Teaching kids

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

New LearnEnglish Kids

We have just released a beta version of the new-look website with a more attractive design for children. You will find all the usual content on the new site, but you will also find more for children. Children will also be able to contribute content, and participate more in the site. Be one of the first people to have a look at the new LearnEnglish Kids

Visit the new Explore section to learn more about the site and remember to check out the site map.

We hope you love the new site - we do!

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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Average: 3.9 (14 votes)
Publish writing on LearnEnglish Kids  

Young learners can now publish their writing on the New LearnEnglish Kids site: http://learneng

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Average: 3.6 (16 votes)
Promoting diversity through children’s literature  

At the British Council’s Teaching Centre in Paris, as part of our holiday programme for children, we are using carefully selected storybooks from the rich world of authentic children’s literature t

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Average: 4 (7 votes)
Using videos  

You can watch videos and listen to children talk about their lives on the British Council’s NEW LearnEnglish Kids site for young learners.

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Average: 3.5 (21 votes)
Christmas  

There are lots of Christmas activities on the British Council’s site for young learners - LearnEnglish Kids - which you can use with your students during the festive season.

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Average: 3.7 (273 votes)
New LearnEnglish Kids  

LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council’s website for children who are learning English as a second or foreign language.

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Average: 3.7 (26 votes)
Real Books  

In this comprehensive series of newsletters available to download, Opal Dunn introduced readers to real books to use in the classroom and elsewhere, with recommendations and related features.

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Average: 3 (2 votes)
Halloween  

There are lots of activities for Halloween on LearnEnglish Kids, the British Council’s site for young learners, which you can use with your students to mark the occasion.

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Average: 3.6 (122 votes)
Poetry  

LearnEnglish Kids is once more running the Old Possum’s Children’s Poetry Competition in partnership with the Children’s Poetry Bookshelf.

Children aged between 7-11 years old who live outs

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Average: 3.7 (154 votes)
Magic Pencil  

The Magic Pencil exhibition and website celebrated children's book illustration and brought together the work of 13 illustrators who offered familiar as well as new and varied ways of approaching book illustration.

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Average: 2.8 (31 votes)
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