View samples of
Plays and Dances
from the DVD!

Où est mon chien
(play)

La semaine
(song)

Both core and immersion teachers have been thrilled with Histories en action ! pour les tout petits 1A and 2A, the AIM program for young beginners. Now, Où est mon chien ?, the third-level kit is available! Based on an enchanting original story by Wendy Maxwell and songs and raps co-written with Matt Maxwell, this kit will entrance and entertain young French students. Watch their fluency levels improve rapidly.

The Histoires en action ! pour les tout petits series of units has been created for the following reasons:

• to allow you to begin the AIM with very young students in core (FSL) or immersion programs, using plays that are shorter, simpler to learn and appropriate to the interests of the very young student
• to allow you to provide a preparatory program at the preschool or early primary grade levels before beginning Histoires en action! with older elementary students

Each kit contains: Teacher’s Unit Guide for Où est mon chien ?

• Classroom systems and linguistic routines
• Detailed guide with daily plans for this unit (both teacher-led and IPG activities)
• How to adapt the program in order to meet your teaching needs
• Master calendar and daily lesson templates
• Play in booklet form with /images and song lyrics
• Evaluation blackline masters (self, teacher, peer, parent)
• Sample letters to parents
• Vocabulary list of the words taught in Où est mon chien ? kit
• Game cards

Student workbook

• Blackline masters or workbooks
• Play in booklet format with /images
• Vocabulary in the order it is introduced and appears on the DVD
• Scaffolded language manipulation activities
• Total and partial questions based on the story
• Puppets
• Words to the accompanying songs Où est mon chien ?,Minuit est perdu and Je chante l’alphabet

Visual resources

• Play with colour /images in large print (Big Book style) or colour overheads (also as PowerPoint™ presentations)
• Song, and rap lyrics
• Alphabet
• Backdrop scenery for the play rehearsals with puppets

DVD Play, songs and vocabulary gestured for this kit Dances to accompany the songs and raps Play performed by students CD The songs for the unit, as well as raps for linguistic routines (also includes instrumental versions) Workbook specially designed for the emergent writer

	Puppets These beautifully designed felt hand puppets are a great addition to an AIM classroom. They can be used for partner/group work with play scripts, for in-class puppet-show presentations and for creative improvisational storytelling. These puppets are hand-sewn by Lisa Murray, an artisan in Ontario.
	Gesture Database Ever wanted to know what a particular gesture is, but have not known where to locate it on your teacher DVD? Well, now your problems are solved. With the Gesture Database DVD-ROM, you can look up a gesture by keying in the word or phrase, and Wendy pops up on your computer screen performing the gesture. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
	Partner/Group Activity Raps CD This features over a dozen partner/group activity raps designed specifically for AIM classrooms. These include raps for starting and ending partner/group work, starting and finishing class, story retelling, collecting folders, etc.