LearnEnglish Kids

L E A R N E N G L I S H  K I D S // Educational online Games

LearnEnglish Kids is a website of games brought by the British Council, the world's English teaching experts. They have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children to learn English just for free! For parents, they have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about face-to-face courses around the world.

There are various segments available for English learners to practice their English which are as listed below in the preview of the screen captured images:

Features: 
- A Parents section of the site which you can recommend to your learners’ parents as a great resource on how to help their children learn English at home. There are articles, video tips and top tips on how to support their child’s learning.
- A Resources page where you can find content easily by filtering according to section, level or topic.

- Facebook and the newsletter allow parents and teachers to stay in touch with LearnEnglish Kids and find out what’s new.  


Benefits in teaching: 


LearnEnglish Kids is the British Council's website for children around the world who are learning English as a second or foreign language. The site has free resources for children to use both in class and at home, either independently or with family members or friends. You can recommend activities from this site to children to do for homework, or during school holidays. You can also recommend the Parents section of LearnEnglish Kids to parents and carers of children. Such things you can do:

- In the Kids games section you will find online games and activities about topics that feature in many textbooks and syllabuses.

- In the Listen and watch section you will find animated stories and songs especially written for children. All the stories and songs have worksheets that you can download and use in the classroom. You will also find videos, and online activities designed to practise listening skills.

- In the Read and write section you will find our Your turns, pages designed to encourage children to post written contributions on the site. Many Your turns are also accompanied by worksheets that you can download to help children practise the topic. 

Teachers can find tips for using content from this site on the Teaching kids section of the British Council/BBC website TeachingEnglish.

Benefits in learning:

The whole class will enjoy watching a story – don’t forget the printable worksheets! A song is a good way to start the class, especially with younger learners. Once your learners have become familiar with several songs, you can ask them which one they would like to sing.


If you have a class computer, learners can work in small groups, and each group can take turns to be at the computer. This is a chance to differentiate according to learner needs. For example, if your topic is superheroes, show the class the 'Style a hero' activity. Highlight that they have to make choices in different categories, such as head gear and tools, then set up the groups. One group works at the computer, while the other groups plan their own superhero in their notebooks. Encourage them to use their imaginations and even go beyond the categories in the game.

Once the group at the computer is finished, the next group can come. Ideally the first group of learners at the computer should be the learners who need more support than others, so that when they return to their places, they already have useful language and ideas fresh in their minds.


Use either a time or a defined task to determine the length of each group’s turn at the computer. You could assign each member of the group a role: typist, mouse operator, reader, spell checker, timer.



How are you going to start on your own in the website?

• I want to explore the site.

- Start by trying a game, song, story or video from the homepage of LearnEnglish Kids.
- You can also click on the tabs at the top of the page to explore the different sections on our website.
- Use the ‘A-Z of Topics’ list on the right side of every page to help you find subjects that you are interested in.

- Use the search box at the top right of the page to find activities on specific topics.

• I want to learn new vocabulary.

Go to Word games to practise new words. Choose a topic then match words and pictures to learn new vocabulary.

• I want to learn about grammar.

Choose a game from the Grammar practice A-Z list to help you with English grammar. You can learn how to use English grammar in a real conversation with our Grammar videos.

• I want to read something in English.

Read a text online or download it in the Reading practice section.
To help you understand the text, do the preparation task first and then play the game or print the worksheets after you read.

You can also read along with all the Short stories as you watch online or you can print the stories too.

• I want to practise writing.

Our Writing practice section helps you write different types of texts in English. Do the preparation task, read the text, then do the activity. In our Your turn section you can write about lots of interesting topics and post your comments on the site.

• I want to practise spelling.

Watch the stories in the Spell section to find out about spelling rules, then complete the worksheet to improve your spelling. Play the games in the Tricky words section to help you learn spelling rules in English.

• I want to improve my pronunciation.

Listen to a tongue twister then try to repeat it to help you with your pronunciation. How quickly can you say it? You can also hear and practise English sounds with our stories in the Speak section.

• I want to play a game.

Have fun playing in English in our Games section. There are also games to play when you watch the songs, stories and videos and in other sections of the site too!






Here are some of the games and interface of the website:

These are the games provided and you can choose anything you like because it is fun and free of charge! Go straight to the website and I hope you enjoy learning English! Go to the website now!