Kid's Box New Generation British English
Kid's Box New Generation British English
Kid's Box New Generation is a seven-level general English course for a new generation of learners.
A generation has learnt English with Kid's Box. Maskman, Marie, Trevor, Monty, the Star family and their friends are back as your loyal classroom assistants, to help give the new generation a happy learning experience, full of affection and humour. The course teachers and learners know and love is instantly recognisable. It's just bigger, brighter and, to put it simply, even better! It's also officially validated exam preparation material, with a syllabus that follows the Cambridge English Qualifications for young learners.
Authors
Caroline Nixon, Michael Tomlinson
Key features
Children are led through the course by characters that grow and develop with them, experiencing fun and humour along the way.
Exam preparation is gently woven into the course to familiarise pupils with exam scenarios in a natural way.
Activities help children think critically and creatively, work collaboratively and communicate with confidence.
What makes Kid's Box New Generation special?
Children grow up a lot during their primary school years. The Kid's Box characters do too, mirroring natural social connections and interests. So your pupils are always learning English in a way that's relevant and appropriately challenging for them, with relatable characters leading the way.
The toys in the toy box may come alive when nobody's looking, but the whole course comes to life before your class' eyes, with up to five videos per unit. With the digital flexibility offered by Cambridge One, classes can enjoy lots of interactivity and pupils can share their learning with their families at home.
With all new content and documentary videos, CLIL sections bring other subjects into the English classroom, meaning the language is taught in a variety of contexts. Throughout the course, you'll see that activities are mapped to the Cambridge Life Competencies Framework, so while learning about the world, your pupils are working on the skills they need to thrive in it.
Children are developing their personalities every day and a big part of this is their sense of responsibility to themselves, others and the world around them. With the course characters to help you (Trevor is a very well-meaning troll), help your pupils learn how to have positive values in all kinds of situations, from looking after the environment to eating good food, to playing fair.
Encouraging children to speak is a key focus. In early levels, pupils practice sounds and letter formation with Monty the mouse. Later on, Lock the detective takes over the ongoing phonics investigation. These dedicated sounds and spelling sections integrate phonics into your lessons, making speaking a natural part of exploring English.
Ultimately, teaching and learning should be enjoyable. Stories of toys that have personalities of their own, hapless detectives and an archaeologist's exploration of the ancient world bring fun, laughter and discovery to the experience. There's just something about Trevor's tendency to eat pencils that makes you smile...
The syllabus follows the Cambridge English Qualifications for young learners syllabus, which works towards a celebration of learning for every pupil. Exam preparation is gently woven into each level, familiarising pupils with exam scenarios in a natural way. New exam folders at the end of the Pupil's Books provide the option of a stronger focus on exam preparation.
Levels 1 & 2 prepare for Pre-A1 Starters.
Levels 3 & 4 prepare for A1 Movers.
Levels 5 & 6 prepare for A2 Flyers.
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Pupil's Book with eBook
Each level contains 8-12 units of material built on a trusted and well-loved methodology that is easy to teach, relevant and as useful now as it's always been. It understands and celebrates the importance of the teacher in the classroom and acknowledges the importance of home life and peer groups to students learning, with much loved characters representing these social connections.
As well as the comprehensive language syllabus, the course incorporates important life skills like creative and critical thinking, mapped to the Cambridge Life Competencies Framework. CLIL sections link English to learning in other subjects. Integrated exam preparation helps support students preparing for Cambridge Exams with optional extra exam sections.
The Pupil's Book also includes a code to access eBooks on Cambridge One.
Activity Book with Digital Pack
The Activity Book offers extra practice of all the language and skills covered in the Pupil's Book. Included in the book is a code for students to access their digital pack on Cambridge One, with extra bitesized digital practice, access to audio and video, and games.
It's bigger, it's brighter, it's even better!
You'd spot the classic course that teachers and learners know and love from a mile away. The personality and humour shines through and busy teachers can pick up the book and teach with confidence, with little need for preparation time. So, what are the new ingredients for the new generation?
A visual extravaganza!
Recognise these characters? The toys, Star family and friends are still your loyal classroom assistants, but they've had makeovers. You'll notice something particularly different about Stella, Meera and Lenny in the later levels... The standard of today's TV, films, toys and games means that children live in a visual extravaganza. So to keep them engaged and enjoying learning, lessons need to be visually stimulating too. Alongside the modernised illustrations and photography, almost 300 new videos bring the characters, stories and language to life.
Exploring the world
English isn't just a school subject. Neither is geography, science, art, or any other subject. So let's not keep them in separate boxes! Language helps grow the world around you and is central to your understanding in any scenario. So CLIL sections, with all-new content and documentary videos, make other subjects central to learning English. Throughout the course, you'll see that activities are mapped to the Cambridge Life Competencies Framework, so while learning about the world, your students are working on the skills they need to thrive in it.
Sounds and Spelling
Sheep in socks and parrots guarding grapes from crocodiles... sounds like phonics practice! Led by course characters, sounds and spelling pages and new videos focus on the sounds and letter formations that pupils need to practise at each stage of their learning.
An extra dimension
Simon likes swimming but not cleaning his dad's car. Children like songs but they may not think they like "speaking practice". They like stories but they may not think they like "reading practice". With the suite of digital support on Cambridge One, song words on a page can become a karaoke session. A storyboard can become a mini movie. You can display the books on screen so the class can watch, listen to and work through the digital content together. Pupils can watch the videos, play games and do extra activities on any device, outside class time. Learning and skills practice becomes an interactive experience in an energetic, supportive environment. Can't really help Simon with the car cleaning though.
Teacher's Book with Digital Pack
The Teacher's Book provides lesson plans, answer keys and plenty of teacher support, including ideas for supporting mixed-ability classes. The Teacher's Book includes a code to access your Digital Pack on Cambridge One, with classroom presentation software, all your audio-visual materials and extra teaching resources.
Teaching with Kids' Box online course
This digital course on Cambridge One offers a practical introduction to teaching with Kids' Box New Generation to help you get the most out of your materials.
An extra dimension
Children aren't designed to sit down all day! How about a game of hide and seek to practise 'whose' and 'those'? They're also not designed to be quiet! How about a karaoke session? With the suite of digital support on Cambridge One, including up to five new videos per unit, learning and skills practice becomes an interactive experience in an energetic, supportive environment.
Digital Pack for teachers
Includes Presentation Plus, Teacher's Resources, Test Generator, access to Practice Extra and the Pupil's eBook.
With Presentation Plus, you can display the Pupil's Book and Activity Book, including all the interactive activities and the wealth of audio-visual material. In your resource bank, you'll find a broad range of downloadable worksheets, as well as practice tests for pre-A1 Starters, A1 Movers and A2 Flyers. The new test generator offers editable tests at three different levels.
Digital Pack for learners
Includes Practice Extra and Learner Resources.
Practice Extra provides unique activities for them to do at home, to complement what they're learning in class, as well as games, a motivational learning path and easy access to all of the course's audio and video.
Pupil's eBook
Each pupil will have an enhanced eBook to accompany their Pupil's Book, so the extra digital dimension is always accessible, whatever the teaching and learning situation.
Have a look under the lid
Each unit sets the scene through characters and key language, then takes pupils through key skills practice, sounds and spelling and CLIL activities, with life competencies development and exam preparation woven in.
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Components
Components
Kid's Box New Generation Starter Class Book with Digital Pack British English
£28.51
Kid's Box New Generation Starter Teacher's Book with Digital Pack British English
£54.84
Kid's Box New Generation Starter Flashcards British English
£32.90
Kid's Box New Generation Starter Posters British English
£54.84
Kid's Box New Generation Level 1 Pupil's Book with eBook British English
£26.82
Kid's Box New Generation Level 1 Activity Book with Digital Pack British English
£23.03
Kid's Box New Generation Level 1 Teacher's Book with Digital Pack British English
£54.84
Kid's Box New Generation Level 1 Flashcards British English
£32.90
Kid's Box New Generation Level 1 Posters British English
£54.84
Kid's Box New Generation Level 2 Pupil's Book with eBook British English
£26.82
Kid's Box New Generation Level 2 Activity Book with Digital Pack British English
£23.03
