Learn English Kids (BRISITH COUNCIL)

I have found this page where children who are studying a second language (in this case English) can improve their skills with songs, stories and activities. I have liked because at the same time, kids are going to have fun and learn English too.

The webpage is very complete because it has a space for parents and for children. Pupils can become a member, make their own cool character and enter competitions. Parents and teachers can become also a member to download learning resources, watch video tips and download articles from language learning experts. There is a forum where adults share ideas about learning English.

Let’s go to see the webpage and the contents!

Ø  Kids’ games: children have fun playing games and learning English at the same time. The webpage has lots of free online vocabulary games for primary school. They can learn new words, practise using them in sentences and play the spelling games too. They can choose among these games: fun games, learn words, find words, play with words and spell words.

Ø  Listen and watch: do children like listening to stories and songs in English? In this section we will find lots of animated songs, stories cartoons and videos. In the “kids talk” section, students can watch videos of children. They can also practise their speaking with the fun tongue twisters. They can choose among these activities: songs, short stories and kids news.

Ø  Read and write: children can practise their reading and writing in English. Answer the questions in the 'your turn' section to practise their reading and writing. Improve English vocabulary with the set of 'word of the week' videos. There are also a section called Worksheets where children can practise their reading and writing in English with hundreds of them.

Ø  Make: Have fun creating and making things in English! Children practise their English online as they create stories, comics, monsters and superheroes (make your own). Have fun with the large collection of downloadable craft worksheets too. Some of the craft downloads have videos to help kids. They can also watch videos from children all around the world from the video competition. They can vote for their favourite!

Ø  Speak and spell: Learn how to speak and spell English words with Sam and Pam, the super space spies. In this section children improve their English pronunciation through fun action songs, stories and games. They will discover tricky spelling rules and practise their English spelling in the tricky words section. They can also download the free spelling tests and have fun with the phonics games and stories based on the UK literacy programme, Letters and Sounds.

Ø  Grammar: Do you want that children practise their English grammar? Watch the grammar videos, play the grammar games, print the grammar worksheets, write in the grammar quiz section and then test yourself with the downloadable grammar tests. Don't forget children can always print the grammar reference cards to help them.

Time for another year (Song)

This is the title of a song where children can practice the months of the year and seasons. Firstly, there is a puzzle that pupils can do and they will work the spatial intelligence. Then, they will listen the song and they have the chance of downloading the lyrics to know how to write all the words that appear in the song. At the end, there are three questions about their favourite month of the year. They write on the page and then, it appears in a forum where other students have already answered. The forum is very interesting because children do the activity and they also write their names and nationality, so children will realise that there are a lot of children that are in the same situation as them: learning English. Furthermore, if the students have the curiosity, they can look in a map the countries that appear in the forum, so they will learn geography.