ENGLISH FOR CHILDREN

Short Stories

• English for Children (1). 100 easy short stories for kids who have just started to learn English.

• English for Children (2). 126 easy short stories for children to practice reading and listening.

• Super Easy Reading for ESL/EFL Beginners. 100 short stories (50 words each), simple present tense, + Audio.

• Short Stories for ESL/EFL Beginners (1). 200 easy stories for ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening.

• Short Stories for ESL/EFL Beginners (2). 200 more easy stories for ESL/EFL beginners to practice reading and listening.

• Short Stories for Kids. Read, listen, and watch animated cartoons.

• Wacky Web Tales. Geared for grades 3 and above. Check back monthly for new tales!

• Story Place. The Preschool Library and Elementary Library with new activities and themes being added each month.

• Picture Books. Free online picture books by professional illustrator and Writer Dandi Palmer.

Baby Sign Language

• Baby Sign Language. A great way to help you communicate with your pre-verbal baby.

Phonics

• Starfall. a free public service to motivate children to read with phonics.

• Phonics. There are phonics posters, flash cards, coloring sheets, game cards, handouts and more.

• Phonics: Sounds & Word Building. Printable handouts for teachers to use in the classroom.

Videos

• Online English Learning for Children. A selection of free learning content by Pumkin.com.

Videos from youtube.com (Cannot be viewed in China)

• Kids Online English. A Youtube site from Pumpin.com for kids to learn English online.

• Names of Fruits. See the fruit and learn its pronunciation and color.

• Numbers. An English Beginners Lesson to learn 1 - 10.

• Demonstrative Pronouns. How to use this, that, these and those.

• What Do You Do? Learn how to speak different job titles.

• Original ELF Learning. Videos for students as a way of giving them non-classroom exposure to English.

Popular Magazines

• Scholastic. Popular website of the largest publisher of children's books.

• Time for Kids. A weekly magazine for kids that delivers the most current news.

• Weekly Reader. A popular site for kids and teens. Read this week's feature story.

Lesson Plans

• ESL Kids Lessons. Free video slide lessons, ESL printables – worksheets, flashcards, and phonics.

• Discovery Education. Discovery Channel's website with lesson plans and learning contents for all kinds of subjects for K-12.

• ESL Kids Lab. Printable ESL worksheets, games videos, kids vocabulary, grammar quizzes, and powerpoint downloads.

• Teach children ESL. Download free worksheets and flashcards, play free games and songs.

• EFL Play House. An excellent resource for teachers of young learners.

• Free Stuff for Teachers. Worksheet generators, pattern sentence books, and journal writing.

Kids' Songs

• Kids' Songs. With easy songs, not so easy songs, and songs for littel kids.

• Kids' Music. Piano music, singing along, and dancing studio.

Games

• PBS Kids. Games, stories, music, and coloring.

• Space Place. NASA's website for kids, including games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology.

• Online Games. Top ten kid games, featured kid games, and more.

• Kids' Games. Learn English with some games from British Council.

• Kids' Writing Games. For kids to have fun and learn to write at the same time.

• Brain Pop. Popular site for kids to learn English and other subjects.

• Kids Web Japan. An attractive site for kids to learn about Japan.

Children's Literature

• International Children's Digital Library. The best in children's literature are made available online.

• Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature. A fairly big collection of classics, folk tales, and professional journals.

• Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site. This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom.

Other Sites

• Exercise and Nutrition Guide for Kids. Information about how important it is to keep your kids active to promote good health

• Nutrition Resources for Kids. These resources offer information, games, quizzes, and activities to help kids learn about the importance of good nutrition.

• Colorin Colorado. A free site to provide information, activities and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families.

• Bio4Kids. Inspiring lives from historical figures to contemporary icons.

• Handwriting for Kids. Kids are shown in simple steps how to write the numbers, letters, and sentences.

• Kids' Health. Dealing with feelings, recipes, everyday illnesses, injuries, and kids' talk.

• ESL Kids Stuff.Some excellent links for both teachers and students.

• Room 108. A primary education site for kids with lots of free online games but all with an educational focus.