for each unit foroptional extension.

CLASS AUDIO CDS

The Class Audio CDs include allthe songs, chants and the Big

Book stories that will be used inthe course.It also includes all vocabulary,audio and phonics audio material.

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ROUTINE BOARD

The magnetic Routine Board, withremovable elements, makes a clearfocal point for starting each lesson.It helps the pupils to get involved inidentifying routine vocabulary forweather, numbers, colours, shapesand birthdays.

FLASHCARDS & WORDCARDS

(LEVEL B)

There are Flashcards for the six newvocabulary words in each unit,as well as Wordcards for Level Bfor the phonics words focusing onspecific sounds.

PHONICS FLASHCARDS

There are flashcards for all phonicssounds and they can be usedalongside the Routine Poster ifthe teacher decides to incorporatephonics in the routines, revising allsounds already learned.

GREENMAN PUPPET

A spectacular Greenman handpuppet which the children can relateto, and motivate them to say thingsin English (as he only speaks inEnglish). The puppet can be used tohelp with routines, too.

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REWARD STICKERS

AND THE REWARD STAMP

These tools are invaluable to helpmotivate the children by givingthem praise for their efforts.They include an image ofGreenman which can be placedonto completed worksheets.

DIGITAL FOREST

Digital Forest provides a wide rangeof Interactive Whiteboard resources.The pupils will love the animatedstories, action songs, videos,interactive flashcards posters andgames.

GREENMAN TEACHERS APRON

You can wear this in class and usethe pockets to hide Greenman orthe flashcards or whatever elseyou may need at hand.

GREENMAN TEACHERS BAG

A handy strap bag to carry all thecomponents you need.

GREENMAN PEGS

A set of pegs to hang up theflashcards on a line in class.

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