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Playtime Starter
Class Book ,, A superb pre-school DVD resource; which
is genuinely innovative in ELT material
and engaging for pre-school learners.
Judges’ comments

Class Book with pop-outs and stickers

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iTools
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Claire Selby 4
17/05/2011 15:03
Playtime B

iTools puts course

content on screen
Class Book

Big Story Book

mated
live action iTools

r website:
Home-

Teacher’s Book with full lesson

school links

support, ideas and activities

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Claire Selby 4
17/05/2011 15:24

Class Audio CD
Workbook with 30 extra lessons

Teacher’s Resource Pack (all levels)

Flashcards

Big Story Books

DVDs

Monkey Puppet

Classroom Posters
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real-life English the Playtime way!

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setting for children to start learning English.
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personalities of pre-primary children.
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familiar and natural way.
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story and practise new language.
Online support for parents makes the most of the home-school link.

Learning tog
ether time!

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 Playtime classroom

All the adventures of our Playtime friends take place in a

pre-school environment – just like yours!

Easy-to-follow classroom routines help children

learn to develop good habits and good behaviour.
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 Playtime characters
Our Playtime friends represent the personality
traits you will find in the children in your class,
and the ways in which they learn. This
means you can be sure that everyone
will be doing something they enjoy,
and that will help them learn.

MELODY
learns best by
being creative.
She is a dreamer,
TWIG learns best by loves to sketch
exploring. He is inquisitive
and sing, and
and a little bit shy but
often has brilliant
doesn’t mind getting dirty.
ideas.

STAR learns best by

listening and watching.
ROCKET learns best by She is organized,
doing. He is energetic and helpful and often
curious and throws himself knows what to do.
into things. Rocket has a
toy monkey who is with
him most of the time.

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 Playtime stories

Every unit is based on a fun story that follows the

adventures of the Playtime characters.

The stories present new language and

vocabulary. Children love practising by
Playtime Big Story Book B
acting out the stories in class.

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 Big Story Book time

Play the Big Story Book rhyme

Then e yone knows it’s st
ver ory time

Stories are presented

in the Big Story Book.

Story songs on the CD and

animated versions on the DVD
bring the stories alive. Playtime B DVD

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 Cross-Curricular Playtime

Playtime helps children make English relevant to their own lives by

transferring the language to a real-life context.

Playtime Big Story Book A

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A cross-curricular lesson in every unit develops the topic and helps
children expand their knowledge of the world through English.

ar flashcards
Cross-curricul

Group the cowboy clothes and the princess clothes

Photo flashcards introduce Playtime Class Book A

the cross-curricular theme

of the unit.

Real-life film clips of children in

Britain give children exposure to
natural English in a meaningful
context.

Let’s make a costume!

Playtime A DVD

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 Playtime Monkey

Monkey joins in with all the games and adventures

of his Playtime friends.

Hello, Monkey!

Your class will meet Monkey at the beginning

of every lesson. He only speaks English but can
pick up flashcards in his mouth. A great way
to introduce new vocabulary.
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 Playtime Class Book with Pop-outs

Activities in the Class Book and Workbook consolidate

the stories and new language.

Quiet activity time!

Pop-outs in the Class

Book keep little hands
busy while acting out
the story.

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 Playtime Workbook

Optional practice activities in the workbook offer lots of

flexibility and are great for extra-curricular classes.

Fun activities for

practice and review

Consistent practice
of motor skills

Creative activities
give lots of
opportunities for
personalisation

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 Playtime Website

Songs, games and photocopiable resources on the website

means Playtime happens outside of the classroom too.

Rocket’s
games
Melody’s
songs

Twig’s picture
dictionary

Star’s activity
sheets

Monkey’s
downloads

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 Playtime Parents

Playtime gives parents lots of ways to take part in

their child’s learning experience.

Hometime with Playtime!

Activities and ideas for parents to

support their child’s learning can be
found on the Playtime parents’ site.
www.oup.com/elt/playtime

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 Playtime Teachers

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Photocopy Master
Playtime Starter
PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press

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Free downloadable Teachers Resources at www.oup.com/elt
 Stories, DVD and play - start to learn
real-life English the Playtime way!

Claire Selby graduated from

Oxford University with a Master’s Degree
in languages. She is an international expert on
how to help children learn English faster and better
during the primary learning years. She is also an
award-winning song writer receiving a prestigious
award from the Beijing Olympics Committee for her
song “China-World”.
She has been nominated twice for a British
y
laire Selb Council ELTon award for Innovation.
Author C

Playtime Starter Level A Level B

Class Book 978 0 19 404653 4 978 0 19 404654 1 978 0 19 404655 8
Workbook 978 0 19 404668 8 978 0 19 404669 5 978 0 19 404670 1
Teacher’s Book 978 0 19 404659 6 978 0 19 404660 2 978 0 19 404661 9
Class Audio CD 978 0 19 404650 3 978 0 19 404651 0 978 0 19 404652 7
iTools 978 0 19 404673 2 978 0 19 404674 9 978 0 19 404675 6
Teacher’s Resource Pack (all levels) 978 0 19 404679 4
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