Cambridge Little Steps 2nd Edition
Cambridge Little Steps
Cambridge Little Steps Second Edition is an English language and early literacy course that explores Big Questions with very young learners.
Children are immersed in the English language as they investigate the world around them. Beautiful design, animations, videos, songs and a puppet captivate learners, help them focus and enjoy learning with every step. Life competencies and values are nurtured along the way, ensuring that children start to develop the social and thinking skills they need in school, in their community and out in the world. The foundation of the course is three key pillars - pre-literacy, creativity and oracy. Making a strong start on this unique combination of skills means young learners are ready to thrive when they step up to primary.
Authors
Gabriela Zapiain, Paul Drury, Lorena Peimbert, Pamela Bautista Garcia
Key features
The creativity pillar is designed to start developing little problem solvers! Children learn to concentrate, collaborate and look at things in new ways.
The oracy pillar gets children used to speaking and interacting confidently with their peers and adults, embedding key communication skills.
The pre-literacy pillar sets the scene for developing reading and writing skills, through visually stimulating stories featuring a rich variety of vocabulary.
What makes Cambridge Little Steps special?
Reading and writing open up whole new worlds for children to explore. Children become familiar with a wide range of words by exploring beautifully illustrated stories, which they can read, watch and listen to. They are encouraged to notice print, recognize the letters of the alphabet and destinguish specific sounds.
Download the Teacher's Book introduction to find out more.
Being creative helps children think imaginatively and express themselves. It promotes resilience, critical thinking, problem solving and focus. The final lesson of each unit is an arts and crafts project, based on the language children have learnt in the unit. In the Teachers Book you'll find step-by-step notes to guide children through the projects, as well as extra activities designed to develop creativity.
Download the Teacher's Book introduction to find out more.
We all learn how to talk by speaking with and listening to people. Focusing on oracy skills early gets children used to speaking and interacting confidently with their peers and adults. We've split oracy into three areas - listening, speaking, and presentation - and focus on one of these in each level. This allows children to develop different oracy skills at appropriate stages. You'll find special oracy features throughout the Teacher's Book, along with comprehensive information about teaching oracy to pre-primary children.
Download the Teacher's Book introduction to find out more.
Life competencies and values are nurtured throughout to help children develop the social and thinking skills they need to thrive in school and their communities. The Big Questions at the center of every unit explore a range of topics, so while children are learning English, they’re investigating the world around them.
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Student's Book with Digital Pack
The Student’s Book immerses children in the English language through stories, songs and Big Questions to explore. There are nine units, each containing 14 lessons, covering literacy, phonics, values, speaking, numeracy and more. The spiral binding is ideal for little fingers, as they learn to turn pages, find page numbers and complete activities. The unique access code unlocks the Digital Pack on Cambridge One, with games, videos and worksheets to extend learning at home.
Find out more about the Digital Pack here.
Activity Book
The Activity Book contains a page of activities for every page of the Student’s Book. The variety of activities supports children in developing the skills that the Student’s Book lessons focus on, such as phonics.
Phonics Book
The Phonics Book offers further practice of letter and sound recognition, letter formation and pre-literacy skills.
Numeracy Book
The Numeracy Book provides extra support with and practice of number formation and counting.
Explore the course through this interactive unit walkthrough.
What's new for the next step?
Cambridge Little Steps has started many young learners on their journey towards a future full of opportunities. For the second edition, we asked teachers what makes it a fantastic course for them and their learners, and how to make it even better. New print and digital features support teaching and learning with more visual material, interactivity, and skills practice.
More support for teaching oracy
Each level of the course focuses on a different area of oracy, so learners acquire different oracy skills at appropriate stages. Throughout the Teacher's Book you'll find special oracy features, along with comprehensive information about teaching oracy to pre-primary children.
More opportunities for literacy practice
There are lots of activities designed to help very young learners practice their fine motor skills and writing, including writing practice worksheets. They can then practice all their new vocabulary through games. There's also more support for teaching phonics, including detailed teaching notes for introducing new sounds, flashcards, and specific practice pages.
Additions to the Activity Book
The Activity Book has been updated and extended to include a wider variety of activity types, including new phonics activities. Young learners will also find a favorite among their age group - stickers!
New video types
Course content is brought to life and contextualized through more videos for your young learners to enjoy and join in with. In cross curricular lessons, videos introduce the topics. New language chants are accompanied by videos, so prepare for some lively lessons!
New and enhanced Digital Packs
Students and teachers can access a variety of digital support in their Digital Packs on Cambridge One, to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom and at home. New for the second edition, the Student's Digital Pack includes Home Practice material. Enhanced for the second edition, the Teacher's Digital Pack includes Presentation Plus to display and play content to your class, and new Teacher Resources such as worksheets and phonics flashcards.
Find out more about the Digital Packs here.
Explore the course through this interactive unit walkthrough.
Teacher's Book with Digital Pack
The Teacher’s Book provides comprehensive teaching notes for every unit, alongside the Student’s Book pages for reference. There are extra activity ideas, routines for starting classes and guidance on supporting pre-primary learners (including making the most of your puppet companion - Tickles the cat!). The unique access code unlocks the Digital Pack on Cambridge One, which includes our classroom presentation tool ‘Presentation Plus’, and a wealth of extra worksheets and resources.
Find out more about the Digital Pack here.
Big Book
The Big Book presents the stories from the Student’s Book in large format, with full-color illustrations, so the whole class can enjoy them together.
Classroom Activity Posters
The Poster packs contain 10 colourful posters per level, to be displayed in the classroom. Some are focused on key language, such as adjectives and numbers. Others are designed to be incorporated into class routines, asking questions such as ‘How do you feel today?’.
Flashcards
The Flashcards present the key vocabulary for each unit, to help children make visual and oral connections with new words. They facilitate engaging revision activities and games.
Puppet
Your classroom assistant is Tickles the cat! Tickles features throughout the books and can accompany you and your classes as a lovable puppet, which children will associate with English learning time in school.
Explore the course through this interactive unit walkthrough.
Digital Packs on Cambridge One
Students and teachers can access a variety of digital support in their Digital Packs on Cambridge One, to enhance teaching and learning in the classroom and at home.
Student's Digital Pack
New for the second edition, the Student's Digital Pack includes Home Practice material. This gives children access to songs, videos and games from the course to sing along to, watch, and play at home. There are also worksheets for children to do at home. To access the Digital Pack, learners will need the code from their Student's Book.
Teacher's Digital Pack
Enhanced for the second edition, the Teacher's Digital Pack includes :
- Presentation Plus, which provides digital versions of all the books along with audio, video, answer keys, interactive activities, games and interactive routing boards.
- Teacher Resources, including extra flashcards, phonics flashcards, extra worksheets, assessment worksheets, class audio and video.
To access the digital pack, you'll need the unique access code from your Teacher's Book.
Interactive walkthrough
Each unit is made up of 14 lessons, covering literacy, phonics, values, speaking, numeracy and more. With this interactive walkthrough, you can explore a unit page by page, including the accompanying videos.
Explore the interactive walkthrough here.
You can also download the sample content below.
Cambridge Primary Path Second Edition
Cambridge Primary Path Second Edition is the perfect next step from Cambridge Little Steps Second Edition. Together, they form a ten-level program that ages up with young learners. The unique combination of oracy, literacy and creativity pillars in both courses builds the skills children need to thrive, now and in the future.
Find out more about Cambridge Primary Path Second Edition here.
Components
Components
Cambridge Little Steps Level 1 Student's Book with Digital Pack
£29.12
Cambridge Little Steps Level 2 Student's Book with Digital Pack
£29.12
Cambridge Little Steps Level 3 Student's Book with Digital Pack
£29.12
Cambridge Little Steps Level 1 Teacher's Book with Digital Pack
£52.99
Cambridge Little Steps Level 2 Teacher's Book with Digital Pack
£52.99
Cambridge Little Steps Level 3 Teacher's Book with Digital Pack
£52.99
£23.06
£31.88
£26.66
£15.31
£15.31
