This enhanced edition of Hats On will retain the concept that children come to the classroom with a great deal of world knowledge, and its strong links to key development areas and school readiness. It will retain the high-impact photographic design. Hats On Top will offer new print and digital components for students and teachers. The course will include a new Nursery level. Key features: Visually stunning, highly photographic course, emphasising real world activities and situations alongside the story world of the Hat People Strong links to school readiness: teachers are able to recognise the competencies children need to develop Strong emphasis on literacy: children are exposed to sounds and letters right from the start and build up phonemic awareness New Early Letters and Early Numbers books to support literacy and numeracy New Student Discovery Disk CD-ROM with interactive stories, animated songs and language games New Interactive Classroom CD-ROM with page-faithful Student Books and embedded audio New Teacher Website on the Macmillan Young Learners Portal with teaching resources, school readiness assessment pack and teacher-training videos New Nursery level for the very youngest children, providing exposure to English and print awareness through structured play sessions
