Nowadays, in a globalized world, it is very important to learn a foreign language to find a job or even just for travelling.
We believe that introducing a foreign language is very important in preschool because children learn better a language than adults. As future teachers we have to work in that with our kids and teach english in a completely different way than in primary. We also have to try making our children to see english like a new and interesting thing to learn but never like a obligation.
The most important way for teaching a foreign language to children at preschool is using different methods, but they should be interactive, attractive, funny, easy...for our children.
We think that activities need to be centered in the learning of vocabulary, songs, series, stories, videos, painting, flashcards, short stories, speaking, listening.
We have found these links that can be used for teaching English in preschools.
APPUSERIES
That channel of youtube is for children and it contains four chapters in english whose characters are animals: an elephant and his family, a couple of giraffes, a girl and her dog, some monkeys and all of them have different adventures.
EDUCANAVE
That webpage has a lot of activities to work in the different grades of education, each grades are different islands (preschool and primary) and two more islands ( games and english) if you enter you can find activities about vocabulary, songs and stories. The quantity of activities are variety and a good way for work with children.
SESAME STREET
Another good resource that we can use for teaching English in preschool is Sesame Street (http://www.sesamestreet.org/) It is a group of muppets that teach English for little children. It is a tv programme and also you can find it online. There are games and videos on the webpage that are interesting for kids.
BRITISH COUNCIL KIDS
The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
In this webpage you can find different sections: listening and watching, reading and writing, speak and spell, grammar, kids games and one called made where you can download flashcards or crafts.
THE LITTLE ANIMALS CENTRE
In the little animals centre we can find 6 different animals and each animal contains different activities like numbers, little stories, sounds, word games, puzzles and different activities to print and to make with the children at the class.
STARFALL
That web page it’s very easy and intuitive for children and if you look for activities to learn english with numbers, vocabulary, read, sing it’s a good resource to practice this thing with preschool and first grade of primary.
Realized by:
María Parra Díaz
Inés Richmond-Hope Castro
