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Nursery World Awards 2008: Resources - Communication, Language and Literacy

WINNER: The Alien: Launch into Literacy, Philip & Tacey

As soon as the Alien crash lands into a classroom, together with hisextra terrestrial pet Ug, children feel they are in their own personalET movie. This product, which includes a rocket, launch pad and survivalkit, offers endless fun and possibilities to explore the world around usfrom the Alien's perspective.

The Alien is relying on the children to help him adapt and to explainthe people and situations he will encounter. Communication and languageare therefore central to this product from the beginning. Simply showingthe Alien around the classroom and introducing him to the children canproduce wildly different role plays, the only limit is imagination.

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