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We never lower the level of thinking — only the burden of English.

PYP AGENTS
English Reading

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WHY THIS PROGRAM

Why this program

What matters is not how much English a child knows, but the power to say their own thinking in English. Not memorized vocabulary — one book a month, a four-week story inquiry, concept-centered English opened by Big Questions, simple repeated patterns, and an open-class drama that needs no script. An early-inquiry English program where thinking goes deep and English stays easy.

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

Materials and content

Thinking deepened in the mother tongue is expressed in simple, repeated English. The level of thinking never drops — only the burden of English. Working with the same story and the same concept in two languages, children communicate with the world in confidence.

Deep Thinking, Simple English

탐구하는 아이들 워크북 내 친구 룰루

Inquire deeply in Korean.

See Reading Inquiry in detail
Student Inquirers My Friend Lulu

Meet the key concept again in simple English.

PAIR BOOK SYSTEM

Thinking needs a base language.

The power of inquiry, grounded in the mother tongue

Understand Fully understand the concept in the mother tongue
Connect Connect familiar thinking with the new language
A smiling child speaking with open hands
Confidence What was understood in Korean becomes confident English
Transfer Transfer concepts formed in Korean into English situations
Express Use both languages together inside one system of concepts

Storybooks that build the ‘base language’

Base language

Deep thinking grows in the most familiar language.

  • Why is it so?
  • What is different?
  • How does it connect to my experience?
  • From what perspective will I act responsibly?
내 친구 룰루 안녕, 네오! 나도 날 거야! 나무 먹는 몬스터
Commu- nication

Thinking deepened in the mother tongue

A foreign language ≠ a language for translation

A foreign language = a language that shares thinking with the world

The Wood Monsters I Will Fly! My Friend Lulu Hi, Neo!
STORYBOOK · STEP

STEP 1 · 2 · 3 — thirty stories

STEP 110 books
IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 1 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 2 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 3 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 4 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 5 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 6 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 7 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 8 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 9 IB PYP English storybook, step 1 cover 10
STEP 210 books
IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 1 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 2 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 3 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 4 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 5 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 6 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 7 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 8 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 9 IB PYP English storybook, step 2 cover 10
STEP 310 books
IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 1 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 2 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 3 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 4 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 5 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 6 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 7 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 8 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 9 IB PYP English storybook, step 3 cover 10

This program was developed independently of the International Baccalaureate Organization and is not endorsed or approved by the IBO.

WORKBOOK

Early English inquiry where the lesson becomes a stage

The English workbook: Student Inquirers

STORY

Listen to the story and read it.

BIG QUESTION

Ask questions.

TALK TOGETHER

Talk it over with friends.

DRAMA

Speak as the characters.

English where the story comes alive

Student Inquirers · the four-week workflow

Weekly LOI (lines of inquiry) and learning goals

  1. WEEK 1

    Who am I?

    Presenting the central idea; exploring and observing the theme
    Who are you? — practice the key concept in simple, repeated patterns, then share my thinking
  2. WEEK 2

    What do I have?

    I have big eyes. I have a long nose.
    [Extension] Expanding into expressions about myself What do you have? · What do I have?
  3. WEEK 3

    How do I feel?

    I feel happy. I feel proud. I feel shy. I feel peaceful.
    [Extension] How can I help others? From me to you — the central idea ‘we help each other’ becomes real action
  4. Children on stage in animal costumes — the ‘Everyone is special’ open class
    Week 4 · DRAMA(retrieval)

    The lesson becomes the stage

    An open class that prepares itself — no script, no extra rehearsal

    1Say what you learned 2Move 3Complete the open class

    Say it, move it, complete it.

    For three weeks the child has repeated these expressions — now they speak them as the characters. Nothing is newly memorized; expressions that already belong to the child are simply used on stage.

    Script
    The week-4 mini drama
    Lines
    Expressions used every day for three weeks

This program was developed independently of the International Baccalaureate Organization and is not endorsed or approved by the IBO.

ROADMAP

Three years that widen expression on a foundation of deep inquiry

AGE 5 DISCOVER

See and discover

Observing myself, friends, animals, and nature, and expressing discoveries in short, easy English.

360+ words
AGE 6 EXPLORE

Ask and explore

Questioning and comparing what was discovered, asking and answering in familiar English patterns.

650+ words
AGE 7 CONNECT & EXPRESS

Connect and express

Connecting inquiry to their own experience, and expressing their thinking with the English they learned.

980+ words
TEACHING SYSTEM

Easier for teachers, clearer growth for children

Lowering the burden of preparation, and producing learning results you can see every week.

A lesson system for teachers

  • Weekly lesson flow and goals
  • Questions and sentence patterns ready to use
  • DRAMA that follows on with no separate script

Learning results the child can see

  • Understanding that begins with STORY
  • Expression built by questions and repetition
  • Growth confirmed in speaking and DRAMA

A lesson of growth whose results remain: understand, repeat, express

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PYP AGENTS English Reading on video

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Never lowering the thinking — keeping the expression simple

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STEP 2 · Age 6 · Book 1 My Friend Lulu

Weeks 1–3 workbook lessons

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STEP 2 · Age 6 · Book 1 My Friend Lulu

The DRAMA lesson

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