Learning English with Chris & Friends

Ideal for private English lessons, kindergarten courses or elementary school. Let Chris, the little grasshopper who only speaks English, and his friends show the kids their world. In English of course! Learning English with Chris & Friends is designed for children between 5 and 7 years. The aim of the program is to teach children the English language as early as possible with fun, excitement and using all the senses, but without pressure to perform. Great importance is attached to the fact that the children are challenged and encouraged in an age-appropriate manner. The Children should look forward to exciting, varied and fun lessons and not perceive them as a burden. The program can also be easily used as a successor to other remote programs (e.g. Learning English with Chris the Grasshopper). It can also be used as an entry-level program for children from the age of 7. Learning English with Chris & Friends Workbook 2 contains material for a total of 18 Lessons and gives suggestions for each 60 minute lesson. It covers the following topics in detail: Circus, House, Food and Travel. The workbook contains many rhymes, songs, painting and game suggestions, handicraft suggestions and a wide range of templates. The enclosed MP3-Downlaod contains all the rhymes and songs that appear in the workbook meaning they can also be heard at home. The CD promotes language skills and is used to absorb the speech melody. (Further material; 'Learning English with Chris & Friends Picture Cards CD and the Teachers Guide and also the Gamebook for Workbook 2)

Beate Baylie was born in Stuttgart in 1968. After finishing high school, she worked in Cairo for two years in an Egyptian family as a tutor. Cairo was followed by Sheffield where Beate gained a Business degree. After the birth of her first daughter almost 20 years ago she founded the bel language school together with Karin Schweizer. Beate lives in Filderstadt with her English husband and their two grown-up daughters. Karin Schweizer was born in Schramberg in the Black Forest in 1965. After training as a travel agent, she went to the Sorbonne in Paris and to the University of California, Berkeley in San Francisco. Back in Germany - with an American husband (with whom she has two grown-up children) - she founded the bel language school together with Beate Baylie. Today Karin lives with her new partner north of Hamburg. Established and widely used textbooks such as 'Learning English with Chris the Grasshopper', 'Mini Ducks' and for the 55+ generation 'Autumn Years - English for Seniors' emerged from the long and varied practical work that they both did. They offer stress free learning with a focus not just on grammar but on enjoying learning and having fun. Several hundred participants have taken part in the bel start-up seminars for language schools. Bel is also a tour operator offering language trips as 'bel Reisen'. Several times a year, there are trips to English-speaking countries and group travel offers to other dream destinations such as the Indian state of Kerala on the Malabar coast.