PhonicsZone

PracticeZone Help

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Overview of content
 
How to use a unit
 
Key to symbols in animations
CONTENT

PracticeZone activities are organised in 12 units.
Each unit introduces vocabulary around a particular theme.

I can speak english
Greetings - Simple actions - Counting up to 12 - Question: What is it?
All about me
Basic descriptions - Parts of the body - Colours - Days of the week - More actions
Family
Family members - Colours - Describing a face - Numbers up to 20
Animals
Wild animals - Farm animals - Pets
My birthday
Seasons - Months - Time - Daily routine - Weather - Tell your age
The world around me
Planets - Countries - Saying where you live - Nationalities - On the beach
My school
Places in school - Numbers up to 40 - The alphabet
I would like...
Food vocabulary - Meals
Sports
Parts of the body (Revision) - More verbs - Sports - Football
Clothes
Clothes and weather - Dressing up
Where I live
House and home vocabulary - numbers up to 100
I travel
Means of transport
Pancake Day - Valentine's Day - Mother's Day - Easter - Halloween - Christmas -
An additional "Holidays and Festivals" unit introduces vocabulary related to Special days in English speaking countries.
Every month we upload stories and traditional tales from around the world.
HOW TO USE A UNIT
input
Click on rectangular icons to access stories, songs and poems. You should explore these activities first.
game
Click on a bean-shaped icon to access games. most games are related to a poem, song or story.
You will need Adobe Flash Player to view the animations. Download it from HERE.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and download the printable activities.
Download it from HERE.

printable
Click on a page-shaped icon to download an activity sheet in pdf format. You can save it to your hard drive and print it.
Transcript
Click on a blue rounded icon to access the printable transcript of the sound files in a unit.

The written line on the left is a hyperlink to a downloadable mp3 sound file.
To download this mp3 sound file, right-click on the link and select "Save target as...".
KEY TO SYMBOLS IN ANIMATIONS
Play
PLAY
Click on this button to start a game or make a story progress.
Back
BACK
Click this button to go back a scene in a story, to reload a game or to restart a song.
Back to start
BACK TO START (Stories)
This button appears at the end of stories. Click it to replay the animation from the beginning.
No text
NO TEXT (Songs)
This button exists in many animated songs. Click it to hide the text. Click it a second time to show the text again.
Quit
QUIT
This button appears at the end of stories or when you have won a game. Click it to quit the activity.