An excellent aid for EAL children, there are clear instructions of what to do in a number of languages, including: Arabic, Bulgarian, Cantonese, English, French, Farsi, Hungarian, Lithuanian Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Somali, Sylheti, Turkish and Urdu.

Taking well known stories as their starting points pupils can read the Mantra Lingua dual language edition of The Three Billy Goats Gruff before completing the activities. Pupils can explore the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff by watching the video, reading the e-version of the story and then working through the activities. The software can be used by individual pupils on PCs as well as by the whole class on the white board.

All the activities are designed for Key Stage 1 and take vocabulary from the story to give pupils a rich learning experience and deeper understanding. Content is centred around:

1. Grammar: synonyms, punctuation and initial letter find.

2. Vocabulary: Look, listen and read the story. Find and read to reinforce knowledge of the story. Words within words, rhyming words and re-write the story.

3. Activities: Make your own talking picture book by writing your own version of the story and putting in Richard Johnson’s pictures from the story or even adding your own. Then you can print the story and fold it into a mini-book using the Storyfold™ system. If you use the Storyfold™ audio paper then pupils can also record themselves telling the story.

“Excellent resource for Foundation, KS1 or for older children or those for whom English is a second language. Vocabulary is rich enough to extend learning yet clear for children to follow and understand. Animated video images, sound and graphics are of a high quality. Will enhance the English curriculum and aid inclusion in almost any classroom.”  TEEM Evaluation

Contents KS1:

Find and read                                  Initial letter find

Label the parts                                Look, listen and read

My own mini-book                        Play the video

Punctuation                                      Re-write the story

Rhyming words                               Synonyms

Words within words