English for Kids-3A
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Oxford Beehive – Level 3A
(Units Starter – 5)
💬 Course Description
General Overview
Oxford Beehive 3A encourages children to use English for real-world communication. It builds speaking, reading, and writing confidence through fun, meaningful topics, while promoting collaboration and wellbeing through inspiring stories and global culture sections.
Level 3A Focus
This half-level (Starter – Unit 5) covers language for birthdays, friendships, jobs, cities, and healthy routines. Learners practise adjectives, superlatives, continuous tenses, and question forms, while improving writing fluency through structured tasks.
Learners encounter:
• 🎵 Songs and stories about everyday heroes and teamwork
• ✏️ Writing Focus tasks for punctuation and grammar accuracy
• 🌍 Culture pages exploring life around the world
• 💬 Functional phrases for real communication
• 🤝 Projects that connect learning to life
🎓 Skills Focus
Listening · Speaking · Reading · Writing · Grammar · Vocabulary · Culture · Projects
💡 Social-Emotional Themes
Teamwork · Problem Solving · Belief in Oneself · Perseverance · Balance
🌟 Tagline
Level 3A – Building Confidence and Global Awareness through English!
📘 Learning Outcomes Summary
By the end of Level 3A, learners will be able to —
- Talk about friends, family, and jobs using descriptive language.
- Ask and answer questions about places, work, and daily habits.
- Use comparatives and superlatives correctly.
- Write short texts with adjective order and time phrases.
- Show teamwork, confidence, and problem-solving skills through projects.
🧩 Unit-by-Unit Descriptions
| Unit | Title | Focus & Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Starter Unit | A New Year | One integrated lesson (2 pages): Months of the year · When’s your birthday? It’s in … · My birthday is the (second) of March · It’s my (ninth) birthday · Ordinal numbers · Times · Seasons. |
| Unit 1 | Our Friends | Topic: Hair and faces. Functional language: Me too / Me neither. Grammar: What does he/she look like? He’s/She’s got … Story: The Monkey and the Elephant – Working as a team. Skills & Culture: Clubs and teams in Australia and Mexico · Writing focus: Adjective order. Project: Make a class puzzle display. |
| Unit 2 | In the City | Topic: Places in the city. Functional language: How do I get to …? Take … Grammar: Present continuous (questions and answers). Story: Serena’s Good Idea – Solving problems. Skills & Culture: Capital cities of the UK and Singapore · Writing focus: Capital letters. Project: Make a city tour leaflet. |
| Unit 3 | Our Busy World | Topic: Jobs. Functional language: Can you guess? I think … I think you’re right. Grammar: Wh-questions (present simple). Story: Junko’s Dream – Believing in yourself. Skills & Culture: Exciting jobs in Tanzania and Malaysia · Writing focus: * a / an*. Project: Make a jobs poster. |
| Unit 4 | Let’s Explore! | Topic: Countryside and nature. Functional language: Great! Is it near here? Grammar: *There was / were … * and Past simple of be. Story: The Giant’s Causeway – Dealing with disappointment. Skills & Culture: Places to visit in Vietnam and Portugal · Writing focus: Time phrases. Project: Make a map of an island. |
| Unit 5 | Healthy Living | Topic: Healthy habits. Functional language: I forget to … / I remember to … Grammar: How often do you …? I … (always, often, sometimes, never). Story: Busy Ben – Dealing with stress. Skills & Culture: Exercise in Brazil and China · Writing focus: too. Project: Make a Healthy Living board game. |
📖 Unit-by-Unit & Lesson-by-Lesson Overview
Starter Unit – A New Year
1️⃣ Lesson 1 – Integrated Lesson: Months of the year · Birthdays · Ordinal numbers · Times · Seasons.
Unit 1 – Our Friends
1️⃣ Lesson 1 – Words: Hair and faces
2️⃣ Lesson 2 – Grammar: What does he/she look like? (Adjectives and has got)
3️⃣ Lesson 3 – Words & Grammar: Describing people with superlatives (short adjectives)
4️⃣ Lesson 4 – Story: The Monkey and the Elephant (Working as a team)
5️⃣ Lesson 5 – Skills & Culture: Clubs and teams in Australia and Mexico + Writing focus (Adjective order)
6️⃣ Lesson 6 – Project & Review: Make a class puzzle display
Unit 2 – In the City
1️⃣ Lesson 1 – Words: Places in the city
2️⃣ Lesson 2 – Grammar: Present continuous (questions and answers)
3️⃣ Lesson 3 – Words & Grammar: Things to do in the city
4️⃣ Lesson 4 – Story: Serena’s Good Idea (Solving problems)
5️⃣ Lesson 5 – Skills & Culture: Capital cities of the UK and Singapore + Writing focus (Capital letters)
6️⃣ Lesson 6 – Project & Review: Make a city tour leaflet
Unit 3 – Our Busy World
1️⃣ Lesson 1 – Words: Jobs
2️⃣ Lesson 2 – Grammar: Wh-questions (present simple)
3️⃣ Lesson 3 – Words & Grammar: Actions at work
4️⃣ Lesson 4 – Story: Junko’s Dream (Believing in yourself)
5️⃣ Lesson 5 – Skills & Culture: Exciting jobs in Tanzania and Malaysia + Writing focus (a / an)
6️⃣ Lesson 6 – Project & Review: Make a jobs poster
Unit 4 – Let’s Explore!
1️⃣ Lesson 1 – Words: Places in the countryside
2️⃣ Lesson 2 – Grammar: There was / There were … and Past simple of be
3️⃣ Lesson 3 – Words & Grammar: Adjectives and modals (Could you …? / Couldn’t …)
4️⃣ Lesson 4 – Story: The Giant’s Causeway (Dealing with disappointment)
5️⃣ Lesson 5 – Skills & Culture: Places to visit in Vietnam and Portugal + Writing focus (Time phrases)
6️⃣ Lesson 6 – Project & Review: Make a map of an island
Unit 5 – Healthy Living
1️⃣ Lesson 1 – Words: Healthy habits
2️⃣ Lesson 2 – Grammar: How often do you …? (Adverbs of frequency)
3️⃣ Lesson 3 – Words & Grammar: Free-time activities
4️⃣ Lesson 4 – Story: Busy Ben (Dealing with stress)
5️⃣ Lesson 5 – Skills & Culture: Exercise in Brazil and China + Writing focus (too)
6️⃣ Lesson 6 – Project & Review: Make a Healthy Living board game
