EFL resources for Early Childhood Education teachers
Today’s post is a special one. We have the pleasure to host a group of student-teachers from the University of Manresa-UVic. They are studying Early Childhood Education, and even though they are not planning to teach English in the future, they have done a great job for their Teaching English course and they are happy to share it with L’escola del món‘s readers. Thus, in this post you are going to find their compilation of interesting websites with EFL resources for Early Childhood Education teachers. If you teach English to very young kids, this post might be of your interest!
Post by a group of 3rd year students in Early Childhood Education (UManresa, year 2019-2020)
Meet a group of hard-working Early Childhood Education student-teachers who have faced the challenge of virtual education due to the COVI19 crisis. Together with their lecturer, they have challenged themselves and have committed to find the bright side of it all. They have learned about digital tools at their disposal and they have dedicated their time to reflect on the current situation of English language teaching and learning. In this post, they share a list of websites with teaching resources to use in your English classes with young children (taken both from native Early Childhood teachers and EFL teachers).
19 Websites with EFL resources for Early Childhood Education teachers
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By Àfrica Puig, Marta Rodríguez, Anna Sarri & Raquel Suárez 1. Cambridge AssessmentThis website is perfect for Early Childhood education teachers but also for parents. It offers useful material which will help children to learn English in a fun way but also will help teachers/adults to improve their English skills and get new ideas for their English lessons. We recommend it because:
2. Teaching EnglishThis webpage is fantastic for Early Childhood education teachers and also for parents. Although it is not aimed at early childhood education, we can find a lot of diverse and interesting content that teachers can adapt and use with children to help them learn English in meaningful way. We recommend it because:
This website is great for Early Childhood education teachers (especially) and parents because it offers different material and strategies to help teachers make English learning interesting for children while, at the same time, it offers resources to improve English for adults. We recommend it because:
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By Elsa Colldeforn, Tiaré Castellar, Karuna Arboix , Judit Grimaldos & Ariadna Moyano 4. CBeebiesThis website offers different kind of activities addressing different topics to address with children. This resource is perfect for early childhood teachers! We recommend it because:
5. Genki English!In Genki English you can find many pedagogical proposals based on games, ready to be implemented in a kindergarten English class, while making the learning of English more fun and enjoyable. We recommend it because:
6. Early Childhood TeacherIn this website there is a wide variety of links to other pages that contain plenty of different EFL resources. We recommend it because:
We highly recommend the section Clip Art, which provides us with drawings of all kinds of situations, such as birthdays, parties, animals, plants, clothes, food… a lot of themes that can be used at any time. It can be a very useful section to work on specific vocabulary while having a visual support that facilitates the children’s understanding.
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By Mar Portet, Cristina Sandoval & Laura Sorroche 7. LearnEnglish KidsThis website is perfect for Early Childhood education teachers or parents because there is a wide variety of content to practice English. It is divided into 7 sections: Listen and watch, Read and write, Speak and spell, Grammar and vocabulary, Fun and games, Print and make and Parents. The latter section contains great suggestions on how to use the website so that parents help their child with English. We recommend it because:
8. The Imagination TreeThis website is perfect for teachers and Early Childhood Education and families because includes different resources that can help us to do activities with children in many areas that can be related and do it in English. There is very content to practice mathematics, literatura, creativity, etc. We recommend it because:
9. Teaching Primary – British CouncilThis website is perfect for Primary education teachers or parents because there are a lot of resources that teachers can use in their English class with children. There are a lot of lessons, activities, stories, poems that they can use with children for learn English. There are teaching tool too, for teachers to use with children. We recommend it because:
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By Judith Lujan, Noelia Bosch, Claudia Gener 10. Parenting Healthy Babies: 11 Fun Filled Dance Games for KidsThis website is perfect for Early Childhood education teachers/parents because it suggests 11 different games to play with children. Also, this resource can help teachers to get inspiring ideas which can be adapted and modified according to teachers and students’ preferences, levels, learning styles… We recommend it because:
11. Super Simple SongsThis website is perfect for Early Childhood education teachers/parents because it contains a lot of different thematic songs. Besides, there are also videos with possible choreographies or cartoons with the respective lyrics. We recommend it because:
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By Carla Ballarà, Júlia Foradada & Laura Orive 12. National Geographic KidsThis website is perfect to learn a lot of things about our environment. For instance, children can carry out scientific experiments in the classroom. We recommend it because:
13. Sesame StreetSesame Street is a didactic recourse that can be useful for enriching children’s vocabulary. We recommend it because:
14. Teach StarterEven though this website is mainly directed at Primary teachers, it is also a perfect resource for Early Childhood education teachers. We recommend it because:
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By Marta González, Núria Rodríguez & Carla Sánchez 15. Help my Kid LearnThis website is perfect for Early Childhood education teachers/parents because it can be used for different stages (from 0 to 12 years old). The resources are classified in the following sections: talk, play, read, write and count. We recommend it because:
16. Symbaloo : Jocs d’anglès per Educació InfantilThis website is perfect for Early Childhood education teachers and also parents. There a lot of websites with games, songs and activities for children between 3-6 years, but not all of them can be directly used by kindergarten children. This compilation of games is perfect for young kids to use. We recommend it because:
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By Júlia Perich, Marta Rosell & Júlia Solsona 17. Recursos per Educació InfantilThis website is perfect for Early Childhood education teachers because there are many resources to teach English in the Early Childhood Education stage. All these resources are basically games to learn English. Particularly, there are plenty of different activities to help kids improve their vocabulary. We recommend it because:
An activity that we can do using this website is to make little groups of children. Each group can choose a game to play. When they finish we can chat about what they played and each group can explain what they did and what they learned.
18. Cómo enseñar inglés a los niñosThis website is perfect for Early Childhood Education teachers and parents because it explains that the best way to learn English in Garden school is by doing different activities and games. Furthermore, the teacher/ parent should have motivation, imagination, patience and persistence. We recommend it because:
19. How to teach English to children: 3 powerful strategies for impressive resultsThis website is perfect for Early Childhood education teachers. The article sums up the information in three key points: do it fun for kids. For example, playing games, being creative, including art in class or taking your class outside. In the second place, it has to be an active process for them. It has to be dynamic and real. And last but not least, we can’t put pressure on them. Teachers must respect the learning rhythms from each child and adapt us to them. We recommend it because:
An example of an activity or game in English that you can get to know on this website is doing a treasure hunt with children. It is a different activity because you can play outside. The kids can be outside with clues to solve. Each clue leads to another. The teacher can hide the clues before class and then give plenty of time to gather all of them. It’s a game where all the class can play and they can help each other and complement each other |
Thanks a million future teachers! Awesome EFL resources for Early Childhood Education teachers! I am sure that the websites you provided will be useful for many educators who need inspiration and ideas. Well done! If you are a new reader, remember you can subscribe to «L’escola del món», a webiste where you will find resources and ideas to turn English learning into meaningful experiences. In our blog you will find plenty of resources, ideas and recommendations. You can also follow us on Facebook 🙂
About the authors: Early Childhood Education students (3rd year) at the UManresa-UVic (2019-2020)
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