A PAIR OF NEW SHOES. MEASURING TIME
The First Readings series helps children acquire the habit of reading in their early childhood. It is in this stage of life when children start to discover and enjoy written words; it is thus the perfect moment for them to become good readers. This series achieves that aim by stimulating childrens curiosity about language by means of readings full of textual and visual information, along with activities to be done before, while and after the reading.
One Saturday Juan, his mom and his two siblings Carlos and Ani, go to the shopping mall in order to have a watch repaired, look up some books at the bookshop and buy some new shoes. Juan is very happy, not only because he knows he will wear his new shoes for the first time tomorrow but also because he is learning how to measure time with expressions such as yesterday, a long time, a week or a year.