Exceptionally strong skills training with a particular focus on speaking - that's what you get with Family and Friends.How?The clear methodology, with objectives for every lesson, and carefully staged activities support your students learning.So does the controlled 'Skills Time' program, which enables your students to continually improve their listening, speaking and literacy skills.Phonics is straightforward and fun! The progression is specially written for non-native speakers, meaning each sound is taught in a way that's easy to understand.The writing activities are very well structured and help you teach students essential sub-skills, such as punctuation, so they feel ready to do their own personalized writing in the Workbook and worksheets from the Teacher's Resource CD.The picture dictionary and wordlists at the back of the book offer students additional support for reading and writing activities.The wide variety of linked print and digital resources helps you to meet the needs of students with different learning styles and makes your lessons more engaging. The teacher's resource CD is packed full of photocopiable resources such as values worksheets, extra writing pages and cut and makeactivities.Do you need help preparing for tests?There are print-ready and editable tests with audio on the Teacher's Resource CD along with practice papers for Cambridge Young Learners English Tests which you can print and use, or customize to practice a particular language point or to suit mixed ability classes.But Family and Friends is not only about academic success - it develops the whole child too. The values syllabus helps children develop social and emotional skills which guarantee success in the classroom and at home.

No other course offers you the same benefits as Family and Friends.The exceptionally strong skills training programme includes a focus on real speaking and writing output.Plus - the integrated print and digital resources suit all teaching situations and learner types, supporting students, teachers, and parents.Use it with Little Friends and First Friends to make it an eight or nine-year course.

"Family isn't always your relatives. It's the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you no matter what." -Unknown Teachers do so much more than just teach academics. They build a sense of community within their classrooms, creating a home away from home where they make their students feel safe, included, and loved. With its heartfelt message and colorfully whimsical illustrations, "Our Class is a Family" is a book that will help build and strengthen that class community. Kids learn that their classroom is a place where it's safe to be themselves, it's okay to make mistakes, and it's important to be a friend to others. When hearing this story being read aloud by their teacher, students are sure to feel like they are part of a special family. And currently, during such an unprecedented time when many teachers and students are not physically IN the classroom due to COVID-19 school closures, it's more important than it's ever been to give kids the message that their class is a family. Even at a distance, they still stick together.