My teacher showed me this website during my first teacher training practice and I think that it is a very easy and fun site to use.
What is it?
This is a free website and you can find it easy by searching for “LearnEnglish Kids”. It is available for teachers, parents and children. You can use it in many different ways, the website offers different sorts of games, short stories, songs and other activities. It is an easy and fun way to explore the English language. The website is colorful and inviting for children.
How to use it?
You as a teacher can use it in many different ways, we used a short story for inspiration when the pupils were to write a short Christmas story on their own. We also used a feature called Word of the week. You get a new word each week and you get to see the word in different contexts so that you can see how it is used and what it means.
There are some worksheets that you can print and use if you would like to. You can also print words for the songs and they have some examples on how you can do some follow up activities after listening to a song.
You can also use it for homework for example, the pupils can get an exercise to do on their own, maybe play a game or watch a short story.
If you have a couple of computers your pupils can use it to do different exercises on their own and explore the website and its’ different functions.
So you can either use it on a smart board with the whole class or the pupils can use it on their own. I think that it is a good way to make learning fun and more motivating than just working with a coursebook.
How do you become a member?
All you have to do to become a member on the site is to fill in your personal information and then you have your own account and access to everything on the site. It Is free to become and to stay a member.
This works for both students and teachers and it is easy for the pupils to use it at home if they want to.
To consider
You need at least one computer when you work with this site. If you want to use it in your whole class just one computer works very well, you might want to use some kind of smart board or something so the whole class are able to see that you want to show them.
If you want your pupils to work with this on their own as a part of your lesson you will need more computers.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I read your presentation of this site I got interested to visit it. I think the site is really inspiring and catch the reader. The site was full of color, which makes it look very fun. Then I started to click and look at all services the website offers and discovered that the sites have lots of useful activities. Like you have written it offers many fun creative activities and the site is very useful because the teacher and the pupils can work with it together but also individually (if there are enough with computers). The site can always be used, both in school and at home. The site is very clear in it is easy to find what you are looking for.
I thought it was good that you wrote that you have used it on your practical work, because then we know that the site is good and works in school.
I will absolutely try this site in my future work as a teacher!