EAL Resources for Home Learning
Primary
- FlashAcademy® Free EAL resources
- BrainPop English Language Learners
Lots of great games and activities and tests to direct you to correct level of work
https://ell.brainpop.com/
Useful Websites
Duolingo app
Duolingo is a language learning app, that can be downloaded for free via the App Store or Google Play. It is designed as a game, to make learning fun, and is accessible to all.
LearnEnglish Kids
LearnEnglish Kids is a British Council website.
"We have lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities for children. For parents, we have articles on supporting children in learning English, videos on using English at home and information about face-to-face courses around the world."
Home | LearnEnglish Kids (britishcouncil.org)
Secondary
- FlashAcademy® Free EAL resources
Duolingo app
Duolingo is a language learning app, that can be downloaded for free via the App Store or Google Play. It is designed as a game, to make learning fun, and is accessible to all.
BBC Learning English
There lots of audio visual resources for learning English, including:
This covers simple topics like language for going to school or going to the shops and would be great for home learning either on your own or as a family.
There are lots more materials for more advanced learners too:
LearnEnglish Teens
LearnEnglish Teens is a British Council website.
"If you want to learn English while having fun, this free website is just for you. LearnEnglish Teens can help improve your English with reading, writing and listening practice, tips for exams, grammar and vocabulary exercises, games and videos."
British Council LearnEnglish Teens | Free resources for teens to help improve your English
Useful Websites
Starter Pack
Colours
My Feelings
- About My Feelings
- My Feelings games and roleplay
- The Feelings song
- The Feelings song - activities
This is a useful video for learning the names of emotions, and how to talk about them. Why not learn the words to the song with your child so that you can sing it with them (a great way of building core vocabulary). Translate the words for the emotions into your first language so that you can be sure that your child understands the meanings of the words. Try to ask your child "how are you feeling" in English and get them to respond with "I am feeling ________ today. Follow this with "How did you feel yesterday?" and get them to respond "I felt _______ yesterday"
Key vocabulary and learning:
- Happy, sad, cry, laugh, feelings, excited, mad, worried, nervous, surprised.
- "How are you feeling?" "I am feeling ________ today"
- "How did you feel yesterday?" "I felt ______ yesterday"
The Face and Body
Hello
- Hello song
This is a good video for very early English learners, which will give your children the vocabulary to say "hello" and "how are you".
Learn the song with your child and sing along to it. Practice the greetings whenever somebody new comes into the room. Translate the greetings "Hello" and "How are you?" into your first language so child knows what they mean. Practice responding to "How are you?" you could do this with soft toys or dolls if you don't have very many real people to practice with.
Key vocabulary and learning:
- Hello
- How are you?
- I am great, I am fine, I am very well today
- I am hungry, I am tired, I am not so good today
School
- The School day
- What is in a classroom
- Classroom wordsearch
- Furniture in a classroom
- Furniture wordsearch
- How we learn
- Subjects we may learn
Grammar
EAL Support for BBC Bitesize Activities
- Y4: Exploring Fronted Adverbials
- Y4: Coordinating Conjunctions
- Y5: Using Setting Descriptions
- Y5: Using Prepositions in Setting Descriptions
- Y5: Modal Verbs
- Y6: Using Relative Clauses
Grammar Activities
- Verbs
- Verbs activities
- Action Verbs
- Action Verbs activities
- 40 Most common verbs matching activity
- Imperative verbs activity
- Verbs activities
- Present progressive verbs
- Present progressive verbs activities
- Past simple tense
- Past simple tense activity
- Past tense irregular verbs
- Past tense irregular verbs activities
- Past tense irregular verbs: Fill the gaps
- Future simple tense
- Future simple tense activities
- Personal pronouns
- Personal pronouns activity
- Prepositions of place
- Preposition of place picture cards
- Preposition video with song
- Song activities
In, On, Under – This is a good video for practising in, on and under. Use it to help your child learn about the concepts of in, on and under, and then practice finding and placing objects around the home. Watch the video with your child and practice repeating the phrases "It's on the ______", "It's under the _______" and "It's in the ______"
Sing along with the song
Practice hiding objects in a room and asking your child to find them, telling them "It's in/on/under the ______"
You could extend this game when your child gets good at it by hiding things around the house and saying "It's in/on/under the ______ in the [room]"
Use every opportunity to ask your child to get objects from around the house to practice using the in/on/under vocabulary.
This is also really useful for practicing the names of unfamiliar objects.
Key vocabulary and learning:
- In, on, under.
- "It's in/on/under the ______" "where is the ______?" "Can you get me the ______? It's in/on/under the _______" - Question words
- Question words activities
- Nouns
- Nouns activities
- Adjectives 1
- Adjectives 1 activities
- Adjectives 2
- Adverbs
Vocabulary/Spellings Activities
CVC words
- CVC Words - Reading Comprehension
- CVC Words - Matching Game 1
- CVC Words - Matching Game 2
- Picture Pairs for Matching Game 1
- Picture Pairs for Matching Game 2
Vocabulary/Spellings activities
Topics
Animals
- Key words picture cards: At The Zoo
- Zoo Animals table
- At The Zoo activity
- About My Cat
- Describing Animals
- Large Blue Butterfly reading comprehension
- Farm Animals - Lazy Ozzie
- Animals on the Farm
- Animal board game
- 'What Animal Am I?' riddles
- What Is It? song
- What is It? song - activities (PAGE CAN'T BE FOUND)
Calendar, Seasons and Weather
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Days of the Week song - activities
Learning the days of the week is really useful for children who are getting a bit better with their English, since it gets them ready for learning about past and future tenses.
Watch the video and practice singing along with the song.
Translate the names of the days of the week into the child's first language so that they are familiar with the concept of the days of the week.
Practice asking your child "what day is it today?" and getting them to reply "It's ______ today".
- You can begin to introduce past and future once they're confident with "what day is it today" by asking "what day will it be tomorrow?". Response should be "It's ______ tomorrow"
- You could extend this further for confident children by asking questions about what they want to eat or do, for example "What do you want for tea on Thursday?" "Would you like to go to the park on Sunday?"
Key vocabulary and learning:
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
- "What day is it today?" "It's ______ today" "What day is it?" "It's _____ today"
Reading Comprehension
Clothes
Food
- Fruit and Vegetable riddles
- About Meals of the Day
- Meals of the Day activities
- Coins Matching activity
- Roleplay: In the Restaurant
- About Food
- Food activity
- Food board game
- About Healthy Eating
- Healthy Eating matching and sorting cards
- Healthy Eating wordsearch 1
- Healthy Eating wordsearch 2
- Healthy Eating wordsearch 3
Holidays and Leisure
- About Holidays
- On the Beach matching cards
- On the Beach picture cards
- On the Beach word cards
- On the Beach wordsearch
- Camping matching cards
- Camping picture cards
- Camping word cards
- Camping wordsearch
- In the Mountains matching cards
- In the Mountains picture cards
- In the Mountains word cards
- In the Mountains wordsearch
- Holidays sentence structures
- About Hobbies
- Hobbies matching cards
- Hobbies picture cards
- Hobbies word cards
- Hobbies wordsearch
House
- Houses - pictures
- Houses - words
- Houses - matching activity
- Houses - bingo cards
- Houses wordsearch
- Parts of the house song
- Parts of the house song - activities
This is a great video for learning about the rooms in the house. Don't worry if your house doesn't have some of the rooms in the video, just use the ones you've got, and if you visit somebody who has a room you don't have, use the opportunity to see if your child remembers what it's called.
Practice repeating the names of the rooms in the video as it plays.
Walk around your house and try to remember the English name of each of the room.
Play "hide and seek" with a toy or other object. Go off and hide it somewhere and then tell your child "It's in the ______" – then get them to go and find it. Then let them hide the object and tell you which room it is in.
You could make hide and seek more complicated when your child gets good at the game by using a few different objects, and asking them "Can you find the ______? It's in the ______" to help your child learn the names of new objects.
Use any opportunity to use the names of the rooms in your house: "Let's cook lunch in the kitchen" "Let's watch television in the living room" etc.
Key vocabulary and learning:
Bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, living room, toilet, office, dining room, hallway, attic, garage. - About a House
- House activities
- House wordsearch
- About Rooms
- Rooms activities
- About a Kitchen
- About a Bathroom
- House game board
- What can we find on the outside of a house?
- Different types of houses and homes
Jobs
People who help us
Reading Comprehension
My Family / People
My Family
- About My Family
- My Family photo cards
- My Family word cards
- What Do Families Like to Do Together?
- My Family activities
- My Family wordsearch
- My Family - creating sentences
- My Family game board
People
- About Describing People
- Describing People flashcards
- Describing People matching activities
- Describing People activities
- Describing People's Character presentation
- Describing People's Character flashcards
- Describing People's Character matching activities
- Describing People's Character wordsearch
- Describing People's Character - creating sentences
Sports
Transport
Reading Comprehension
True Stories
- Amineh
- Jehad and Becky
- J. K. Rowling
- Lise Meitner
- Malakeh
- Middle Eastern dominoes
- Middle Eastern food pictures and labels
- Mo Salah
- Edith Cavell
- Florence Nightingale
- comprehension
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Comprehension
- CVC words
- Large Blue Butterfly
- Emma's Week
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter
- Catching Pheasants (Danny the Champion of the World)
- Common Frogs and Toads
Science
Healthy Eating
- About Healthy Eating
- Healthy Eating matching and sorting cards
- Healthy Eating wordsearch 1
- Healthy Eating wordsearch 2
- Healthy Eating wordsearch 3
Minibeasts
Rocks, Soils and Fossils
Rainforests
Yr1 Everyday Materials
Yr2 Animals and their habitats
Yr3 Plants
EAL Support for BBC Bitesize Science Activities
Lower Key Stage 2
- Digestive System and Teeth Bitesize supplementary lesson
- Friction Bitesize supplementary lesson
- Vertebrates and Invertebrates Bitesize supplementary lesson
- Food Chains Bitesize supplementary lesson
- Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Bitesize supplementary lesson
Upper Key Stage 2
- Reversible and Irreversible Changes Bitesize supplementary lesson
- The Circulatory System Bitesize supplementary lesson
- Features of Sound Bitesize supplementary lesson
- Magnets Bitesize supplementary lesson
Science & Technology
History
Mayans
The Romans
- About the Romans
- Picture Cards
- Word Cards
- Matching Cards
- The Romans word searches - EASY
- The Romans word searches - MEDIUM
- The Romans word searches - TRICKY
Ancient Egypt
Vikings
Victorians
- About Victorians
- Translation
- Toys - rich or poor
- Matching cards
- Wordsearch
- Rich or poor 1
- Rich or poor 2
- Clothing - men
- Clothing -women
- Colouring sheets
- Answers
Anglo Saxons
- About Anglo Saxons
- What did Anglo Saxons grow?
- What did Anglo Saxons have?
- What did Anglo Saxons like and use?
- What did Anglo Saxons wear?
- Where did Anglo Saxons live?
- Quiz
- Anglo Saxon place names
- Anglo Saxons place names in Lancashire
Edith Cavell
Florence Nightingale
Yr1 The Great Fire of London
- About the Great Fire of London
- Activities
- Wordsearch - Great Fire of London
- Wordsearch - London Landmarks
Free Access to Crick Software for Schools
Many children do not currently have access to educational software at home, and this will be particularly important for learners who usually benefit from additional reading and writing support when at school.
Therefore, Crick Software would like to offer every school free access for their pupils and teachers to use on their home devices. Choose from:
- Clicker for primary schools – works on iPad, Chromebook, Windows & Mac.
- DocsPlus for secondary schools – works on Chromebook, Windows & Mac.
If this would be of help to you or to any of the organisations that you work with, simply complete this access request form and we will be in touch with your access codes and installation instructions. Feel free to pass my email on to any of your schools or contacts.
Bilingual Home Reading Offer - Many languages
The Kitabu dual-language ebook Library is the world's largest interactive ebook range and growing. Every book has audio in the Home Language (eg Arabic, Polish, etc) and in English. There are videos and activities to go with this.
If families email: info@mantralingua.com
and ask to access Covid-19 Home-Reading FREE Offer
Translated messages explaining school closure
We have translated the following message into a number of languages for schools to use:
Dear Parents/Carers,
The schools are closing from Friday 20 March after school for foreseeable future .They will be sharing work electronically for pupils to complete at home and they will be using emails to communicate with parents. As much as possible, all pupils should establish good routines and be working on their home learning during school hours.
Please can you:
· Create a special place for school work to be carried out during the day.
· Minimise disruptions and ensure that the television is not on.
· Create set times for work, allowing breaks and set eating times which is done away from class work.
Please contact your child's school if your child is unable to complete the work.