Playtime Starter Vocabulary
Aims
• To tell the story with the Big Story Book.
• To present and practice the story song.
• To consolidate the story with a sticker activity in the Class Book.
• To consolidate the story further by watching the animated version on the DVD.
• To make the unit pop out and to use it with the animated version of the story.
• To present and practise the vocabulary of the unit with flashcards, miniflashcards
and Class Book activities.
• To present and practise the vocabulary song.
• To transfer the language of the unit to a real life context.
• To motivate the children through a link with another area of the curriculum and
to develop their knowledge of the world through English.
• To consolidate the children’s understanding and knowledge of the crosscurricular theme with a Class book activity page.
• To revise and consolidate everything from the unit.
Unit
Vocabulary
Starter Unit
Hello Rocket! Hello Star!
Unit 1
It's raining
Hello, Bye bye
one, two three, four
red, blue, yellow,
green
boots, hat
It's raining.
It's sunny.
face, eyes, nose, mouth
wash
happy
big
grapes, juice, ice cream, cake
balloon
up, down
Happy Birthday!
Unit 2
Wash, wash, wash!
Unit 3
The blue balloon
Unit 4
Rocket's car
car, teddy,
scooter, book
sand
I like the red car best.
circle
Unit 5
Twig’s rabbit
Unit 6
Get ready!
bird, cat, dog, rabbit carrot I've got a (cat).
Happy Christmas
star, tree
Happy Christmas
flowers
Springtime
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daddy, mummy, baby, family
egg, spoon