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Word Central for Kids

Merrian Webster's Online is an amazing site which provides a free online dictionary, thesaurus, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games, and other English language resources. Don’t miss Word Central for kids with its Online Student Thesaurus, the classic section Build your own Dictionary and two new games: Robo-Bee and BIGbot. It's super to use in your English class

Learn English

Have a look at LearnEnglish a site offered by the British Council with activities and advice for children and teenagers.

Back to School Activities and Crafts

Another academic course starts, so don't forget to have a peek at Back-to-School Activities and Crafts. Their creators say:"These back-to-school activities and crafts are simple to do and are great as ice-breakers for the beginning of the school year. They help your schoolchildren and teacher get to know one another. Also, it may help students find those people in the class who share similar interests, helping them make friends".

English for Little Children

English for Little Children, aimed at pre-school children, is one more useful resource to use in your English class. As their authors point out, "English..." is complementary to any English course.

Learning through stories 2

Some time ago, I recommended a great site (Starfall.com) for teaching children to learn and most importantly to enjoy reading. As this site explains: "This program was created to meet the needs of the emergent reader by incorporating rhyming games and high-interest books that teach phonemic awareness (sounds in words), phonics, decoding skills, and comprehension. The program is designed to instill confidence and enable the child to proceed as quickly as possible to a balanced reading program".
This time, I'd like to recommend a wonderful site called "Clifford The Big Red Dog". You'll find different sections and in "Read and Write Stories", you can enjoy "Emily Elizabeth goes to school", "Where's Emily Elizabeth?" and "Clifford's Big Dig".

Little Explorers

Little Explorers is an English picture dictionary for children. Highly reccommendable to use in your English classroom.

Nursery Rhymes

A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem to young children, originally in the nursery. Many cultures feature children’s songs and verses that are passed down by oral tradition from one generation to the next.

Learning nursery rhymes assists in the development of vocabulary, and several examples deal with rudimentary counting skills. It also encourages children to enjoy music.

About the origin of nursery rhymes, don’t miss this site: Nursery Rhymes – Lyrics and Origins. You can find a long list of traditional nursery rhymes with a thorough explanation (when possible) of their origin and their corresponding lyrics. Most of them reflect events in history; for instance the famous “Jack and Jill went up the Hill” takes us to France and Jack and Jill are said to be King Louis XVI – who was beheaded (lost his crown) followed by his Queen Marie Antoinette (who came tumbling after).