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Tell it again - the story telling handbook

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Tell it again - The story telling handbook

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FREE ESL resources for those who teach English to children.

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FREE worksheets, flashcards, songs, games, and much more for ESL teachers. NO registration required. Enjoy! <meta charset=

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Free English Worksheets for Kids - Printable ESL Resources Online

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Find printable ESL resources online which include word searches, word scrambles, coloring pages, classroom bingo, caption writing, scattergories and much more. Help students improve their English in a number of fun and engaging ways with our printable worksheets for kids.

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Welcome to Fun English Games for Kids! Find a wide range of free teaching resources that are perfect for students learning English, ESL classes and teachers looking for ideas online.

Enjoy interactive games, classroom activities, printable worksheets and more!

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Fun English Games for Kids - Free Interactive Learning Activities Online

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Enjoy a wide range of fun, interactive English games and activities that are perfect for kids learning English as well as teachers looking for free educational resources online.

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A FUN ENGLISH COURSE FOR YOUR KIDS Share this page with friends who need this too. Take Tour MULTI-LEVEL ENGLISH COURSES FOR KIDS a fun way to learn English Join Now ENGLISH PRACTICE & PLAY Best resources for ESL younger learners by far! Sign Up Now

English for Kids: Freddie's Ville is a multi-level English course (ESL/EFL) & resource paradise for teaching ESL kids. It is great for teachers and homeschooling parents. For the teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL), the site features ESL animated Video lessons, ESL fun games, super cool EFL worksheets, songs and apps for teaching English dialogues, vocabulary and grammar. Join Freddie and his hyperactive sister, Lisa, to play and learn English. Freddiesville.com is suitable for children of Preschool, Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade and 3rd grade levels. Teaching English to kids just got a whole lot better.

This section features animated English video lessons for ESL/EFL kids, arranged by level from Preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade and 3rd grade learners. These lessons are dialogue and vocabulary-based. Each unit covers a specific theme.

You will find many esl fun games for learning English here, arranged by topic. There are word games, sentence games, word puzzles and more for reviewing and practicing vocabulary, grammar and sentence patterns. Playing educational games helps kids self-study.

We also offer printable vocabulary, grammar and sentence worksheets arranged by topic. There are handwriting worksheets, crossword puzzles, matching exercises, gap fill and text maze reading comprehension exercises.

At the moment we have a few catchy songs for learning English. The songs are great for reviewing the lessons and help children learn sentence structures and vocabulary quickly. We are working to add more songs to go with each lesson. Learning through songs is great.

Mobile learning is now the big thing. We have a few apps of our own which you can download and use for learning English, phonics and more. We are working on more English learning apps. Join our newsletter to get updates on this.

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Why a store on a free site? Well some people prefer to download packs of resources instead of browsing through the site. Internet connection is not regular in some parts of the world. With our store you will have lots of these resources on your computer for a rainy day.

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English for Kids, Games, Videos, Worksheets, Songs, Apps, For ESL Kids Lessons | Freddie's Ville

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English Lessons for kids, esl Games, Videos, esl Worksheets, Songs, Apps, For Children, Freddie's Ville is a multi-level English course (ESL/EFL) & resource paradise for children, teachers and homeschooling parents. For the teaching of English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL), the site features animated cartoon video lessons, fun games, super cool worksheets, songs and apps for teaching English dialogues, vocabulary and grammar.

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EFL Activities for Kids, ESL Printables, Worksheets, Games, Puzzles, for Preschool, Primary English Learners

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ESL Kids lesson plans, flashcards, worksheets, songs, classroom readers, crafts & games

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ESL kids resources for English teachers. Printable lesson plans, flashcards, worksheets, classroom readers, songs, games, clip art images, crafts and more.

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Welcome to LearnEnglish Kids

LearnEnglish Kids is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. We have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about English courses for your child.

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LearnEnglish Kids is brought to you by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. We have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about English courses for your child.

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British Council LearnEnglish Teens | Free resources for teens to help improve your English

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LearnEnglish Teens provides information, tips and resources to help teenagers learn English.

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Ereading Worksheets provides teachers, parents, and motivated students with high-quality reading worksheets, activities, and resources aligned with Common Core State Standards. This website uses a skill focused approach where each activity targets a specific skill set, but you can also browse the reading worksheets by grade level.

The resources on this website cover a broad range of reading, writing, and language arts skills. And this site has a growing collection of online reading activities. Everything on here is free for home and classroom use. I am committed to expanding and improving the content on this site and making it easy to access for learners around the world. Subscribe now to receive emails about new content and big updates to this site.

Some of the Useful Pages on this Site:

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I am working diligently to continue to update and improve this website. Send comments, questions, corrections, or feedback to mortonteaches@gmail.com or post in the comments below and I will reply as soon as I am able.

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Ereading Worksheets | Free Reading Activities & Resources

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Ereading Worksheets provides teachers, parents, and motivated students with high-quality reading worksheets, activities, and resources aligned with Common Core State Standards . This website uses a skill focused approach where each activity targets a specific skill set, but you can also browse the reading worksheets by grade level.

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Our latest tip looks at 'Critical thinking'. Watch Alister using the map of the world with his young learner class to encourage greater critical thinking in language learning.

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by Susan Verner 49,948 views

This type of thinking, though, isn't very complex. Recall and memorization only require surface level thinking. If you are teaching ESL to children, teaching critical thinking is particularly important because it will serve them in their futures no matter what language they are speaking. Teaching critical thinking, though, isn't always easy. The following are some ways to integrate critical thinking exercises into your ESL lessons while still meeting the language goals you set for your students.

Try These 8 Critical Thinking Activities with Your ESL Students

1. Ask Questions

Sometimes an easy answer isn't much of an answer at all. Getting your students to think about how they came to the answer that they did will challenge them to think critically, and it gets them using more language and using it in practical ways. For example, in an activity for using the simple future, you might ask your students what they will be doing in five years. One student might answer that he is going to be a movie star. You can ask questions like the following to get your student to think more critically: What makes you think that? What evidence do you see in your life now that will make that true in the future? By asking these questions, you challenge your student to think about his thinking. At the same time, you provide an opportunity for him to use English to express his ideas.

2. Open Ended Questions

In classes like grammar, one answer to a question is usually the right one. But giving these types of answers often doesn't require anything more than memorization and recall. When you can (and it might not be during a grammar lesson) ask questions that don't have a "right" answer and challenge your students to think on a deeper level. For example, if you were doing a vocabulary unit on food, you might ask a recall question about what a waiter says when taking someone's order. ( What will you have?) An open ended question that will challenge your students to think more deeply might look like the following. If you were a server in a restaurant and worked the night shift, how would your life be different? How would you balance school and work? Encourage this type of thinking and expression and your students will benefit in more ways than one.

3. Give a Minute

Part of your role in getting your students to think critically is giving them the time and the encouragement to do so. When you ask a question, giving your students a few minutes to think before they have to answer can mean the difference between a short easy answer and one that comes from serious thought. Doing this is easy. Simply count to sixty after asking a question to give your students a chance to think before they answer. You can also teach your students phrases like, " Can I have a minute to think...Give me just a minute " when they would like time to process their ideas. When they use these phrases, it tells you that they are actively trying to answer your question and gives them the space they need to put their ideas and words together before speaking. In addition, using this technique with native speakers will help those not familiar with ESL students know that your students are not unable to answer their questions but that they need a bit of time before they do.

4. Encourage More

For students of English as a second language, giving a quick answer is often appealing. A quick answer does the job and shows you can use language appropriately. However, a quick answer doesn't necessarily encourage critical thinking. Using phrases to get your students to say (and think) more will help them use deeper thinking. You can say thinks like the following: Tell me more about that. What else do you think? Why is that good/bad/scary/difficult/or not? What part is most interesting to you? Why? Asking these questions challenges your students to say more.

5. Provide Scaffolds

When learning something new or tackling a new problem, all people sometimes need support. You can support your ESL students as they are learning new skills by giving them tools to help them. Giving examples, breaking tasks into smaller more manageable steps, giving hints or clues, and providing reminders can all help your students by giving them temporary supports in a new and challenging task. As your students become more adept at that task, remove these supports and encourage their successes, big and small. In the meantime, be patient and give them the assistance they need to reach success.

6. Encourage Argument

Encouraging argument doesn't mean letting your students go for one another's throats. Critical thinking means being able to make an argument for your beliefs or opinions. You can encourage your students to express logical and reasonable supports for their opinions during discussions and for writing assignments. Doing so will help them think analytically which is part of thinking critically. Have students give reasons or examples that support their ideas, and they will learn to support their arguments naturally.

7. Make Predictions

Making predictions is a tool that is quite useful in the ESL classroom. You can ask your students to take a guess at what comes next in reading assignments (fiction, essays, informational articles) as well as video segments you play in class ( movies, television shows, recorded dialogues). When they make these predictions, they not only have to think critically, they will be using the language skills they are learning. The next time your students are reading a passage or listening to a segment, hit pause and ask them what they think will come next.

8. Take Two Sides

Thinking about both sides of an argument will challenge your students to think beyond their own opinions and beliefs. A simple way to do this is to take a controversial statement and challenge your students to list some reasons in support of the statement as well as some reasons against it. Take the thinking a step further and teach your students how to make a refutation, either spoken or in writing, a skill that is often useful in the academic world.

In some ways, critical thinking may seem out of place in the language classroom.

After all, so much of language learning is rote memorization. But critical thinking can and does fit in the language classroom. Getting your students think more gets them saying more, and saying more is using language creatively and communicatively. Try one or more of these techniques with your students and see how well they can express their thoughts with the language they are learning.
How do you encourage your students to think critically?

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Thinking Outside the Blank: 8 Critical Thinking Activities for ESL Students

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by Susan Verner 49,948 views This type of thinking, though, isn't very complex. Recall and memorization only require surface level thinking. If you are teaching ESL to children, teaching critical thinking is particularly important because it will serve them in their futures no matter what language they are speaking.

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Problem-solving skills are necessary in all areas of life, and classroom problem solving activities can be a great way to get students prepped and ready to solve real problems in real life scenarios. Whether in school, work or in their social relationships, the ability to critically analyze a problem, map out all its elements and then prepare a workable solution is one of the most valuable skills one can acquire in life.

Educating your students about problem solving skills from an early age in school can be facilitated through classroom problem solving activities. Such endeavors encourage cognitive as well as social development, and can equip students with the tools they'll need to address and solve problems throughout the rest of their lives. Here are five classroom problem solving activities your students are sure to benefit from as well as enjoy doing:

1. Brainstorm bonanza

Having your students create lists related to whatever you are currently studying can be a great way to help them to enrich their understanding of a topic while learning to problem-solve. For example, if you are studying a historical, current or fictional event that did not turn out favorably, have your students brainstorm ways that the protagonist or participants could have created a different, more positive outcome. They can brainstorm on paper individually or on a chalkboard or white board in front of the class.

2. Problem-solving as a group

Have your students create and decorate a medium-sized box with a slot in the top. Label the box "The Problem-Solving Box." Invite students to anonymously write down and submit any problem or issue they might be having at school or at home, ones that they can't seem to figure out on their own. Once or twice a week, have a student draw one of the items from the box and read it aloud. Then have the class as a group figure out the ideal way the student can address the issue and hopefully solve it.

3. Clue me in

This fun detective game encourages problem-solving, critical thinking and cognitive development. Collect a number of items that are associated with a specific profession, social trend, place, public figure, historical event, animal, etc. Assemble actual items (or pictures of items) that are commonly associated with the target answer. Place them all in a bag (five-10 clues should be sufficient.) Then have a student reach into the bag and one by one pull out clues. Choose a minimum number of clues they must draw out before making their first guess (two- three). After this, the student must venture a guess after each clue pulled until they guess correctly. See how quickly the student is able to solve the riddle.

4. Survivor scenarios

Create a pretend scenario for students that requires them to think creatively to make it through. An example might be getting stranded on an island, knowing that help will not arrive for three days. The group has a limited amount of food and water and must create shelter from items around the island. Encourage working together as a group and hearing out every child that has an idea about how to make it through the three days as safely and comfortably as possible.

5. Moral dilemma

Create a number of possible moral dilemmas your students might encounter in life, write them down, and place each item folded up in a bowl or bag. Some of the items might include things like, "I saw a good friend of mine shoplifting. What should I do?" or "The cashier gave me an extra $1.50 in change after I bought candy at the store. What should I do?" Have each student draw an item from the bag one by one, read it aloud, then tell the class their answer on the spot as to how they would handle the situation.

Classroom problem solving activities need not be dull and routine. Ideally, the problem solving activities you give your students will engage their senses and be genuinely fun to do. The activities and lessons learned will leave an impression on each child, increasing the likelihood that they will take the lesson forward into their everyday lives.

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5 Problem-Solving Activities for the Classroom

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Problem-solving skills are necessary in all areas of life, and classroom problem solving activities can be a great way to get students prepped and ready to solve real problems in real life scenarios.

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Critical thinking worksheets for teachers. Used in engaging students in the advanced levels of thinking. We have brain teasers and mad libs too.

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Teaching problem-solving strategies, inferring, and drawing conclusions are types of skills taught when participating in critical thinking activities. All students especially English Language Learners can benefit from these exercises. Whether you are looking for engaging activities for your classroom or homeschooling setting, be sure to consider adding critical thinking activities to your resources.

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Introduction

Learners are often worried about pronunciation, but you do not need to sound like a native English speaker to be able to communicate in English. There are different accents in the United Kingdom and other countries where English is spoken as a first language. English is also widely used in countries like India and Singapore, and is increasingly used as a global language. There are many different varieties of English - you've probably discovered this yourself. Don't worry if your child does not speak with 'perfect' English pronunciation. Let your child play with and discover sounds - this is an important stage in learning languages.

Activities you can do with your child

There are lots of activities you can do with your child to practise pronunciation. Choose the activities that you think your child will like best. Try to make the activities as fun as possible, and stop when your child has had enough.

Here are some ideas for activities:
Songs and rhymes
Songs, nursery rhymes and chants are a great way to introduce younger children to the sounds of English. Many chants and nursery rhymes are repetitive and easy to remember, and your child will not need to be able to read or write English. You'll find some traditional songs and nursery rhymes on LearnEnglish Kids. Listen to the songs, learn them together and sing the rhymes wherever and whenever you like - in the car, on the way to school, at bathtime!
Listening to stories
Listening to somebody reading aloud while following a text is a good way for children to pick up how words sound, and also to learn what words sound like in sentences. If you don't feel confident enough to read aloud to your child then there are stories you can listen to together on LearnEnglish Kids. You could also borrow books with CDs from the library if that's possible, or buy some. Perhaps you could share books and CDs with friends and make your own library?
Games
Say words silently to your child. Can they guess what words you are saying by looking at your mouth? This will make them concentrate on the shapes the mouth makes for different sounds. When your child understands the game, they can silently say some words to you.

Create a character with a name which starts with the sound you want to focus on, like /dz/ which is the sound of the 'J' in 'Jack'. Ask your child to draw Jack and then think of all the things that Jack likes that start with the same sound, for example juggling, jam, Japanese food, etc. Now draw these things around the picture of Jack.

Play a rhyming game by choosing one word, for example, chair. Ask your child to draw the word, and next to the picture write (or draw) words that have the same sound, for example hair, hare, wear, pear.
Tongue twisters
Try some tongue twisters. This can be a fun way to practise sounds with older children. Here are some popular English tongue twisters.

She sells sea shells on the sea shore

A proper copper coffee pot

Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran

Red lorry, yellow lorry, red lorry, yellow lorry

A big black bug bit a big black bear

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

You can find more tongue twisters on LearnEnglish Kids. Listen to the tongue twisters, and practise saying them. How fast can you say them? You could discuss which sounds are difficult, and which sounds are similar to or different from your first language.

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Learners are often worried about pronunciation, but you do not need to sound like a native English speaker to be able to communicate in English. There are different accents in the United Kingdom and other countries where English is spoken as a first language.