Carol Read is a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer with over 30 years’ experience in English language teaching. She has taught students of all ages and levels, from very young children to adults. Her interest in early years and primary education grew after having her own children. She became fascinated by child development, bilingualism, and foreign language teaching and learning in mainstream education – all areas which continue to be central to her work today. Her experience includes teaching, teacher training and academic management posts in Venezuela, Portugal and Spain. She has also published extensively in the field of teaching English to young learners. She is currently working as a writer and international educational consultant advising on pre-primary and primary foreign language programmes, and delivering customised teacher education courses. She is also a former President of IATEFL.

• A. Agency and AutonomyB. Building positive relationshipsC. Class puppet and CommunicationD. Digital media and technologyE. Everyday lessons and learning routinesF. Finding out about the worldG. Games and playH. Home-school linkI. Imagination and creativityJ. Junk modelling, art and craftK. Kinaesthetic learningL. Literacy developmentM. Managing behaviourN. Nursery rhymes, chants and songsO. Outdoor activities and projectsP. Picturebooks and storytellingQ. Questions and scaffolding techniquesR. Recycling and Reviewing learningS. Social and emotional learningT. Thinking skillsU. Using children’s mother tongue and other languagesV. Values and Values educationW. Words and language chunksX. Xtra ideas to keep in mindY. Young children and assessmentZ. Zest, Zeal and Zzzz – wellbeing for children and for you!

Carol Read is a teacher, teacher trainer and materials writer with over 30 years’ experience in English language teaching. She has taught students of all ages and levels, from very young children to adults. Her interest in early years and primary education grew after having her own children. She became fascinated by child development, bilingualism, and foreign language teaching and learning in mainstream education – all areas which continue to be central to her work today. Her experience includes teaching, teacher training and academic management posts in Venezuela, Portugal and Spain. She has also published extensively in the field of teaching English to young learners. She is currently working as a writer and international educational consultant advising on pre-primary and primary foreign language programmes, and delivering customised teacher education courses. She is also a former President of IATEFL.

• A. Agency and AutonomyB. Building positive relationshipsC. Class puppet and CommunicationD. Digital media and technologyE. Everyday lessons and learning routinesF. Finding out about the worldG. Games and playH. Home-school linkI. Imagination and creativityJ. Junk modelling, art and craftK. Kinaesthetic learningL. Literacy developmentM. Managing behaviourN. Nursery rhymes, chants and songsO. Outdoor activities and projectsP. Picturebooks and storytellingQ. Questions and scaffolding techniquesR. Recycling and Reviewing learningS. Social and emotional learningT. Thinking skillsU. Using children’s mother tongue and other languagesV. Values and Values educationW. Words and language chunksX. Xtra ideas to keep in mindY. Young children and assessmentZ. Zest, Zeal and Zzzz – wellbeing for children and for you!