Transcript The Lippy and Messy Teaching Pack

by Wojtek Graniczewski
• Lippy and Messy is a television series for children (3–6 years of
age) produced by the team of Bell Krakow and TVP (Polish Public
TV). It combines entertainment with English language teaching.
• The heroes, a mischievous boy-clown Messy and a talkative
girl-clown Lippy, go through amusing adventures and each time
they learn new words, new language structures and at least one
original song.
• They interact with a third character Wizzy
(The Wizard of Words), who conjures up objects
and situations to explain new language.
• The actors are British native speakers of English.
SAMPLE EPISODE FROM SERIES 1
Where is Messy?
The 180 episodes (each about 4 minutes long)
are divided into five series:
• Lippy & Messy - in which they learn basic words
and phrases and have a lot of fun with Wizzy
• Lippy & Messy ABC - in which they also learn
the letters of the alphabet
• Lippy & Messy: Do-Be-Do - in which they do
lots of tasks and play at being in various jobs
• Lippy & Messy: Go! Go! Go! - in which
they visit different magic lands
• Lippy and Messy Play and Learn - in which
we watch examples of good classroom practice
with The Lippy and Messy Teaching Packs.
EPISODE 22 - Winter! Winter!
 Topic: Winter sports and games
 Grammar: Let’s go, build, have, throw …
 Vocabulary: Skis, skates, sledge, snowman, snowballs, warm clothes
WORKSHEETS FOR EPISODE 22
USERS’ COMMENTS
My daughter is two. When Lippy & Messy is on, she watches it open-mouthed
and in absolute silence. My husband and I wish it were on all day long.
My four and a half year old daughter loves it. She catches some of the words
and is really happy that she understands.
My little boy loves watching Lippy & Messy. For him it’s not English
lessons but simply bright colours, catchy songs and simple situations.
My little Alex loves Lippy & Messy. She’s simply nuts about it. If she
is not in the room and hears the theme tune she arrives like a rocket.
The only thing our little girl watches is Lippy & Messy. It’s a huge hit.
Amanda just sits there hypnotised. Maybe she will be in the one in
the family who is good at languages because her parents aren’t.
Lippy & Messy - Awards
The European Language Label is awarded by
the European Commission to innovative projects
and products that have found creative ways to
Improve the quality of language teaching and learning.
Lippy & Messy - Awards
Main Award in the multimedia category
in the ”Child-Friendly World”competition
organised by the Polish Committee
for the Protection of Childrens’ Rights
Lippy & Messy - Awards
NOMINEE
The British Council Innovation Awards for
English language teaching products and services,
or ELTons, are the ‘Oscars of the ELT world’.
They are offered to outstanding new language
learning resources which use innovative ideas.
• a complete teaching system for pre-school
and primary school children
• developed by ELT specialists at the Bell Institute
for English Language Studies in Krakow together
with the creators of the TV series Lippy and Messy
• based on the first 30 episodes where two clowns
Lippy and Messy, together with The Wizard of Words
go through amusing adventures
• children have fun and learn lots of English words
and phrases presented in a playful and easily
accessible form
The pack is composed
of 3 modules, each of which
contains:
• multimedia materials
• complete lesson plans
• attractive teaching aids
It can be used
for teaching at:
• kindergartens
• primary schools
• language schools
It equips teachers with
• a rich bank of ideas for original
and effective lessons
• a set of materials and tools
to conduct them
• detailed guidelines
• easy ways to modify
and adapt the materials
to specific teaching needs
Contents of each teaching module
• a bank of games and activities
• 50 detailed lesson plans
• teaching materials and aids
necessary for each lesson
• a DVD with 10 episodes
• a CD with songs
• a set of flashcards
• a set of colouring-in
pictures
• a picture story book
• a cut-out theatre
a bank of classroom
games and activities
50 detailed
lesson plans
in each module:
all in all
150
complete
lesson plans
3 DVDs with
10 episodes each,
all in all
30 episodes
• 3 CDs with songs
and song texts
3 sets of flashcards:
A3, A4, A5,
all in all over 450
flashcards
3 sets
of colouring-in
pictures
3 picture
story books
(A3 format)
3 versions
of the Lippy and Messy
cut-out theatre
The 3 modules
provide 150 lessons
of English from level
A1 to B1.
To enhance the effectiveness of the method,
the authors have also developed a series
of activity books for children entitled
Lippy and Messy Songs and Games
with DVDs for home use.
The Lippy and Messy system
of teaching is available after
• making direct contact with its
publisher and distributor: GAMA5
• signing an agreement and attending
an introductory training session (optional)
• signing a licence agreement for the
classroom use of the Lippy and Messy
TV series
For more information please contact:
[email protected]
Thank You!