A galaxy of exciting ideas for Literacy and PSHE
By Ros Bayley and Lynn Broadbent
The Alien: Launch into Literacy is a brand new space-themed pack featuring the Alien, who has just landed on planet Earth with his extra-terrestrial pet, Ug. He needs to make friends with the children in your classroom to help him get by in his new world. As the children get caught up with the Alien and his adventurous exploration of Earth, they develop not only key literacy, PSHE and thinking skills, but also important cross-curricular skills in Geography, Science, Maths and Art & Craft.
This ingenious Discovery Box will help your 4-7 year olds’ essential learning really take off, as it:

• Is fully in line with the objectives for the Primary Framework for Literacy and the Foundation Stage Learning Goals for Communication, Language and Literacy

• Makes literacy learning fun, fast-paced and multi-sensory as children go on exciting adventures with the Alien and his extra-terrestrial pet Ug

• Includes ideas for 40 different sessions which develop skills across all areas of Literacy

• Gives young children an opportunity to develop PSHE skills with two empathetic characters who have just landed on Earth

• Provides stimulating learning for boys, as it has an appealing and exciting space theme

• Offers lots of opportunities for speaking and listening as children teach the Alien about life on Earth and talk about their own experiences

• Allows for your creative input with open-ended activities that you can tailor to meet your pupils’ individual needs

• Draws on the most recent research into how young children learn

• Uses a range of rap-style chants for children to learn and perform

• Makes your budget work harder – each rocket is packed with resources that you can come back to again and again

• Saves you valuable time with pre-prepared materials

• Benefits from the experience and passion of Ros Bayley and Lynn Broadbent – their Teacher’s Book and hand-picked multi-sensory resources inject a welcome blast of energy into any literacy session

How does it work?

•  Start with the Teacher's Book and discover tried and tested ideas on how to use all the components of the resource. This enables you to develop your pupils' skills across all areas of Literacy and PSHE

•  You can use the multi-sensory components to set the scene in your classroom and create your own alien galaxy

•  Open and close sessions with the upbeat, kinaesthetic raps which develop rhythm, story-telling and maths skills

•  Use each open-ended activity from the book as often as you wish from YR to Y2 to give you maximum flexibility to vary the session and meet all your pupils' needs

So what's in The Alien: Launch into Literacy (click on the thumbnails to view a larger image)?

Alien Rocket and Launch Pad

Blast off into the world of the Alien with this purpose-built silver rocket and launch pad that acts as both a handy storage solution and instant way of setting the context of the session.

 

The Alien

The emergence of the Alien from his rocket immediately opens endless possibilities for role play - and much more! Introducing the Alien to the classroom offers the children a wealth of cross-curricular learning opportunities that will also help to develop both creativity and imagination. Watch him engage the children at an emotional level, ensuring that they respond with great enthusiasm and receptivity.

 

48 Comic Strip Cards

Ideal for story-telling and sequencing, with thinking and talking points included in the teacher's book. The cards come with 4 additional blank cards so that the children can add their own ideas and develop and extend the scenarios. The action-packed scenes offer excellent opportunities for speaking and listening.

 

2 Interchangeable Background Posters

These ingenious double-sided posters can be integrated into the role play and small world play and what's more – they are interchangeable! You can have:

•  Home and garden, or town and school with either

•  Daytime countryside or night-time work and play                            

This creates a very special forum for speaking and listening activities. The posters' subjects cover many areas, including what we do at home and school, leisure pursuits, shops and shopping, road safety, transport, wildlife and night and day. They can also be used to support your current topics or themes.

 

A3 Solar Map

Finally, the map of the solar system can be used for both non-fiction and fiction work as the children find out about the planets or write about the Alien's journey to Earth.

 

Audio CD

Recent studies show that the ability to maintain a steady beat is a powerful indicator of later academic success, and you will be able to help your children develop beat competency with our audio CD. It contains 10 simple rap-style chants for children to learn and perform, each set to a modern beat that the children will love!

The Teacher's Book

This 104-page teacher's book is packed full of 40 tried and tested sessions, including exciting ideas for using the different components. Draw upon the authors' vast combined experience to develop your pupils' key listening, speaking, reading, writing and creative skills. Benefit from the very latest research with activities you can implement instantly, while saving valuable preparation time. Each activity is open-ended so that it can be carried out with different age groups at varying levels of complexity.

 

Ug

The Alien is not alone, as he travels with his extra-terrestrial pet Ug, who needs your care too. She will quickly become an essential part of the programme and enable the children to explore friendship issues.

 

36 Photo Cards

These show the Alien and Ug in a range of everyday settings (farm, holiday, home, park, beach, swimming, school, garden, and shopping) that children can identify with. Although the cards stand alone, they can also be used to support a variety of themes and topics.

 

The Alien's Survival Kit

Add a multi-sensory element to learning with this bag containing: key, torch, ‘magic dust', mini slate for writing messages, cosmic ball, (which lights up, and emits eerie rocket noises), whistle and invisibility cloak. The items are designed to motivate storytelling, speaking, listening, imagination and creative thinking. This is an ever-evolving bag – you can customise the contents for your lesson's purpose as suggested in the Teacher's Book.

 

Source Pack

A range of highly colourful, handy resources to both inspire and save you time. The pack contains six A5 letters (3 blank, 3 with messages), four A6 postcards (2 blank, 2 with messages), eight blank jigsaw message cards, two recipe cards (1 with 2 recipes, 1 blank). Use the letters and postcards to get in touch with Alien's parents, for example – either use the text provided, or create your own! Or write some treasure-hunt clues on the jigsaw message cards that can be understood only when the cards are pieced together.

 

Contents: Alien Rocket and Launch Pad, Alien soft toy, Ug soft toy, 48 A6 Comic Strip Cards, 4 Blank A6 Cards, 36 A5 Photo Cards, Audio CD with 10 raps, 104-page A5 Teacher's Book, Alien's Survival Kit, 2 Interchangeable Background Posters, Source Pack, and an A3 Solar System Map.

15031                                                                                                                          £85.99 + VAT

CPD training days
Have you heard about Lawrence Educational Publications’ fantastic training days? Lawrence Educational Publications run motivational INSET days with a range of speakers, including Ros Bayley and Lynn Broadbent, for early years and primary practitioners. The courses:


   • Are affordable – prices start from £100 per delegate per day

   • Give you great practical ideas to use immediately

   • Address current issues in early years and primary education

   • Strike a balance between theory and practice

   • Are held in central locations so you can network with practitioners
     from other LEAs

   • Allow for your contribution and celebrate good practice

For more information, please call Lynda Lawrence on 0121 344 3004 or visit www.educationalpubications.com

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Best-selling authors

Ros Bayley &
Lynn Broadbent
Ros Bayley and Lynn Broadbent share a passionate interest in the development of early literacy skills. Both have had extremely successful careers first as early year practitioners and also as independent consultants and authors. Their award-winning writing partnership led to the creation of another type of literacy resource – pairing up soft toys with printed activities. The best-selling range Helping Young Children to Listen/ Concentrate, Helping Young Children to Speak with Confidence and Helping Young Children with a Steady Beat all engage young children in various skills-building activities with the help of a friendly character that provides a focus.