Hats on top 是一套全美語進口教材，由美國教育博士 Caroline Linse和 Elly Schottman 共同編寫。專門為3-6 的幼兒編寫，在英美國家本土和非英語母語國家都廣受歡迎，是麥克米倫出版社的最暢銷教材之一。最重要此套教材不止適用於3-5歲小中大班的寶寶學習，還有2-3歲的早教或小小班。教材充分使用歌曲、重複的口號、故事多方面的教學理念讓孩子對知識有更好的吸收,教材重心是為了鍛鍊孩子在課堂上能大膽發表意見的能力。
Hats On Top is a beautifully designed four-level course for very young children. The central characters are the Hat People, a fun and friendly family who guide children through their first encounters with English. Hats On Top is based on the concept that children come to the classroom with a great deal of world knowledge, and has strong links to key development areas and school readiness.
Learning and exploration are supported and extended digitally through the Discovery Disc, where children can play games read interactive stories and dance along with the Hat People to interactive songs. For teachers, there is the Interactive Classroom CD-ROM containing a Digibook version of the Student Book for whole-class presentation, and a new website containing a wealth of resources.
Caroline Linse has been a teacher, teacher educator, materials developer, researcher and language advocate for many years. She began her career as a kindergarten teacher in Mexico City and since then has been fortunate to have worked with learners and teachers in the USA (including rural Alaska), American Samoa, the Baltic Republics, Belarus, Korea and Northern Ireland. In addition, she has given workshops in many other countries including Bahrain, Oman, Taiwan, China, Ukraine, Peru, Guatemala, and Tunisia.
Caroline has co-authored several Macmillan preschool course books with Elly Schottman. Her materials feature developmentally appropriate language rich activities aimed to delight both young learners and their teachers!
She received her doctorate in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
1.認讀文具、動物、形狀、顏色、食物、體育運動、場所、職業、服飾、天氣、表情等230個辭彙 2.可以認讀和運用22個日常交際用語 3.會演唱55首英文歌曲歌謠 4.會表演英文話劇“The little red hen's party” 5.掌握b、g、m、p、l、t、d、f、o、w、e、a、u、i的發音及自然拼讀基本知識
單元透視
以第一冊第一單元為例，單元內容簡介。
lesson1
1. Vocab Presentation
2. Stickers
3. Song
4. Reading Readiness Concept
lesson2
1. Theme Activity
2. Interactive Speaking
3. Early Literacy Skills
lesson3
1. Real world task
2. Skills Development
3. Further language practice
4. Personalisation
5. Levels 2 & 3 –Conversation builder with artwork prompts
