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      Teaching kids

      This part of the site is for teachers working with children. It offers a range of activities and lesson ideas which are based around online materials from the British Council's LearnEnglish Kids website. Most of the materials can be used either online or can be downloaded and used in the classroom.

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      The environment

      The environment is a rich cross-curricular resource to explore and broaden our children’s knowledge of the world and heighten their awareness of environmental issues.

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      Invent a Planet

      In the project students can find out more about all the planets, focus on one individual planet (Saturn) in a fun way, listen and/or read a story about a planet (The Cold Planet) and finally produce a creative and enjoyable piece of art work based on what they have learnt.

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      Playground

      On the British Council’s site for young learners LearnEnglish Kids you will find many activities for practising the language of the playground.

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      Superheroes

      These materials provide a rich, motivating and entertaining resource for lessons. On this page you will find tips for using and exploiting the materials in the classroom.

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      Get writing

      There are many activities on the British Council’s site for young learners which you can use with your learners to help them develop their writing skills.

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      Weather

      The weather is a fun and enjoyable topic for children. On the LearnEnglish Kids website you can find many materials to practise this topic.

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      Internet safety

      Here are some tips and ideas for using LearnEnglish Kids to raise awareness of Internet safety.

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      Using traditional songs

      You can find many traditional songs for use in the primary classroom on the LearnEnglish Kids website.

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      The alphabet

      The alphabet is one of the fundamental teaching points at primary level and needs to be frequently recycled and practised using a variety of different activities. On the LearnEnglish Kids website you will find a wide range of activities and materials for teaching and practising the alphabet.

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      Family and friends

      On the LearnEnglish Kids website you can find a variety of materials for teaching about Family and Friends.

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      Tips for using stories

      On the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - there are lots of stories which you can use to motivate your students.

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      Tongue twisters

      She sells sea shells by the sea shore. How fast can you say it without making a mistake?

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      Using LearnEnglish Kids for arts and crafts

      There are tons of things to make, as well as videos to watch on LearnEnglish Kids:

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      Using LearnEnglish Kids for listening

      Why not use the songs, stories, videos, games and tongue twisters on LearnEnglish Kids for listening practice with your young learners?

      Here are some tips and ideas on how to use LearnEnglish Kids for listening practice with your classes.

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      Using LearnEnglish Kids for whole class, group or individual work.

      Here are some tips and ideas for using LearnEnglish Kids with the whole class, with smaller groups and with pairs or individuals.

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      Ali and the magic carpet

      A great lesson plan providing ideas for using the short story 'Ali and the magic carpet' from LearnEnglish Kids

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      Dinosaur dig

      A great lesson plan providing ideas for using the short story 'Dinosaur dig' from LearnEnglish Kids

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      I can run

      A great lesson plan providing ideas for using the 'I can run' song on LearnEnglish Kids

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      Monster shopping trip

      A great lesson plan providing ideas for using the 'Monster shopping trip' short story on LearnEnglish Kids

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      Over the mountains

      A great lesson plan providing ideas for using the 'Over the mountains' song on LearnEnglish Kids 

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      vrtheblue
      Thailand
      I use this to my class . The class is joyful. It's work.
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      kathbaird
      Hong Kong
      I teach at a Kindergarten in Hong Kong and have used Memory Game with some success in my K2 class (...
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      Sally Trowbridge
      Spain

      Hi
      Because the resources on our websites are regularly updated this can sometimes mean that...
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