“This programme is a very good programme. The children were able to interact and express well. The children enjoy the lessons very much. I am very glad that the class is almost full for my Nursery level.”

“The students’ initial reaction towards the books is their interest in the artwork, they will immediately point out to the characters from the front page and along the book. When it is time to read, they are engaged especially when teachers asked them what is going on in a particular page.  They are able to remember the story as well as the characters.

Overall, the books serve to be very useful in helping our students engage in discussion, in their own way, as students in Brunei are quite shy. The kids who have speech delay are slowly building their confidence whenever we use the books too. For now, our next step is to slowly integrate using these books into the classroom sessions.”

“If you want Math or English books there’s literally thousands but, if you want mindfulness or well-being books for children, E.S.I KIDS Readers are the answer. I want to triangulate parent, student and teacher involvement and these books can facilitate this. I like these books as a big book, and they are good for reading. I think it’s excellent with animal characters as well to show acceptance diversity.

The IB curriculum schools would be very interested because of the related themes to the IB framework like who we are, how we express ourselves and so on. Monte Sienna is an OB candidate school which means that we have two years to prepare for authorisation. So, we are just developing the PYP (Primary Years Programme) and that’s why these books are very important and interesting.”

“The programme & content are workable, comprehensive and logically organised with detailed topic sequence, flow and tasks/activities. There is sufficient supporting options & flexibility for both teacher and student. The terminology is universal for the target audience.”