View the Peek at the Week and Learning Focus
from Theme 11 - Safe and Sound
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The Goal:
   Children are actively engaged with the real-life activities that build foundations in oral language, concepts about print, phonemic awareness and phonics that will ensure their success as readers.

The Solution:
   KinderCorner fosters the development of children's language, literacy, interpersonal and self-help skills including social studies concepts. The focus on strong oral language skills, a love of reading, phonemic awareness, phonics and listening comprehension creates a solid foundation for reading.

KinderCorner is designed as a full-day programme, which can be run with Curiosity Corner in a foundation unit setting.

Instructional Materials:
   Reception teachers receive all the necessary instructional materials to implement the KinderCorner programme.

These materials include:

• A KinderCorner Teacher's Manual that manual provides an overview of the programme, including chapters on the curriculum components, teaching reading, teaching strategies, family and teacher support and assessment
• Sixteen 2-Week Unit Theme Guides, the backbone of KinderCorner. Theme Guides provide daily lesson guides, materials lists, objectives, vocabulary, a detailed description of each component and a letter for parents.
• One comprehensive kit containing children's books, puzzles and other manipulative materials that introduce and support the thematic concepts and vocabulary of the first four themes.
• Big Books with bright, beautiful photographs and illustrations that provide support for instruction on concepts of print as well as thematic concepts. Small black and white student copies of each of these Big Books go home with the children so that they can read them with family.
• 19 KinderCorner "Shared Stories." A powerful literacy strand includes colourful stories with decodable text. Children's consumable versions help them build a library at home as they master reading.
• Rhyme Cards, Phonics Picture Cards, Activity Cards and Posters support instruction of new concepts, concepts of print and/or the children's practise skills, e.g. sorting, classifying and so on.
• Stories and Rhymes CDs that provide the children with additional opportunities to listen to some of the stories that they have heard during Story Tree. The children can "read along" as the CDs provide a signal when to turn the page. The rhymes and songs from Rhyme Time encourage the children to recite or sing along, enhancing phonemic awareness and vocabulary development.
• Maths Home Link pages that the children take home to practise their math skills.

Professional Development:
   Your KinderCorner trainer builds a partnership with your school through training sessions, onsite training, telephone meetings, quarterly progress reports and informal telephone support. Training sessions are developed in conjuction with school leaders and are customised to the needs of your staff.

• Initial Training - £650 full day.
  A rich, active initial training prepares teachers to begin implementing the programme.
  Onsite training days are scheduled for the teachers, assistants and administrators.
  Training outlines the objectives of KinderCorner and prepares staff to begin implementing the programme.
  Training can be shared among schools.
• Ongoing Training and Support - £250 per half day.
  As the year progresses, you'll have a variety of ways to work with an advisor to review your progress and refine your goals. It is advised that schools have at least one follow-up support visit a year. Each visit consists of classroom visits, trouble-shooting, data interpretation and goal setting.
  Phone support is also provided.

Click here for Kinder Corner Materials and Prices
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