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British Council: Learn English Kids: The Cold Planet
Listening to a cute story about an imaginary planet helps with English comprehension and the additional activities encourage reading and writing skills.
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Tefl Interactive Esl Games: Matching Synonyms
There are ten levels of interactive synonym matching games on this site, starting at the elementary level, and going to more advanced level words to help English language learners practice their skills.
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Starfall: Robot and Mr. Mole (Long O Listening Practice)
Learn English words with the long O sound by listening to this read-aloud story about a robot. English language learners and beginning readers can practice listening to and pronouncing words with long o's. Great graphics, unlimited...
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Starfall: The Big Hit (Short I Listening Practice)
English language learners and beginning readers can practice listening to and pronouncing the short I sound in this read-aloud story about a baseball-playing tin man. Great graphics, unlimited repetition, and learner controlled.
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Starfall: Peg the Hen (Short E Listening Practice)
English language learners and beginning readers can listen as they read this wonderfully animated story about Peg the Hen. Excellent drill for learning to pronounce the short E sound with excellent reinforcement of basic vocabulary...
ICT Games
Ict Games Teaching Resources: Date Chart
Here is a handy way of reviewing dates in English plus basic weather conditions, English language learners of all ages can profit from using it. Click back to the home page to choose French or Spanish instead of English.
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Non Stop English
Vocabulary and grammar activities for secondary English Language Learners (ELLs) are the main focus of this free site. Students select their proficiency level and then are provided a menu of grammar and vocabulary activities to choose...
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British Council: Learn English Kids: The Princess and the Dragon
Listen to and read along with this story about a princess and a dragon. You can choose the ending to the story. Then print off activities to go along with the story.
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British Council: Learn English Kids: Voyage of the Animal Orchestra
Use this story of the shipwrecked animals in the orchestra to focus on plot, characters, and sequence of a story. Included are assessment activities and flash cards.
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British Council: Learn English Kids: The Pirates Song
Listen to a song about pirates and read along. Do the puzzle and print out an activity sheet that not only uses pirate vocabulary, but is also an anagram activity.
British Council
Learn English Kids: My Favorite Day: Christmas
Listen to a story about Christmas traditions in United Kingdom. Included are Christmas activities, a quiz about Christmas traditions, and descriptions of many children's favorite days.
British Council
Learn English Kids: Old Mac Donald Hangman
If you know the animals in the Old MacDonald song, you can play this game of hangman. Practice spelling the farm vocabulary you know.
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Tefl Interactive Esl Games: Matching Phrasal Verbs
There are ten levels of interactive phrasal verb matching games on this site, starting at the elementary level, and going to more advanced level words to help English language learners practice their skills.
PBS
Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Games: Sounds Like Fun!
Cleverly animated game that alerts young learners to the musical sounds all around them in their everyday environments. A useful exercise in helping children understand sound patterns and repetitive beats and the meaning of start and...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Trash Stash
Cleverly animated sorting game introduces young learners to the mathematical concepts of comparing, sorting, and grouping. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English language...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Paint Splat
Young players will enjoy this cleverly animated color-mixing game that guides them through the process of mixing and matching colors. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Where's Quack?
Hide-and-seek game instructs players to find Quack, a purple duck, in a series of different landscapes. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English language learners who need...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Fish Wish [Count 1, 2, or 2 Fish]
Players click buttons to tell how many fish they see: 1, 2, or 3. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for English language learners who need practice in listening to and understanding...
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Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wild World: Games: Animal House Hunt
Cleverly animated matching game asks players to match animals to their homes. [All instructions and prompts are voiced, not written, making this an excellent resource for young children and English language learners who need practice in...
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Pbs: Maya and Miguel, Games
Interactive and fun activity to drill vocabulary related to sports, adventure and musical instruments. Children choose the language (English or Spanish). Engaging activity for ELL learners and students of Spanish.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Story Place: Pre School Library
Several preschool online stories, activities, games, and extension activities with Spanish and English vocabulary words, organized by theme.
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Fantastic Fortune Teller Game One Stop English
Teach pre-school and early primary ELL students animal names and numbers with this fun activity. Instructions and a downloadable copy of the the 'fortune teller' tool (a variation of a cootie catcher) are included.
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Tvo Kids: Alphabet Goop
A colorful game to help young readers or beginning English language learners practice the beginning sounds of words.
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Lil' Fingers Storybooks: Read and Listen: Penguin Party
Young readers and beginning English language learners will enjoy this short animated read-along/listen-along story about penguins having a party. Delightful illustrations aid comprehension.