Which English textbook to choose for a preschooler

Many parents want to teach their preschool child English. They send the child to English courses, study with him or invite a tutor. To help in these activities there are a huge number of textbooks for kids.

English textbooks for kids are truly diverse. They are laden with shelves in bookstores, they are sold on the Internet, and some remained even after the training of parents or older children. Which English textbook to choose for teaching a preschooler?

Unambiguously, we can only say that you do not need to use old textbooks. Publications issued before the year 90 contain completely different methods and are based on different principles of instruction. Today, when learning English, it’s important not to teach the child to read in a foreign language at all, but to teach him to speak and perceive speech in the language, introduce him to the vast world of the English language, interest and make classes a real adventure. Therefore, choose the textbook that will contain a colorful presentation of the material, color pictures and stickers, will definitely have a disc with recordings of conversations and songs. It’s useful for mom or teacher to have extra cards and a book explaining how to conduct each lesson correctly. That is, in the end, instead of one book, you should have a real small set of different exercises and pictures in your hands, which will make English lessons a welcome game for the baby.

English textbooks

Best books will be purchased by Oxford, Cambridge University Press, Pearson Longman, Express Publishing, Macmillan. Firstly, such textbooks are designed for a specific language level - elementary or for those who continue. To do this, each textbook has a designation, for example, the numbers 1, 2, 3. It is easy to track which book to start with, it is convenient to continue training if you like the series. Secondly, such textbooks contain a set of training materials - a book for a teacher, a book for a child, sometimes a workbook where you can perform exercises, draw, cut, glue, as well as discs with recordings of colloquial speech, poems and songs, sets of cards and additional exercises, games with the baby. Thirdly, such textbooks take into account the psychological development and characteristics of preschoolers, they present those tasks that will be of interest to young children. In such books there is a plot, an adventure in which a preschooler can participate, heroes whom he knows very well from his favorite cartoons or fairy tales.

Among these textbooks, the following are especially popular: My first English Adventure, Wonderland, Join in, Playway, Happy Hearts, Fairy Land, Welcome. English textbooks were prepared by authors from the UK, so they use the most popular vocabulary, which will help the child quickly learn words and constructions and speak a foreign language. The only drawback of such textbooks is that all the materials in them are given in English, so you yourself need to understand English well enough to understand how the exercises and tasks are built.