Step 1 - Xiǎomāo hé yuèliang Kit
Step 1 - Xiǎomāo hé yuèliang Kit

Step 1 - Xiǎomāo hé yuèliang Kit

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$549
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Kit Options:

▪️Choose a Hard Copy or *Digital Teacher's Guide. *Digital Teacher's Guides come with a 3 year subscription, renewal is $150/ for 3 years.

▪️Add *Asynchronous 'On-Demand' Training, and begin training TODAY.
(*Currently available for Step/Level 1 & 2 only)

Kit Story & Details
Xiǎomāo hé yuèliang Kit

This less-known fairy tale provides younger elementary students with an emotionally-charged, humorous story with an important moral. Because one animal believes that the moon has fallen in the water, all the others follow suit in panic, that is until the king shows them that they are simply looking at a reflection. This play provides both familiarity and plenty of opportunity for the pleasant repetition of key vocabulary and structures.

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What's in the Kit

The Whole-Class Activities Book and associated Blackline Masters or Student Book guide you and your students through the implementation of the core methodology. You are shown how to accelerate proficiency through a scaffolded, systematic approach, so that students are able to engage in productive and interactive language activities.

Whole-Class Activities Book includes:

  • Fully-described activities in five- to ten-minute segments
  • Classroom management systems
  • Entry and leaving routines
  • Vocabulary lists
  • Game cards

Program Guide*

Overview of the Principles, strategies and techniques for successful implementation of the methodology in relation to how it develops authentic proficiency through the levels as stated in the CEFR.

*Included only in every Step 1 Kit 

Partner/Group Activities Book (Blackline Masters)

Including the play, vocabulary list, language-manipulation activities, simple and more complex oral and written questions based on the story, creative writing activities and words to the accompanying songs.

  • Student Workbooks are available as an additional purchase.  
  • Student Digital Workbooks are available for 1:1 classrooms as an additional purchase.

Big Book

For younger classes, shared reading with the Big Book is a very important AIM activity. For older classes you may also use the e-reader of this same book, projected from the Portal, if you purchase a subscription/

Posters and Image Cards

  • Image cards of words not gestured
  • Song and rap posters with lyrics

AIM Kit Portal (2-year subscription)

Live and On-Demand Teacher Training

Initial and ongoing teacher training is key to the successful implementation of AIM.

We recommend that teachers come to training at least every one to two years, as new ideas are introduced to help teachers continue to thrive with AIM.

NEW!!! Asynchronous 'On Demand' AIM Professional Development Series (*Currently available for Levels 1 & 2 only.)
This exciting new format blends 8-10 Recorded Training Sessions, with one Live-Online Q&A Session with Wendy Maxwell.
Learn at your own pace and schedule. Simply add the Training Package to your cart along with your Kit and start your training TODAY!

We also offer Live Online and In-Person workshops on select dates throughout the year. Visit our training page for more details here

Portal

A two-year subscription comes with the purchase of the Kit

The Portal contains aspects of the content found in the Guides (videos, songs, e-readers, listening activities). Student digital workbooks available for the Portal as an additional purchase.

  • The songs (with instrumental versions)
  • Fun classroom raps (with instrumental versions)
  • E-reader of the story with highlighted text and audio
  • Gestured vocabulary for this kit
  • Music videos 
  • The play gestured for this kit
  • The play performed by students in costume
  • An authentic first class with AIM
  • Additional Teacher Instructional Videos
  • Complimentary access for 32 students 
Supplementary Resources

➡️ Student Workbooks
A Student Book saves a lot of photocopying time and ensures that all student work is kept neatly in one place.
Available in both hard copy and digital format on the Portal for 1:1 classrooms.

➡️ Readers and Dance Videos
Once you have begun to use AIM, you might like to consider resources that will enhance your implementation of AIM:

Hard copy and digital e-readers

Dance videos

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We solve many of the challenges language teachers face.

The Gesture Approach

The AIM is a methodology that supports students by providing strategies and techniques that ensure student language acquisition and a high level of engagement. The Gesture Approach allows students to visualize, hear, say and 'feel' the language simultaneously, resulting in rapid proficiency development.

A Literacy- and Arts-Based Approach

Through the use of story and drama, songs, raps, and dances, students are moving to the language as they create meaning. Scaffolding and cooperative learning strategies help all students - the shy, weak, and strong - to find great support and success.

High-Frequency Vocabulary

One of the most important aspects of AIM that ensures student success is the high-frequency vocabulary (Pared-Down Language) that threads throughout every aspect of this methodology. AIM is designed such that each word is repeated extensively, allowing students to develop a strong foundation for language proficiency.

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