Skills

10 ESL Writing Activities for English Class – ESL Wildhttps://eslwild.org/esl-writing-activities10 ESL Writing Activities for English Class Writing is a crucial talent, so ESL teachers shouldn’t undervalue its significance for their students. Writing boosts vocabulary and solidifies their mastery of English.

100 Riddles for the Classroom Your Students Will Love!https://www.boredteachers.com/post/riddles-for-studentsRiddles are a great way to add some laughter and humor to your school day, but riddles can serve an ever bigger purpose. When students hear riddles, they will begin to make associations, link what they are learning in the classroom, and come to conclusions about things they already know.

100+ Free Video Read Alouds | Indianapolis Public Libraryhttps://www.indypl.org/blog/for-parents/free-video-read-aloudsThe Indianapolis Public Library provides materials, programs and services in support of the lifelong learning, recreational, and economic interests of all Marion County residents.

English games: 12 ESL EFL games to learn English free onlinehttps://www.englishactivities.net/englishgamesFour in a row. The frog flies. Duck shoot. Sow Grow. Pong. The Beetle and the Bee.

Edutopiahttps://www.edutopia.org/discussion/12-fun-speaking-games-language-learnersEvery teacher has faced the struggle of encouraging students to speak. Here’s a list of fun activities to get your students talking.

150 Amazing Writing prompts Pictureshttps://www.slideshare.net/kevcummins/150-amazing-writing-prompts-pictures

150 amazing images to use with students to help them with inspiring their imagination.

20 children’s books that stand the test of timehttps://www.businessinsider.com/best-sellers-books-childrens-classics-amazon-2017/?r=US&IR=T&IR=T

If you’re looking to grab a great kid’s book, here are the 20 most popular classics on Amazon

20+ Movie Scenes Before-And-After Special Effects | Bored Pandahttps://www.boredpanda.com/before-and-after-visual-effects-movies-tv/

Slide the divider in the middle to see how the movie scenes looked in reality and in the movie.

21 Must-Use Reading Activities For Your Language Lessonshttps://theidealteacher.com/21-must-use-reading-activities-for-your-language-lessonsReading activities for all language lessons, including pre-reading & post-reading tasks to get students focused and in the zone for learning your language.

23 Effective Vocabulary Activities | Upper Elementary Snapshotshttps://www.upperelementarysnapshots.com/2017/06/23-effective-vocabulary-activities.htmlFind 23 ready-to-use, effective vocabulary activities your students will love, by The Teacher Next Door!

25 Animated Picture For Kids’ Tongue Twistershttps://teachingutopians.com/2020/03/01/25-animated-picture-for-kids-tongue-twisters/As you know, there are many tongue twisters. Not only are they a great way to improve pronunciation skills, but also fun and entertaining.

35 Best Podcasts for Kids in Elementary, Middle, & High Schoolhttps://www.weareteachers.com/best-podcasts-for-kids/Plus related lesson ideas! You are the best judge for your own kids or students, so we recommend vetting all material before sharing.

50 Creative Third Grade Writing Prompts (Free Printable!)https://www.weareteachers.com/third-grade-writing-prompts/Taking the leap from the primary level to the intermediate grades. Question cards for speaking and writing.

50 Questions To Ask Elementary Kids To Check In & Get To Know Themhttps://www.weareteachers.com/questions-to-ask-elementary-kids/Who is your best friend and why? What can I, as your teacher, do to help you this year?

50 Would You Rather Scenarios For  Studentshttps://www.weareteachers.com/would-you-rather-scenarios-elementary/Would You Rather scenarios are a fun way to jumpstart student conversations. Use them for debates, writing prompts, brain boosts, classroom discussions, lessons on comparisons, or even graph the results!

83 Teen Writing Prompts – Robyns.Worldhttps://robyns.world/2012/01/22/teen-writing-prompts/There are some great prompts in here that would work well for bloggers too I think.

A1 Listening exerciseshttps://agendaweb.org/listening/english_audio_activities.html

Long list of simple activities. 1:1 or copy on paper.

A1 Movers preparation | Cambridge Englishhttps://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/movers/preparation/Whether you are teaching your classes online or have returned to school, we have a range of practical resources and tools for you. Download the A1 Movers Wordlist Picture book

A2 Flyers | Cambridge Englishhttps://www.cambridgeenglish.org/exams-and-tests/flyers/preparation/Whether you are teaching your classes online or have returned to school, we have a range of practical resources and tools for you. Download the A2 Flyers Wordlist Picture Book

Adventures from Moominvalley – YouTube (ca 23:30 each)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC82jKc_wW8iHVXU9GrYRunwWelcome to Moomin Official Channel! 90s series, Full Episodes – To watch without ads, use SafeShare 

Aesop Archives – Storynoryhttps://www.storynory.com/category/fairy-tales/aesop/

Aesop’s fables are loved pretty much everywhere. In these four adaptations by Storynory a rat, grasshopper, a fox and a mouse tell their tales in their own words.

Listening practice Exercises – level A1https://agendaweb.org/listening/comprehension-exercises.html

Listening skills practice: comprehension exercises – beginner level A1

Akinatorhttps://en.akinator.comThink about a real or fictional character. I will try to guess who it is

Alice in Wonderland part 1: Down the rabbit-hole – YouTube (5:59)https://youtu.be/yZxlx7FegBM

Alice is an ordinary girl, until the day she follows the White Rabbit as he runs down a rabbit hole. The first of 3 parts in a series telling the story of the book Part 2 (5:17)Part 3 (5:43)

Alice in Wonderland Archives – Storynoryhttps://www.storynory.com/category/classic-authors/alice-in-wonderland/

The reading of Alice brings out the subtlety and irony of a clever little girl lost in a topsy-turvy world. Read and Listen

Easier version

Amazing Tongue Twister Raphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvLmcRZte78

A quick rap with words in the alphabetical order. Listen for fun!

Activate Games for Learning American English: Board Games | American Englishhttps://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/activate-board-games#child-1494

Games for Learning American English

Amir’s adventure | Learning English | Cambridge Englishhttps://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/b1l082-amir-s-adventureLearn English with our free online listening, grammar, vocabulary and reading activities. Practise your English and get ready for your Cambridge English exam. (yr 6-7)

Anchor – The easiest way to make a podcasthttps://anchor.fm/Create, distribute, host, and monetize your podcast, 100% free. Tutorial by Richard Byrne(6:11) PrivacyGet a free guide here

English for kids | Vocabularyhttps://anglomaniacy.pl/vocabulary.htm

There are hundreds of learning and teaching resources in the Vocabulary section. Have a look at the index of contents to find out where everything is

Ask a question and tell two thingshttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jlGlgxs7EOdhJ_dRWWnPR9PBjQK2H3Ec8yoU24W0ptg/edit#slide=id.i0

A printable board game to play with dice

Ba Ba Dumhttps://babadum.com/

Easy game to play, vocabulary level varies

Basic English Listening Lessonshttps://www.talkenglish.com/listening/listenbasic.aspx

34 Listening Lessons with straight forward questions and the script.

BBC Radio – 6 Minute English – Downloadshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9tn/episodes/downloadsLearn and practise useful English language for everyday situations with the BBC. Your weekly instruction manual for saying or doing something in English is published every Thursday.

Language and Vocabulary Development | Between the Lions Early Reading | PBS LearningMediahttps://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/preschool.aloudHere are segments selected from Between the Lions, the series that helps kids “Get Wild About Reading!” – 68 short video stories

Book-Movie Adaptationshttps://www.weareteachers.com/book-movie-adaptations/

Favorite Book-Movie Adaptations for Every Grade Level from WeAreTeachers

BookBox.comhttps://www.youtube.com/user/bookboxinc

(ca 4-7 min each) Stories for Children – with subtitles

Book Creator https://bookcreator.com/

Book Creator is a simple tool to create ebooks on iPad, Chromebooks and on the web. Create a book and publish it. You can also share your book as a PDF and print it.How to Use Autodraw by R. Byrne (1:36) Privacy

Books all children should readhttps://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/100-fiction-books-all-children-should-read-leaving-primary-school-%E2%80%93

100 fiction books all children should read before leaving primary school – according to teachers

Casper the Ghost – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo49JhGiEqHz8ilBninvU9wCasper the Friendly Ghost is a pleasant, personable, and translucent ghost, but often criticized by his three wicked uncles

Chapter One: ‘The Boy Who Lived’ | Wizarding Worldhttps://www.wizardingworld.com/chapters/reading-the-boy-who-livedDaniel Radcliffe reads the first chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone/Sorcerer’s Stone, as part of Harry Potter At Home. Look out for more special video readings in the upcoming weeks.

CharlieLola KidoWorld – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=CharlieLola+KidoWorld

A series of 36 episodes with two siblings and their everyday struggles, 10-11 min each. (yr 3-4)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Activitieshttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Charlie-and-the-Chocolate-Factory-Movie-1288553

A worksheet planned for 20-min clips of the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Sold at TpT for $2.50

Movie Trailer

Unite for Literacyhttps://www.uniteforliteracy.com/

Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages.

Children’s Storybooks Online – Stories for Kids of All Ageshttp://www.magickeys.com/books/

Free Storybooks to Read Online. Some with audio. Choose btw Younger Children (yr 1-3) and Older Children (yr 4-6)

Chuck Dillonhttps://www.chuckdillon.net/

Illustrations to describe, discuss and write about

CLASS DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES: NO HIDING, NO OVERPOWERING – ELT-CATIONhttps://eltcation.wordpress.com/2018/03/18/class-discussion-techniques-no-hiding-no-overpowering/‘Split into small teams and discuss …’  Why won’t they discuss? There might be a whole lot of reasons for that: I don’t know enough words. I’m worried about my grammar. I’m …

Classic Books – Read.govhttp://read.gov/books/

Turn the pages to explore bygone eras, time-honored tales and historical narratives. Adventure awaits in these classic books online.

Games, Activities for ESL Classroom Teachinghttp://www.eslgamesplus.com/classroom-games/

Practice Vocabulary Related to Action Verbs, Colors, Numbers, with this ESL Game.

Comicshttp://www.comicsunitingnations.org/comics/READ THE COMICS! If you are interested in printer-ready versions of the comics*, please write to: [email protected]

Describing windows around the world – On the same pagehttps://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com/2020/08/01/describing-windows-around-the-world/Window Swap is a website where people from all around the world submit views from their windows in short 10-minute long videos, most of them including background sounds.

Diary of a Wimpy Kidhttps://www.funbrain.com/books/diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/page/1Diary of a Wimpy Kid is about the hazards of growing up before you. – Six more Wimpy Kid books below

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) Full Movie| Part 01 – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gbz94oIIHA&list=PLzGz9HG9QhlvBFn6qew_-N4VIN8OHeNAzDiary of a Wimpy Kid Movie (2010) Full Playlist: The whole film in 3-min strips.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Teacher’s Guide · For Teachers · Wimpy Kidhttp://wimpykid.com/downloadables/The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Teacher’s Guide was specifically created with students and teachers in mind, to help harness enthusiasm for reading.

Discussionhttps://eltbuzz.com/prompts/Just click on New Question and you will always have something to talk about in class, pairs, or small groups.

Dr Seuss Green Eggs And Ham – YouTube (8:34)https://youtu.be/kgu_1Q3uCpk

Dr. Suess published Green Eggs and Ham because it was a bet made with his friend. His friend made him a bet that he can’t make a book that is exactly 50 words. Suess took the challenge and so he published Green Eggs and Ham.

TeachingBooks | Oh, the Places You’ll Go!https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=5077#t_book_readingsClick on Book Readings to find the Complete Video Reading narrated by Miss Linda

TeachingBooks | The Loraxhttps://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=4173#t_book_readingsWith a recycling-friendly “Go Green” message, The Lorax allows young readers to experience the beauty of the Truffula Trees and the danger of taking our earth for granted,

Oxford Owl for School and Homehttps://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Discover expert advice, educational resources and free eBooks to support children’s learning at primary school and at home, from Oxford University Press.

Educandy – Making learning sweeter!https://educandy.com/

Making learning sweeter! Make your own vocabulary learning games Tutorial by Richard Byrne (7:39)Privacy

The World of David Walliamshttps://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/watch-and-listen/Every day at 11am, you can listen one of David Walliams’ World’s Worst Children stories, so sit down, take a break, and enjoy 20ish minutes of pure fun!

English activities for ESL EFL for kids + adults free onlinehttps://www.englishactivities.net/English Activities is a free online resource for beginners learning English and offers a complete set of English lessons, practice English games, and quick English tests for over 100 English topics, all free.

English Listening Lesson Library Onlinehttp://elllo.org/

Learn English Naturally! Listen to over 2,500 free lessons featuring speakers from around the world. All lessons come with audio or video, a quiz and script. ESL teachers and students can choose English lessons from beginner to advanced!

English Learn Online – Learn Vocabulary with Funny Activitieshttps://www.english-learn-online.com/

English Alphabet, Numbers, Colours,  School Subjects, Classroom Objects, Classroom Language, Family Members…

English Listening Lesson Library Onlinehttps://elllo.org/english/levels/index.htmLearn English Naturally! Listen to over 2,500 free lessons featuring speakers from around the world. All lessons come with audio or video, a quiz, and a script.  ESL teachers and students can choose English lessons from beginner to advanced!

English reading skills practice | LearnEnglish Teens – British Councilhttps://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/readingPractise and improve your reading skills for your school studies and your English exams. There are activities for different levels, so find your level and make a start.

Epic!: Read Amazing Children’s Books Online – Unlimited Access to the Best Books and Learning Videos For Kids 12 and Underhttps://www.getepic.com/educators

Instant access to thousands of great kids books.  An educator’s account is free

ePubEditorhttp://www.epubeditor.it/home/home-en/Free editor of epub ebooks and digital contents for publishing, education and training.

ESL Conversation Lessons | ESL Videohttps://www.eslvideo.com/conversation.phpFree ESL conversation / discussion questions for online classes

ESL Fast – A huge free online English learning resourcehttps://eslfast.com/

Beginner and Intermediate listening activities with script

ESL Games for Kids — TEFL Lemon: Free ESL lesson ideas and great content for TEFL teachershttps://www.tefllemon.com/esl-games-for-kidsTEFL Lemon’s ESL Games for Kids – simply the best English language learning games for children in the world.

ESL Vocabulary Games: 10 Classroom Activities To Make Learning English Fun | Games4eslhttps://games4esl.com/vocabulary-games-for-kids/These tried and tested ESL vocabulary Games are guaranteed to make learning English fun. Includes free resources for teaching English as a second language.

Diary of a Wimpy Kidhttp://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Learning.Audiobooks/Wimpy.Kid/preview.html

It’s a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself in middle school, where smaller kids share the hallways with bigger kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. Teaching Guide

Roald Dahl – Fantastic Mr Fox Onlinehttps://esl-bits.net/ESL.English.Listening.Short.Stories/Fantastic.Mr.Fox/01/default.htmlDown in the valley there were three farms…On a hill above the valley there was a wood. In the wood there was a huge tree. Under the tree there was a hole. In the hole lived Mr Fox and Mrs Fox and their four Small Foxes.

Fake Text Message | Make Fake Text Conversationhttps://ifaketextmessage.com/

Fake Text Message is a tool to create a Fake Text Conversation and a Fake iMessage. Privacy

Find someone who… generator – EFL Summer Schoolhttps://eflsummerschool.com/2021/09/01/find-someone-who-generator/Find someone who… is a speaking activity that is typically performed as a student mingling. It can serve multiple purposes such as helping students to get to know each other.

English vocabulary flashcards for kids | LearnEnglish Kids – British Councilhttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/flashcards

Do you like practising English vocabulary? In this section there are lots of flashcards for you to print. Play flashcards games to help you remember new words. There are also some flashcards for you to colour and write!

Flight 29 Down Season 1 – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6DFBA12C310064FBFlight 29 Down is about 11 people, one captain, and 10 kids who are on their way to Micronesia for an Eco-Camping Trip.

Fluency MC relax, repeat, rememberhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo16riRNUATQWQxJODH6qwg

Loads of rap songs to learn English with Fluency MC

Forvo: the pronunciation dictionary. All the words in the world pronounced by native speakershttps://forvo.com/The largest pronunciation dictionary in the world. All the words in all the languages pronounced by native speakers

Freckle by Renaissance | Reach Every Student at Their Levelhttps://freckle.com/en-us/Reach every student at their level
Deliver differentiated practice aligned to ELA

Free Children’s Books – Stories, ebooks, textbooks, and much morehttps://freekidsbooks.org/Children books for free download or read online, stories and textbooks and more, for entertainment, education, ESL, literacy, and author promotion.

Fun English Gameshttp://www.funenglishgames.com/activities.html

A collection of well known games

Funbrain Bookshttps://www.funbrain.com/booksFunbrain offers a range of online books for all ages. – Read individually or on a big screen.

Funny Story Prompts | Worksheets & Printables | Scholastic | Parentshttps://www.scholastic.com/parents/kids-activities-and-printables/printables/writing-worksheets/funny-story-prompts.html

Motivate your child to write more using this funny worksheet.

Learn English | Online ESL Gameshttps://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/

Games to learn English, interactive, whiteboard and downloadable

Get 7 Awesome Short Stories for ESL Studentshttps://www.eslwriting.org/get-7-awesome-short-stories-for-esl-students/Short Stories for ESL students help your English language students find joy in reading and improve reading fluency at the same time. Reading after all shouldn’t be a chore.

Goodnight moon by Margaret Wise Brown. Grandma Annii’s Storytime – YouTube (4:42)https://youtu.be/Rg3wI0OPRe0

Hangman – Play for Free By Popular Topic at FactMonsterhttps://www.factmonster.com/games/hangmanPlay one or all of these addictive word puzzles! The hangman games are categorized by topic. Try to figure out the word or phrase by clicking on letters.

Photographer Dad Creates Horror Photos Together With His Daughters | Bored Pandahttps://www.boredpanda.com/creative-child-photography-horror-joshua-hoffine/

Choose a picture and write what you see, what’s happening or a whole story, depending on the age level

How Freewriting Can Boost Your Creativityhttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/free-writing/Freewriting is a technique in which the author writes their thoughts quickly and continuously, without worrying about form, style, or even grammar. Alongside…

How to Create a Podcast in Six Minutes or Lesshttps://practicaledtech.com/2018/02/25/how-to-create-a-podcast-in-six-minutes-or-less/If you have ever wanted to start a podcast but got deterred by complexity of publishing it, Anchor.fm is the tool that you need.

I am a pizza – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/SjzvF5Nb0c4

A song to play with food ingredients. Let students make their own pizza song by Emily Bryan

I survived by Lauren Tarshis – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSTW7J41_7TVQgNxVrMcEGwSelected videos supporting New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis, for her “I Survived,” series. Each of these historical fiction books focuses on an iconic event from history and tells the story through the eyes of a child who was there. I Survived The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (yr 6-7)

Interactive Clock | Telling Time | Analog & Digital | Toy Theaterhttps://toytheater.com/clock/

Learn to tell time with this colorful analog interactive clock. Free to use, priceless for learning to tell time!

Interactive Story Startershttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/

Choose your story starter from a random selector machine. Great for year 6-8.

Just Books Read Aloudhttps://justbooksreadaloud.com/IndexCategory.php?t=Short&p1=&p2=

A selection of audio books on YouTube. Some with text, some without.

Kidz Club, Reading level 2 and 3http://kizclub.com/reading2.htm

Simple, short books to print or read online with basic elementary vocabulary (yr 3-6)

Language Dominoes generator – EFL Summer Schoolhttps://eflsummerschool.com/2019/04/01/language-dominoes-generator/This Language Dominoes generator can self-generate games with different phrases and collocations: Language Dominoes generator

Language Games for Beginnershttps://webenglish.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Language-Games-for-Beginners.pdfThese games are what I have used when teaching elementary-level students. Some are well-known, others I have created or adapted myself (yr 2-7).
If you like what you find, please treat me to a cup of tea.  Click on the icon:

Listen A Minute: Easier English Listening and Lesson Planshttps://listenaminute.com/

Very short listenings. Free printable handouts, downloads plus MP3 listening

telc – Language examinationshttps://www.telc.net/en/candidates/language-examinations/filter.htmltelc – language tests examine your language skills using objective, fair evaluation criteria based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​(CEFR).

test english listeninghttps://test-english.com/listening/

Improve your listening skills by practicing with audio and video tests. There are tests for each level: A1, A2, B1, B1+, B2. You will be able to see the transcription of the audio after you submit your answers.

Learn English through Story, Level 1https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Learn+English+through+Story+01

Videos with text on screen and audio

Learn English With TV Series – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKgpamMlm872zkGDcBJHYDgAre you ready to have a lot of fun learning real-life English with “Learn English with TV Series?” We will teach you how native speakers really speak, with dynamic English lessons, full of humor, jokes, and real-life examples of English pronunciation, vocabulary, cultural tips, and grammar.

English listening skills practice | LearnEnglish Teens – British Councilhttp://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice

Practise and improve your listening skills for your school studies and your English exams. There are activities for different levels, so find your level and make a start.

Learning Chocolate; Vocabulary Learning Platfrormhttp://www.learningchocolate.com/

Picture Dictionaries of various themes, audio vocabulary

Lil’ Fingershttp://www.lil-fingers.com/storybooks/index.php

Animated, interactive storybooks

LingoBingohttps://www.lingobingo.live/Set up your own online bingo game using words or images with live responses!

Little Red Riding Hoodhttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/little-red-riding-hood

Listen and read, from British Council, Year 3-4

Little Fox – Little Fox Animated Stories for English Learnershttps://www.littlefox.com/Award-winning library of leveled stories and songs to teach English as a second language (ESL) and guided reading

Lyricsgaps.com https://www.lyricsgaps.com/

Learn Languages Online – Exercises Listening – Fill in the gaps

Learn Languages with Music Videos, Lyrics and Karaoke!https://lyricstraining.com/

Enjoy learning languages for free playing with the music videos and filling in the lyrics of your favorite songs.

Magic English Disney 1-32https://eduteach.es/videos/magic/01-hello.html

YouTube series from Disney, introducing new English vocabulary and phrases in themed 25-min programmes. Suits even younger kids.

Malory towers ep1 – dailymotion (24:37)https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x801kdz
Malory Towers is a series of six novels by Enid Blyton. The series is based on a girls’ boarding school, Benenden School, which relocated during the war to the Cornish seaside.
More Episodes

Malory Towers: First Term (Complete Audiobook) – YouTube (5:13:36)https://youtu.be/HU0kHtCxNP0
Book 1 of The original classic Malory Towers series. Darrell Rivers’ first glance at Malory Towers, the boarding school in Cornwall standing on the cliff

Mary Poppinshttp://esl-bits.net/Novellas.for.ESL.Students/Poppins/preview.htmlMary Poppins is likely the most exciting nanny England–and the world–has ever seen. Young Jane and Michael Banks have no idea what’s in store for them when Mary Poppins blows in on the east wind

Mary Poppins – Disney Story – YouTube (10:25)https://youtu.be/pyL8zGJDuFU

This is Walt Disney’s 1977 ‘Mary Poppins’. The images have been scanned at high quality, and the record digitized and cleaned as much as I can without losing the tonal clarity

Max’s movie The script Del 1 av 10 – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/td6BkFGP2Ac

Part 1 of 10. Max dreams of becoming a movie director. Some classmates steal his script and lure him into an awkward situation with a girl, Mia. Part 2 follows etc.

Minibookhttps://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/free-printable/writing-printables/minibook-animal-tales

Downloadable mini-book templates to get your student writing

Mr Bean – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkAGrHCLFmlK3H2kd6isipgMr Bean Live Action Full Episodes 😍- Bean’s Classic Moments 👏🏽- Mr Bean Animated Full Episodes 🥰 | Mr Bean

Mr Bean – The Holiday Suitcasehttps://freeenglishlessonplans.com/2014/11/21/mr-bean-packing-his-suitcase/

Free English Lesson Plan for this Mr Bean clip (yr 3-6)

Mr Stink (2012) – dailymotion (59:33)https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6deqhc

Based on the novel by David Walliams, this one-off family-friendly comedy-drama stars Hugh Bonneville, Sheridan Smith, and Johnny Vegas.

MyStorybook.com | Make Kids’ Books Online For Free!https://www.mystorybook.com

Write and share your very own storybooks with this free online app! Privacy

National Geographic Kids Gameshttps://kids.nationalgeographic.com/gamesQuizzes, Fill-ins and Adventure, games to play online

News in Levelshttps://www.newsinlevels.com/

Interesting news stories in 3 levels Worksheet pdf

The Newspaper Clipping Generatorhttps://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

Create your own fun newspaper Privacy

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss – YouTube (5:53)https://youtu.be/D6ZeZA6wF-k

Read along to this video from Dr. Seuss, read by Professor, to help spread the joy of reading to young people.

Oliver Twist | Stories for Teenagers | English Fairy Tales – YouTube (16:08)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o909brBJvCoOliver Twist Story in English. Some material of this video may not be suitable for children below 13 years of age.

Online Voice Recorder – Record Voice from the Microphonehttps://online-voice-recorder.com/Record a voice using a microphone – instantly, and save as mp3

Pete The Cat Official – YouTube (3-4min each)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZyvbuv6Nomrsfxy3zoJ-AgPete the Cat is a fun, musically driven series about exploring your world and trying new things. Whether he’s making new friends or facing up to life’s daily challenges,  Pete and his friends will always approach these challenges by being smart, accepting, and optimistic.

Phonetics Activitieshttps://webenglish.se/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/phonetics-activities.pdf

11-page handout to learn to read the Phonetic Alphabet, IPA
Key

Picture Dictionary: Useful Visual Dictionary With 150+ Topics – 7 E S Lhttps://7esl.com/picture-dictionary/Picture Dictionary! Learn English vocabulary words through pictures with our useful visual dictionary. All ESL lessons are classified by different topics and

The Last Warriorhttps://www.pobble365.com/One picture. One teaching resource. Every day.

Poptropicahttps://www.funbrain.com/games/poptropicaPick a character and travel the many islands of the game

Questions & Answershttps://webenglish.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/QA.pdfThis is the first step to getting your students to speak in the classroom. Students read out the questions and answers in turns. The point is that they don’t often match, which makes this game fun. (yr 5-7)

Fun & Free EL Reading Program – ELL, EL, ELD, ESL – QuindewELhttps://quindew.com/free-el-reading-programSupport your EL students with explicit instruction and reading lessons that build vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension

Raggedy Ann Stories | American Englishhttps://americanenglish.state.gov/resources/raggedy-ann-storiesRaggedy Ann Stories, abridged and adapted from the original, contains 13 short stories about the classic rag doll and her friends. The text is accompanied by the original illustrations, a picture glossary, and questions to aid comprehension.

Dream Reader Academic Englishhttp://dreamreader.net/Lesson/academic-english/

Interesting Reading Comprehension texts with a quiz. Choose the right level from Beginner (yr 6+) to Advanced (yr 9+)

English Reading: English Texts for Beginnershttps://lingua.com/english/reading/English texts to practice reading and comprehension online and for free. Practicing your comprehension of written English will both improve your vocabulary and understanding of grammar and word order.

telc – Language examinationshttps://www.telc.net/en/candidates/language-examinations/filter.htmltelc – language tests examine your language skills using objective, fair evaluation criteria based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages ​​(CEFR).

Readablehttps://readable.appRead English stories at your level For free! (A1, A2, B1, B2)

Online Reading Activities | ReadTheoryhttps://readtheory.org/

Accompany your students on a journey through our vast library of reading comprehension content. ReadTheory’s adaptive approach fosters improvement by automatically meeting learners at their own level Common Sense Privacy Evaluation

Revolting Rhymes – part 1 – YouTube (28:06)https://youtu.be/u52E05DAN_4

A mix of well-known fairy-tales in a new story, incl. Little Red Riding Hood, Snowhite and the Three Litte Pigs (yr 5-9) Part 2 incl. Jack and the Beanstalk, and Cinderella

Revolting Rhymes – Part 1 – YouTube (28:05)https://youtu.be/0hOqbxvcQegAn elderly woman named Miss Hunt is sitting by herself in a booth at an empty restaurant when a wolf in a trenchcoat enters … Transcript 1Part 2 (27:38)  Transcript 2

Danny the Champion of the Worldhttp://esl-bits.net/Novellas.for.ESL.Students/Danny/preview.htmlDanny’s life seems perfect: his home is a gypsy caravan, he’s the youngest car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. Full audiobook with text (AudioEbook) – Youtube

Roald Dahl | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Full audiobook with text (AudioEbook) – YouTube (3:09:27)https://youtu.be/qCuNSZjCKg8

Roald Dahl | Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator – Full audiobook with text – YouTube (3:14:33)https://youtu.be/gkzcRdIEwy8

Last seen flying through the sky in a giant elevator in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie Bucket’s back for another adventure. (yr 6-9)

Roald Dahl | James and the Giant Peach – Full audiobook with text – YouTube (2:29:55)https://youtu.be/gFoYBO5ZFwo

An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten James’ parents. And it gets much worse! (yr 5-7) Read and Listen

Roald Dahl | Matilda – Full audiobook with text – YouTube (3:47:18)https://youtu.be/FSLCZSkU6qk

Matilda’s parents were horrible and called her the most terrible things. But the truth is, she is the genius and they are the stupid ones! (yr 6-9) Read and ListenReading Guide

Roald Dahl | The BFG – Full audiobook with text – YouTube (4:05:21)https://youtu.be/7iqALkjrDp8

Every night, when the whole world is sleeping, big, gruesome and disgusting giants go out into the darkness and guzzle up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. (yr 6-9) Read and Listen

Roald Dahl | The Giraffe & The Pelly & Me – Full audiobook with text – YouTube (39:40)https://youtu.be/wL3NuLOsJHs

What does a window-cleaning company need? How about a pelican, a giraffe and a monkey? Join Billy as he makes friends with three amazing animals and gets up to some thrilling adventures. (yr 6-9) Read and Listen

Roald Dahl | The Magic Finger – Full audiobook with text – YouTube (19:47)https://youtu.be/oBbWjwC5m_c

The Magic Finger is narrated by an apple growing up on a farm in the English countryside, next door to the Gregg family who have a passion for hunting. (yr 5-7) Read and Listen

Roald Dahl | The Twits – Full audiobook with text – YouTube (49:16)https://youtu.be/EgppUh8ukZ8

Mr and Mrs Twit play some horrible tricks on each other. I bet you have never met two people more revolting. (yr 5-7)

Roald Dahl | The Witches – Full audiobook with text (AudioEbook) – YouTube (3:29:48)https://youtu.be/OztnmARkFDwThe Grand High Witch of all the World thought herself to be invincible with all of her magic powers and all of her witches. That was until she met me and my grandma. (yr 6-9) Read and Listen

Robinson Crusoe in Levelshttps://www.robinsoncrusoeinlevels.com/This book is written in simplified English. The name of the book is Robinson Crusoe. It is about a man on a deserted island.

Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson & Illustrated By Axel Scheffler – YouTube (8:11)https://youtu.be/XRany_OScms

How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, as they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind. – Audiobook

Scattagories for Kids! – ESL Kids Gameshttps://eslkidsgames.com/scattagories-for-kidsScattagories for Kids is a fun online interactive game. Students need to guess as many words as they can before the time runs out!

Send a personalized AI Santa video for free!https://www.synthesia.io/santaCreate your free personalized AI video from Santa by simply typing in text. Send Christmas videos to your friends and family within minutes.

Short storieshttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories

Do you like listening to and reading stories? Reading stories is a great way to improve your vocabulary and we have lots of great stories for you to watch. (yr 3-4)

Sindbad the Sailor (Part 1) in English | Stories for Teenagers | English Fairy Tales – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/ZnXgZR-8LAYParental Guidance:Some material of this video may not be suitable for children below 13 years of age. Sindbad the Sailor (Part 1) in English |

Speaking is Easyhttps://www.rong-chang.com/easyspeak/index.htm

Dialogues to read and practise

Staines Down Draines – All Episodes – YouTube (ca 24 min each) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CSbpmpJuk8&list=PLaW_NSM_5c1Jzx-QHH2XVcRoWbxpAW447The series follows siblings Stanley and Mary-Jane Staines as they travel through a portal down their sink in the basement to Drainland.

ABCya! • Educational Computer Games and Apps for Kidshttps://www.abcya.com/games/story_makerStory Maker is a fun and easy way for children to create and print short stories. An intuitive interface makes it simple for kids to add words, pictures and pages.

Story Picshttp://leaveastory.com/about/

Write a story to the picture

Story Settings Posters (SB6228) – SparkleBoxhttps://www.sparklebox.co.uk/toolbar/no/thumbs23/sb6228.htmlA great set of 18 A4-sized posters featuring various story settings including forest, space, haunted house, submarine, theme park, seaside and more.

Storyberries – Fairy Tales, Bedtime Stories and Kids Poems!https://www.storyberries.com/Read the BIGGEST collection of free fairy tales, bedtime stories, nursery rhymes, poems, and short stories. Free kids’ books online!

StoryJumper: #1 rated site for creating story bookshttps://www.storyjumper.com/BECOME A PUBLISHED AUTHOR Don’t let your stories be forgotten. CREATE BOOK DESIGN CHARACTERS FOR YOUR BOOKS Pick your expressions, clothes, and colors

Storyline Onlinehttps://www.storylineonline.net/

Storyline Online features celebrated actors reading children’s books to inspire a love of reading in children worldwide. Teacher’s Guide to each bookA-Z Library

Storynoryhttps://www.storynory.com/

Fun stories to read and listen to, Year 3-4

✏️ Kids Book Read Aloud: ROSIE REVERE ENGINEER by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/f41od1y5MN4Rosie Revere loves to build contraptions out of things no one else wants. More stories from Awnie’s House

Dyslexia-Friendly & Super-Readable Books – Barrington Stokehttps://www.barringtonstoke.co.uk/books/Dyslexia-Friendly & Super-Readable Books | Click to browse all of our dyslexia-friendly and super-readable books. Viewable by Reading Age and Interest Age. More High Interest – Low Readability Books

Teachers – Story Mentorshttps://storymentors.org/teachers/Story Mentors makes it free and easy to give your struggling readers the help they need without a lot of added work for you.

Tell Me How You Feel – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/2_cu5Hk3xrA

Friends share their feelings through this groovy music! The first of our educational videos…stay tuned for more!

The 25 Best Children’s Books Ever Written | Reader’s Digesthttps://www.rd.com/culture/the-best-childrens-books-ever-written/Do you recognize these popular children’s books? Read about the best children’s books straight from teachers, librarians, parents and bestseller lists.

The Best Graphic Novels for Kids | Imagination Souphttps://imaginationsoup.net/the-best-graphic-novels-for-kids/Graphic novels entice kids into stories with illustrated comics and compelling plots told primarily through dialogue. I love that kids (mine included) get

The Best Read Alouds on YouTube – We Are Teachershttps://www.weareteachers.com/read-alouds-on-youtube/Save your voice. Let these folks do the reading for you. Here are the read-aloud channels we love. We hope you do too!