CHILDRENS ENGLISH LEARNING SITES
 Teaching English Games.com
Receive FREE ESL classroom games for primary school age which really work and which teachers and children LOVE!!
Receive FREE ESL games for your teens and adults to help motivate your students and give them the confidence and practise they need to succeed! Genki English, ESL games, songs and ideas to make ESL lessons
Elementary School English Games, Songs and Lesson Plans and Ideas. Site for ESL teachers in elementary schools featuring ESL songs, ESL games and ideas. Updated monthly. Available in Japanese and English. Try this Song and Game
ESL Picture Book Weather
Great Picture Book Maker!
Mingoville
The world's most comprehensive English language course online for kids all ages. A city inhabited by flamingos, who only speak English. An interactive dictionary with words and images available in 32 languages. 10 missions waiting to be solved and completed. Several hundred different exercises in spelling, speaking, listening and reading. EFL Videos: Top 100 YouTube Videos for EFL
The Tale of Despereaux Adventure
Make your own Digital Adventure Online Storybook! This interactive story book lets students create their own tale in the Kingdom of Dor. The students become a part of the story as they create a character version of themselves that takes part in the story adventure. Students can choose to have interactive games and puzzles included in their story. The story is a virtual pop-up book read to students who can read along with subtitles. Along the way, students have to help solve problems in the story by playing an interactive game. ESL All.com
Best Sites for Children and Easy English Level Learners: Activities, Poems & Stories for Kids E-Homework Pad
Vermilion Parish, Louisianna's eHomework Pad! Click on your grade level for interactive helpful sites to review skills at home. Superbook
Storybird.com
Storybird.com is a free Picture Book maker.
Children's Study Links E-hon
Children`s Story and Picture Books; World Folktales Translated by Digital EHON Site
SITES FOR THOSE TEACHING ENGLISH TO CHILDREN IN JAPAN:
Children's Stories
Japanese Students' Children's Stories, Animal Sounds & Romance Test Japanese Students' Homepages
Japanese Students' Homepages and Children's Stories English Teachers in Japan
Empowering Learners and Teachers
YOUNG LEARNERS ACTIVITIES
A-Z Activities for Early Readers
These are Activities by the Letter Building Blocks to Reading. Extracted from "Building Blocks to Reading, Activities by the Letter, Book I
All material copyrighted 1995 Karen M. Potter.
Try Quintura for Kids!
Quintura proudly presents the first VISUAL search engine for the youngest web users.
International Children's Picture Dictionary
with Country Flags and Translations in over 170 Languages! Kids on the Block, Inc.
International Educational Puppets in Education provides educational puppet programs which enlighten children on the issues of disability awareness, medical-educational differences, and social concerns. Includes package overview and information on starting a troupe.
SEARCH ENGINES FOR CHILDREN AND LIMITED ENGLISH USERS
Simple Search Engines: ones that guide people to sheltered sites are a good way to encourage children or students with limited proficiency in English to use Internet without getting lost or frustrated. As Helgesen writes: By giving our students these URLs, we can make them more independent. They can start to seek out English language sites that they can read and understand on their own. Although the search engines are actually designed for native-speaking children, the sites they find are often suitable for adult and young adult language students. This is especially true for nonfiction topics, since they are often presented in ways that are not particularly childlike. Not only is the information found by these search engines usually presented at a vocabulary level learners can handle, the ideas are often presented more simply and slowly than on sites designed for adult native speakers. (Helgesen in Bamford and Days Extensive Reading Activities for Teaching Language, Cambridge University Press, 2004, pages 40-41). AJKids
The kids section of AskJeeves search engine. Although it does not show lists of previously identified Websites, AJKids has three major advantages over other engines. First, the learners can ask ordinary questions rather than just typing in target words. Second, the search engine will forgive spelling or typing mistakes. As long as you type something reasonably close, it will usually understand what you mean. Finally, it gives you a maximum of ten possibilities (along with up to ten from other sites). So you or your students wont end up with an overwhelming list of hundreds of hits (suggested Websites). Kidsclick.org
At KidsClick! Websites selected by librarians are identified by reading level. At the end of each Website description, a reading level range is given. Your students will soon find which levels they can read easily. Yahooligans
The section of Yahoo.com for kids. Information about cultures and countries is very interesting, useful, and understandable. Topics are broad-ranging. Try the category Around the World to can find things you are learning about in other classes. 4kids.org
Go to the category Cool Spots. Then search for your key words or explore some of the sites theyve already identified. This search engine lets you choose between Find all of my words and Find ANY of my words as you search. This helps students start thinking about how to search effectively.
CHILDREN'S TOP ENGLISH SITES
More of the worlds best English language learning links (top ten adapted from ESL All) Enchanted Learning
Encyclopedia for Kids Esl.about.com
Teaching Children ESL - Young Learners' ESL: K-12 and elementary school education articles and resources for ESL learning and teaching including: games, lesson plans, songs, fun activities and teaching techniques, as well as other sites of interest to K through 12 ESL educators. IATEFL Young Learners Special Interest Group
IATEFL Young Learners SIG: English as a Foreign Language (EFL) and English as a Second Language (ESL) directory of resources for young learners. One of the best lists of links of ESL/EFL resources for children on the Internet. For very young learners (<7 years old), primary school children (7-12), and secondary school students (13-17). The Internet TESL Journal List of Links for Kids
ESL Kids: Part of the most comprehensive and best-maintained list of children links for students and teachers of English as a second language. Story Place: The Children's Digital Library
StoryPlace.org: See and listen to multimedia stories for children in English. Provides children with a virtual library and activities including stories, riddles, craft activities, and reading lists for pre-school and elementary aged kids. Kindersite.org
Kindersite Games, Songs, and Stories: Over a 1,000 of links to the best games, songs and stories for the introduction to English. Used by 11,540 schools in 136 countries. Recommended by teachers worldwide as the best way to introduce technology and English to children. Yahooligans
Yahooligans: The child friendly version of the famous Yahoo! portal and search engine. It is a browsable, searchable directory of Internet sites for kids (aged from 7 to 14) that features safe surfing games, jokes, news, homework help, sports, reference, and more kid friendly activities and resources. Each site has been carefully reviewed to ensure appropriate and high-quality content. BritishCouncil.org
Learn English Kids: Free website from the British Council that offers help to ESL learners from elementary to advanced levels. Helps parents and teachers of children learning English find information about young learner courses and tips on how you can help your child learn English. The Kids Zone features games, quizzes, print activities, songs, stories, e-cards and other resources on a wide range of topics. TimeforKids.com
Time for Kids: The child online version of the weekly classroom Time for Kids magazine. It includes the latest news from around the world about world and national events, scientific discoveries, sports, entertainment, kids in the news and much more. Also features articles, games, a reference toolbox, opportunities for student information creation and interaction, and parent and teacher sections. KidsClick!
Web Search for Kids by Librarians: A search engine for children that was created by a group of librarians at the Ramapo Catskill Library System to address concerns about the role of public libraries in guiding their young users to valuable and age appropriate web sites. Kidsclick! only searches sites for children pre-selected by librarians. It gives the grade level and indicates whether or not images are available. Can be browsed by categories or searched by keywords. In the advanced search, you can also search by reading level. PBSKids.org
PBS Kids Online: Childrens section of the PBS News Service. Official site for the cartoons and live action shows hosted by PBS. Features games, stories, coloring, music and show information. Thousands of pages of learning and fun to explore! Raz-Kids
Interactive readers help beginning Englisn readers by giving them online audio support. Teaching English Games
Games and 10 beautifully illustrated stories for 3-5 year old children. Preschool children love stories and you can weave them into your lessons by using story-related activities before and after story telling. The children will also be happy to hear them over and over again.
SITES FOR YOUNGER LEARNERS
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Audio Picture Dictionary Access in 15 languages! Childrens Picture Dictionary
that is searchable online. Also available for English to Dutch, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish in both directions and from English to Japanese Romaji. Printable Picture Dictionaries
Short, printable picture dictionaries - each with 26 pages in PDF format. One has a word for each picture, one has room for the student to write each word, and one has a missing letter in each word for the student to fill in. Childrens Literature Online
Free and in the Public Domain. Childrens Short Stories on East of the Web
Children's Nursery Rhymes
Web Search Tool for Kids by Librarians
Picture / sound search tools and lessons with 600+ subjects! B.J. Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
This site has over 650 links to material to help kids do their homework. The links are categorized by topic. New Technology devices for children's E-Learning.
Weekly online magazine COMPUTING WITH KIDS (formerly, Choosing Children's Software). Latest reviews of children's software, websites, video games, and smart toys. Childrens Storybooks Online
Illustrated children's stories for kids of all ages arranged by fare for Young Children, Older Children and Young Adults. Schackne
Many of the very Best for Kids Sites. Collected by Steve Schackne. Reliable, Educational, Interesting Web Sites For Children & Adolescents! Bonus.com games for kids
Ask Jeeves search engine for kids.
Yahoo Search engine for kids
Lycos Search engine for kids
Young Commonwealth
John's wordsearch puzzles
Time for kids
Just for Kids: fun & free games
An online playground for kids of all ages! Disney song lyrics
Mr. Smarty Pants knows
PHONICS-BASED READING PROGRAMS THAT ARE EFFECTIVE:
Phonics Steps to Reading Success
Order Pat Doran's EDU-Steps to Reading Success here! ABeka Book Publications
Get Free Sample Catalogs at info@abekaacademy.org Abeka Academy DVD Courses
$20 Phonics Flipcharts.
Scholastic Book and Software Club
Order Free Scholastic Book and Software Club Catalogs for Pre-K thru Grade 8. Cooking for Kids
Recipes for young people. Talking about favorite foods, use Favorite things activity. Free English Flashcards
MES-English ESL/EFL Resources for Teachers - ESL/EFL resources for Teachers of Young Learners - 900+ FREE flash cards, phonics cards, game cards and activities all ready for download and use this afternoon. Kidnews
Publishes writing from kids around the world.
CHILDRENS DICTIONARIES
Children's / Students Links
Childrens Literature & Fun Links Wordsmyth Childrens Dictionary
Word Central Student Dictionary
Fact Monster Encyclopedia
Jenny Eather - Kids Math(s) Dictionary
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
SONGS FOR KIDS
Childrens Global Network
offers original song lyrics for many areas of life. A resource for songs about: peace, justice, compassion, conflict, resolution, nonviolence, anti-bias, fear, grief, bullying, patriotic songs, the global family.
Universal Childrens Audio Kids Music Links
Values and Virtues Education
Llerrahs Kids Song Collection Online
Just click to hear cute childrens songs for learning English. Roger Knapps Kidsongs and Poems like Love You Forever
Kids Songs WebRing
Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs of All Nations
Features children's songs from over 75 countries in their original languages, with English translations. Some songs include sheet music and musical recordings. New contributions of songs and recordings are always welcome! Learn English Through Song
Teach and learn English through specially written grammatical songs. For ESL, EFL and English learners of any ages. Teach and Learn English grammar, pronunciation and vocabulary in a fun environment.
READING
Time 4 Learning
Teach Children to Learn to Read Online - Time4Learning is an online learning system for children, PreSchool through Middle School teaching language arts, math & more. Online learning & fun.
AVAILABLE TEXTS
Order any for $20 including free shipping via our Order Form: - Listening to Lovely Childrens' Songs and Lullabies (J.P. Loucky, 2000).
- Listening for the Reasons for the Seasons (J.P. Loucky, 2002).
- Listening to Love Songs with Cloze Exercises (J.P. Loucky, 2001).
COMICS FOR KIDS
Create Your Own Comic Strips
Encourage Writing, Reading and Communication using comics. This site offers fun animal and human characters with different moods, thought and talk balloons to fill in with words, and story prompts. It's a wonderful resource to spur children and adults to write, read and communicate their ideas and to practice English and other languages. Here children and adults can create their own comic strips, selecting from 10 fun characters with different moods - happy, sad, angry, worried and write words for blank talk and thought balloons to make their characters talk and think. There also are story ideas and prompts to help users create graphic stories. This site can be used by educators to teach language, reading and writing skills, and also for students in English-as-a-Second-Language programs to facilitate self-expression and storytelling. Some educational therapists use it with deaf and autistic people to help them understand concepts and communicate. Parents and children can create stories together, then print them to create comic books or email them to friends and family. Heres a place to be creative, calm down and have some fun!
PICTURE MATCHING AND COLORING ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
For lower level students matching pictures and words
Free Coloring Pages for Kids
Animal Coloring Pages for Kids
Disney Free Coloring Pages for Kids
Fruit Coloring Pages for Kids
FREE ENGLISH GAMES AND TESTS
ESL-PRO.COM
offers free TOEFL, TOEIC and English Grammar and Vocabulary Practice Tests. Free-English.com
has lots of free and cheap practice downloads or CDs of offer. Free-English-Games.com
has fun games to try.
YAHOO GROUPS
My Happy Planet
Learn the language of your choice from people who can naturally speak it. Practice with native speakers and improve your language skills for free! Make friends around the world and learn about different cultures. Help build a community of learners by teaching them a foreign language. Take advantage of tools like language lessons and instructional videos. Credible. This service is developed by a collaboration of Harvard, Duke and Northwestern University students. For your Languages Yahoo E-group, sign-up here!
Spelling City.com
Has great word, spelling and vocabulary games. You can also make your own easily for any set of words. Speakaboos
Speakaboos provides excellent quality talking stories on video with closed-captioning often read by celebrities. They are also going to add the ability to record stories and other online activities. You can watch the stories without registering, though you will have to sign-up (for free) to record stories. Storyline Online
This site has been around for quite awhile, and has had celebrities also reading stories. Storyline now offers closed-captioning with all its stories. English Themes for Beginners and Early Intermediates
Most links on this page have both audio and text. Poptropica Again
Poptropica is a great free online game from Pearson that is very well-designed. English Topics for Beginners or Early Intermediate Learners
BEST WEBSITES TO HELP BEGINNING READERS
Into the Book Reading Strategies
Interactively demonstrates 9 most important Strategies for Learning and Reading
Kids Free Interactive Games and Free Presentations
in PowerPoint form. This is the themes and topics, A-Z index. Folktales and Legends
Folktales and legends embedded in a specific culture provide an opportunity to explore and teach rich and fascinating social lessons. EducNet
Dossier (in French) on online collaborative learning. Edulinks: telelernen und internet in der lehre
A non-commercial portal with articles, links, books, conferences as software related to online learning in tertiary contexts. ELC Study Zone
Free Samples for Grammar, Vocab and Writing practice at many levels. ELT.ac.uk: Embedding Learning Materials
A website devoted to embedding learning materials into ELT. This is a well laid out website for learning and teaching professionals, and for developers working to promote innovation and best practice in education, where you will find a wealth of practical materials to download, designed to help you. The site is designed for ELT, but has wide applicability to other languages. Some links may no longer be live. The Ethnograph
Software for Social Scientists who work with Text Based Data. Tool for ethnographic research. The website has a page of very clear screen-shots, letting you see how easy the procedures are. The webpage on the demo version does not reveal the extent of the work that can be done, but asks you to fill in a form saying whether you wish to receive marketing information. Two chapters from its manual are available to download: Chapter 2: Overview and Chapter 4:Quick Tour. TarheelReader.org
Books for Beginning Readers Tar Heel Reader is a great collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible E-Books on a wide range of topics. Each book can be speech-enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces (i.e. switches, alternative keyboards, touch screens, and dedicated AAC devices). The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. You may even write your own books using pictures from the huge collection at Flickr or from pictures you upload yourself. International Childrens Digital Library
Childrens Digital Library offers 10,000+ Free Kids Books Online!). Childrens Stories in many languages. (Search by Country, Language, Age, Award-winning, Book Cover, etc.)
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World Kids Network
This site is very safe and has lots of fun links where kids can play online in security. Safety tips are given. Futurekids Online
Looking for a cost effective, comprehensive online learning and communication environment that aligns to major funding streams? Futurekids online is a comprehensive, customizable web-based solution that integrates best-of-breed educationally relevant solutions for your school or district. Futurekids online will deliver a complete online learning, training and communication environment for everyone in your school or district. The platform was developed to meet the specific funding requirement for several major U.S. funding programs including No Child Left Behind. The Futurekids solution empowers educators, students, and administrators to be proficient with technology as a learning, instruction, administrative and communication tool resulting in better learning outcomes and improved return on investment. Merpy.com
Many interesting Learning Games and Activities, Stories and Holiday Episodes. Read Short Flash Stories! Links for Kids
Web-Programming Demos and Lessons
D.Film MovieMaker
Create Short Story Movies! Although not originally intended for language learning, D. Film Moviemaker is a Flash-based site which lets users create short movies. This is done by selecting the background, the sky, the characters, how the characters meet, their dialogue (which appears as text in cartoon bubbles), and finally background music. My experience with this site in the classroom has been extremely positive with students creating some original, creative short stories with this site. Excellent for task-based projects. Origami CLub
Origami-Club.com shows you how to make various Origami shapes (but in Japanese!). Design Dictionary
Design Search Engine
Design Taxonomy
DESIGN is an ever-growing, all-encompassing field that accommodates a plethora of different disciplines. How would a contemporary hierarchical tree of Design look like? The proposed challenge is simply to visualize the contemporary Design landscape. Visual Geography.com
Visual Geography is a nice site available in 5 European languages with images, information, and quizzes about 85 countries around the world. The text is accessible to Intermediate English Language Learners, and the images are obviously good for students of all levels. Good quizzes about each country, and a neat feature called Compare, by which you can pick any two countries and easily compare their demographic data with the click of the mouse. Visualgeography.com lets you explore the world through images, flags, money, language, maps and other information. Best Online Learning Games
(in Larry Ferlazzos Opinion, that is!) Inspirational Stories from Roger Knapp
Starfall.com Pre-school and first-grade beginning reading skills presented with attractive stories and colors. Sesame Workshop.org
Spanish Learning Programs Viaje al pasado: los aztecas
Online version (2004), free access. El perfecto simple y el imperfecto en la narracin y la descripcin. CD-ROM version, Mac/PC (2005), available at info@ccdmd.qc.ca Yahoo Everything Index
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Classical Music Site Creative Kids Central has a number of very engaging online activities related to classical music. See its "talking" and musical story on the 1001 Arabian Nights and its online video game on the composer Brahms Both are accessible to English Language Learners. Music Bookrs for Kids
Music Software for Kids
Food Champs
Food Champs has a lot different leveled activities related to food vocabulary and nutrition. Most, if not all, of the site is accessible to English Language Learners. See more under Food.
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ESL Lounge
Free ESL Lesson Materials for teachers. Grammar, worksheets, song lyrics, board games, pronunciation and more. All free and printable.
Online Conference/Classroom
Nellies English Projects is an educational website for students and teachers whose aim is to motivate students for lifelong learning. It provides resources for teachers on how to integrate technology into the classroom by means of project based and experiential learning using WebQuests. The site provides many educational resources, articles, lesson plans, evaluation rubrics, reading practice and collaborative writing ideas.
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