Dear Parents or Guardians

Your child can look forward to a happy and successful year learning English with Polly the Collie! Important points you should know about the program are:

• Polly the Collie is an outstanding kindergarten/pre-school English program that teaches approximately 360 English vocabulary, and familiarity with English sentence structure. Polly the Collie was developed by experts in Early English Education.
• Your child will enjoy fun, age-appropriate stories and songs, through varied musical expressions such as Rounds, Rap, Jazz and more, plus games and carefully planned classroom activities in English.
• You can help your child reinforce the English he or she has learnt in the lessons by simply playing the special Polly the Collie CDs at home. Your child will enjoy singing along or just listening to the lively tunes in the background during playtime, bath time, mealtimes or before bed. Optional English texts and colouring books are free to download for more Polly fun at home.
• We all know that children love to sing, but did you realize that song has additional benefits aside from just encouraging children to express their musical and rhythmic capabilities? Song is a great way to encourage young children to develop emotional skills and participate in a group, and also to acquire another language; through repeated hearing and enjoyment.
• No child is ever forced to sing in lessons if they don't want to. A shy child can learn just as much as the extrovert within a Polly the Collie lesson by simply being exposed to the material and listening to the songs. Coupled with hearing the CDs played at home, shyer children often know just as much English (if not more), than their more rambunctious classmates.