Happy Hearts 1 Activity Book

Happy Hearts is a three-level course for three to six year old children. The course develops the listening, speaking and pre-writing / pre-reading skills of young learners through art, music and movement. It provides a simple but steady development of new language through a carefully graded syllabus and features engaging characters including Billy, Molly and Kenny the cat, that will appeal to all children of pre-school age.

Key Features: appealing, well-designed, child-centred materials to engage children´s imagination and stimulate learning, Kenny the cat puppet to interact with and instruct children, Kenny´s basket & poster, an interactive poster to introduce the new languages, colourful picture flashcards to present and review the focus language, posters to introduce the characters and explore cross-curricular themes, songs and chants based on traditional tunes to encourage active participation through TPR and other circle-time activities, tear-out activity worksheets to develop pre-reading and pre-writing, skills story cards to present the stories in a classroom setting, stickers to promote a hands-on approach to language learning, characters press outs to consolidate the new language and perform the songs easy to follow, Teacher´s Book with additional activities to cater for flexibility regarding lesson length and teaching hours, Showtime & Across the curriculum: optional lessons in the Teacher´s Book to help the children explore and understand the world around them, Activity Books (in Happy Hearts 1& 2) for use in the classroom or at home to reinforce the language of each unit, fully dramatised CDs & animated DVDs.

The activity book consolidates the language of each unit. The activities can be covered either upon completion of the corresponding unit, or gradually, after Lesson 5.