Kennis Series Step One

Balanced literacy in early years is based on six core skills:
• Print motivation (develop love of books)
• Print awareness (develop love of reading)
• Phonological awareness (learn about the sounds of letters and words)
• Letter knowledge (learn alphabets)
• Vocabulary (learn the naming, action, describing and much more words
• Narrative skills (learn to tell the events and stories)
All language learners in their early years need to develop their skills in each of these areas. Language classes should incorporate activities related to all these skills.
Kennis English series has the following salient features given below.
• Character Based Learning
A fictional character ‘Kennis’ makes this series fun for children. Kennis is a Dutch word that means knowledge. The character Kennis will help teachers to actively involve students. With the help of Kennis they can emphasize on using communicating the knowledge effectively. The role of a teacher is to coach and facilitate.
• Child Friendly Layout
Young children are attracted by colorful pictures of simple objects.
• Digital Illustrations
Book based on pictures, introduce children to the concept of reading, even if they can't read yet. It develops the love of books.
• Comprehensive Scope and Sequence
By age 5, children develop the language and acquire a vocabulary of thousands of words with an appropriate sequence. Kennis English series has a proper scope and sequence in developing language of a children.
• Letter Formation Rhymes
Letter formation rhyme is a great way to teach children in writing the correct shape of letter.
• Picture Comprehension
Narrative pictures are the unique way to develop interest of learning any language. Kennis English series construct the strong foundation in between text and illustrations.
• Age Appropriate Activities And Exercises
If children are presented with an activity that is not appropriate for their age, they will not learn. If the activity is too easy, they will become bored and not gain anything from the experience. So the method of using age appropriate activities are given in this series.
• Sufficient Writing Practice
The most important thing is to develop the love of writing in children. In order to achieve this goal we have given suitable writing practice. This will develop their interest without taking any stress.
• ‘Swot Up’ Activities
‘Swot up’ means to practice something for the assessment. Kennis English series is focused on the activities which develop in depth learning.