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New 6-level blended primary course that is the first of its kind. Putting student wellbeing and equity in the classroom front and centre. It is designed to spark curiosity and joy in every child, regardless of their needs and ability, and ensure every child can access learning and make progress. Small Big Things is underpinned by the GSE framework and includes personalised assessments along with an integrated AI Smart Lesson Generator for infinite supplementary, personalised content creation, always aligned perfectly with the course.

Key points

Bilingual Journey

Pearson & Anaya

Components

Digital

Contact

WELLBEING

Is at the heart of the course because we know a happy child is a learning child. This course teaches children to understand their identity, their emotions & their community.

PHONICS

New, comprehensive and fun approach to phonics with inclusion of videos to see as well as hear new sounds in English.

NEURODIVERSITY

Leading the way for inclusion and equity in the classroom, including brain breaks, doodle strips and practical reflection activities.

Key points

Bilingual Journey

Pearson & Anaya

GRAMMAR

Modern approach to grammar - students learn by doing, thinking and connecting. Not memorizing.

THINKING ROUTINES

help every child express ideas, build confidence, and think in English.

COMMUNICATION

Oracy Framework embedded in every lesson. Building confident communicators through play, stories, and purposeful talk.

Components

Digital

Additional Important Points

Contact

Putting Special Needs and Neurodiversity Front and Center

Small Big Things supports all learners, including neurodiverse and dyslexic students, through:

  • Visual-first learning with 360-degree immersive images, videos, graphic organizers, and communication-rich activities
  • Innovative grammar and phonics teaching that reduces reliance on text
  • Flexible formats that help every child access, understand, and express language confidently
  • Brain Breaks and Doodle strips embedded. Backed by research to make a difference.

Embedded Assessment for Learning

Additional Important Points

Learning Situations

Reading Plan

Exam Preparation

Extra Resources

Pearson & Anaya Bilingual Journey

Together for the Future of Learning

Aligned with the new science curriculum for bilingual schools in the Community of Madrid

  • Parallel grammar work
  • Each SCI spread includes an “I can” statement (Learning Objective), consistent with Small Big Things
  • Same names for some sections: for example, Final Challenge, What have I learned?
  • Use of the same icons
  • Use of the same colors
  • Title and subtitle: Natural Science of Small Big Things: Shine&Succeed!

Key points

Bilingual Journey

Pearson & Anaya

Components

Proyecto MIRA

Digital

Mapping Grammar

Contact

Teacher

DIGITAL

DIGITAL

  • Teacher’s Online Resources
  • Assessment Package
  • Class Audio
  • Professional Development
  • 36 Videos per Level: Including:
  • Teacher’s Online Resources
  • Assessment Package
  • Class Audio
  • Professional Development
  • 36 Videos per Level: Including:

- 18 Grammar Bites- 9 Documentaries- 9 Phonics

- 18 Grammar Bites- 9 Documentaries- 9 Phonics

Print

Print

Key points

  • Teacher’s Edition with Teacher’s Resources
  • Picture Cards
  • Posters
  • Story Cards
  • Wellbeing & Inclusivity Booklet
  • Assessment Booklet
  • Oracy Booklet
  • Teacher’s Edition with Teacher’s Resources
  • Picture Cards
  • Posters
  • Story Cards
  • Wellbeing & Inclusivity Booklet
  • Assessment Booklet
  • Oracy Booklet

Bilingual Journey

Pearson & Anaya

Components

PupiL

Digital

DIGITAL

  • Digital Pupil’s Book
  • Digital Activity Book
  • Vocabulary Games
  • Class Audio
  • Videos
  • Immersive Look Around Videos

Print

  • Pupil's Book
  • Wellbeing Journal
  • Activity Book

Contact

Digital Teacher Resources

Scope & Sequence

Pupil’s Book & Activity Book

Teacher’s Book

Key points

Bilingual Journey

Pearson & Anaya

Catalogue

Teaching Programmes

ISBNs

Components

Digital

Unit walkthrough

Extra materials

Contact

PEARSONENGLISH PORTAL 2.0

Key points

SEEDigital demos

Smart Lesson Generator

Bilingual Journey

Pearson & Anaya

Components

Digital

Contact

Digital Teacher Resources

Small Big Things builds confident teachers too with step-by-step teaching support and digital resources.

  • Bite-size Professional Development training videos and quizzes (10 modules) by Mario Herrera
  • Assessment Pack (external and internal exams with audio)
  • Posters, Picture Cards, Story Cards
  • Front of Class Tool
  • Differentiated Learning

Smart Lesson Generator

DEMO

The fast, connected and effective way to plan lesson activities so teachers can get back to doing what they love... teaching! Fast Engaging lesson activities, plus support and stretch, ready to go in under 60 seconds. Connected Seamlessly integrated with your Pearson resources and at the right level for every learner. Effective Aligned with the Global Scale of English and grounded in the latest teaching best practice .

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Smart Lesson Generator

New for Primary: three activities

Speaking & Writing Designed as a productive, creative task for students to practice speaking or writing in English, using the topic and vocabulary from their current lesson or unit. The activity encourages students to produce verbal or written descriptions. Includes vocabulary bank and scaffolding plus success criteria for a great answer and peer review.

Reading & Listening Aimed at providing accessible reading or listening activity that align with the lesson topic, learning objective, and student level. The activity is designed to be inclusive for students and is supported by an image and scaffolding.

Brain Break A short (2–5 minute) active break designed for primary classrooms to help students rest, refocus, and prepare to learn. Beneficial for both students with special needs and supporting classroom management and overall engagement. The activity is intentionally not focused on learning content, but rather on providing a genuine break

Smart Lesson Generator

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for engaging lesson activities in seconds

Pearson Flow

  • Connected to your Pearson courseware.
  • When you need effective activities to introduce key content and concepts fast.
  • Bringing new life to your favorite Pearson courses.

Custom Flow

  • Create custom activities based on a specific topic and learning objective. Making it simple to bring current news and hot topics into the classroom.
  • Gives you the flexibility to design activities your way.

Want to contact us?

Teacher support and orders:

Email: clientes@grupoanaya.com

Phone: +34 913 933 933

Online contactYou can also contact us by completing our online form

Pupil’s Book

Activity Book

Embedded Assessment for Learning

Involve, Monitor, Assist Lesson objectives are clearly stated at the beginning of every lesson and unit and checked at the end. Peer Feedback Build confidence and collaboration. With very specific criteria, peers feedback on each other's writing tasks, using the 2 stars and a wish method. Where they find two positive things to feedback on and one thing that can be improved. ​ Spicy ChallengeDifferentiated Exit Passes​ At the end of certain skills' lessons, we are using a an 'exit pass' challenge to check learning in that lesson These are differentiated into 3 levels:​

  • Mild​
  • Medium ​
  • Spicy​
Students choose which challenge to complete based on the confidence level of the lesson material.​

With Wellbeing at Its Heart

Mental wellbeing is crucial for to thrive. No child who is struggling will make progress in their learning. Small Big Things places the wellbeing of the students at the center of their learning. Wellbeing Journal​ Allows students to understand their own identities, regulate their emotions and increase their self-confidence. Promotes values and citizenship in English through age-appropriate, fun activities. Encourages a growth mindset, enabling ALL students to love who they are and thrive in English and in life. One Little Thing This feature encourages students to do small acts of kindness. It allows them to actively explore values and take them in an actionable way into their communities.

PEP 2.0.

Everything in one place : + Presentation Tool + Resources + Classes

Platform 2.0 is Pearson’s next‑generation digital learning platform that connects content, assessment and AI‑driven tools in one environment, designed to simplify teaching, personalise learning and provide clear evidence of student progress. Main issues it addresses Fragmentation of tools → unifies content, practice, assessment and planning in one platform Teacher workload → automates lesson creation, differentiation and resource selection Lack of visibility of progress → provides clear, actionable learning data Personalisation at scale → adapts content to different levels and needs using AI Outdated digital experiences → delivers a more intuitive, modern and future‑ready environment

Clear Visible Thinking Routines

Small Big Things uses simple, structured routines to help children:

  • Ask questions, make predictions, and reflect on ideas
  • Understand and name their own thinking moves
  • Share their thinking clearly, with teachers and their peers
Thinking routines help every child become a confident thinker and communicator. Making learning visible, meaningful, and transferable.

Learning Situations

Small Big Things for Spain begins every unit with a Big Question and a Learning Situation. Teachers and students frame their learning through the unit with the Learning Situation, understanding from the outset the task they will achieve by the end of the unit. They are then carefully led through the steps, clearly flagged that will build up to their final productive task and project. At the end of the unit, they will be ready to complete the final tasks.

Digital Teacher Resources

Small Big Things builds confident teachers too with step-by-step teaching support and digital resources.

  • Bite-size Professional Development training videos and quizzes (10 modules) by Mario Herrera
  • Assessment Pack (external and internal exams with audio)
  • Posters, Picture Cards, Story Cards
  • Front of Class Tool
  • Differentiated Learning

Reading Plan

eReaders and Reading Support

  • A library of graded eReaders included for students and teachers
  • Promote reading for pleasure, comprehension and discussion
  • Linked to unit topics and language goals, reinforcing classroom learning
  • Ideal for Plan Lector and independent reading programmes
  • 3 eReaders per level included in all our solution packages

Want to contact us?

Teacher support and orders:

Email: clientes@grupoanaya.com

Phone: +34 913 933 933

Online contactYou can also contact us by completing our online form

Bite-sized professional development

Fun professional development videos which take just 5-10 minute to complete – complete with quick quizzes!

Modules

  • Classroom management
  • Wellbeing and student progress
  • Growth mindset
  • Assessment (AfL & summative assessment) to include EYBL)
  • Special needs, neurodiversity
  • Mixed ability in the classroom
  • Visible / critical thinking
  • 4 skills & oracy including teaching with Readers
  • Phonics
  • AI in the classroom – including using Smart Lesson Generator

Teacher's book

Want to contact us?

Teacher support and orders:

Email: clientes@grupoanaya.com

Phone: +34 913 933 933

Online contactYou can also contact us by completing our online form

Cambridge-style activities integrated into the SB

Exam Preparation

Small Big Things integrates Cambridge exam practice into every unit through carefully scaffolded, age‑appropriate tasks that mirror Cambridge formats, helping students consolidate language, build exam skills, and gain confidence naturally as part of everyday learning rather than through separate exam preparation.

Throughout the units…

In the final lesson of the unit

Want to contact us?

Teacher support and orders:

Email: clientes@grupoanaya.com

Phone: +34 913 933 933

Online contactYou can also contact us by completing our online form

Teaching programmes

SBT Unit 2Proyecto Curricular MEFP

SBT Unit 2Programación General MEFP

SBT Unit 2Programación de Aula MEFP

SBT Unit 2Proyecto Curricular Madrid

SBT Unit 2Programación General Madrid

SBT Unit 2Programación de Aula Madrid

Constructivist Approach to Grammar

Small Big Things uses a visual, scaffolded approach to grammar that helps learners build understanding naturally.

  • Color-coded blocks support pattern recognition and parts of speech
  • Visual and audio scaffolding makes grammar accessible to all learners
  • Builds a strong foundation for confident, long-term language development
Grammar that makes sense because when learners see it, hear it, and build it, they remember it. Rather than relying on memorization.

Want to contact us?

Teacher support and orders:

Email: clientes@grupoanaya.com

Phone: +34 913 933 933

Online contactYou can also contact us by completing our online form

Integrated Four Skills and Oracy Framework

Real Communication, Every Lesson Small Big Things builds confident communicators by weaving oracy and the four skills - listening, speaking, reading, and writing, into every lesson.

  • Oracy is a guiding thread, following the Pearson Oracy Program
  • Skills are clearly signposted in the Teacher’s Book for easy planning
  • Lessons support real-world communication and inclusive participation
  • Talk is the foundation helping every child understand, express, and connect in English.
Each lesson of the Teacher’s Book lists the Four Skills and Oracy Learning Objectives for that lesson.

Want to contact us?

Teacher support and orders:

Email: clientes@grupoanaya.com

Phone: +34 913 933 933

Online contactYou can also contact us by completing our online form

Visible Thinking Routine

Phonics Video

New Approach to Phonics

  • Small Big Things makes phonics engaging and accessible for all learners through:
  • A complete phonics program built for progression and clarity
  • “Mario” phonics videos that support the McGurk effect—helping children connect sounds with visual cues
  • Creative activities on every Student Book page to make phonics playful and memorable
  • This approach means students can see, hear, and enjoy phonics, so it sticks.

Fun Phonics

Extra Resources

Assessment Package A comprehensive and flexible evaluation system aligned with classroom practice

  • Includes unit tests, end‑of‑term and end‑of‑year assessments, with listening components
  • Supports formative assessment, reflection, and peer feedback
  • Fully aligned to the GSE, providing clear evidence of progress for teachers and schools.

Small Big Things is supported by a rich set of extra materials designed to enhance everyday teaching, support inclusion, and ensure measurable student progress—without increasing teacher workload.

Rich Video and Audio Resources Extensive multimedia content embedded in every unit:

  • Grammar Bites: short, focused videos that clarify grammar in context
  • Phonics videos: visual and audio support to help students see and hear sounds clearly
  • Documentaries and immersive Look Around videos (360°): develop vocabulary, cultural awareness, and engagement
  • All videos are designed to support inclusive, visual-first learning.

Bolt‑on Worksheets A flexible set of modular, printable and digital worksheets designed to extend and adapt learning

  • Provide extra reinforcement, extension or consolidation for key skills
  • Include additional practice in reading, grammar, culture, CLIL topics and skills work
  • Easy to use for fast finishers, reinforcement, homework or substitution lessons
  • Allow teachers to personalise learning pathways without redesigning materials
  • Fully aligned with the course methodology and progression.

Level 2

Flashcards

Storycards

Posters