ESL Rhymes

What makes a complete sentence? Words, of course! As your budding readers understand this relationship, guide them through this nursery rhyme activity. Scholars examine pictures of 10 familiar rhymes, mentally counting the words in the...

Little ones sing Christmas carols, complete craft projects, and play word games while learning new vocabulary in part one of two-part ESL lesson series.

Sing along to Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star with a music video featuring two children on a camping trip and the friendly animals that enjoy watching the night sky.

Dinosaurs don't go to school...but what if they did? Use Jane Yolen's book How Do Dinosaurs Go To School to explore vocabulary in context. Find this on YouTube if you don't have the text on hand. These in-text words give some...

It's the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood retold by James Marshall; scholars listen for six new words as you read: bouquet, charming, escort, horrid, tarry, and wicked. Introduce the words before reading so they can...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is the nursery rhyme about three blind mice. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.

A very happy animated boy jumps and claps while "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is sung. A short, simple video.

Various animation is shown, from jumping cartoon monkeys to a claymation-looking doctor in this fun little rhyme. See all five monkeys fall off the bed, and believe it or not, all five hit their heads.

"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is sung and animated while the words show up on the screen. It is shown twice through.

This is an interactive site intended to teach English as a foreign language to young children. It is a helpful multimedia resource for EFL teachers. There are ten themes, each with two levels of difficulty, that allow children to...