Resources for EAL Learners During School Closures
Websites - Interactive
https://www.brainpop.com/- Sign in for free access due to Covid-19BrainPOP Jr. andBrainPOP ELL also great!
www.eslflow.com - KS2
www.agendaweb.org - loads of options for young and old
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search -
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/
http://www.letshavefunwithenglish.com/
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/
https://www.gamestolearnenglish.com/
http://www.funenglishgames.com/ - lot of variety, good for lots of things
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/literacy.shtml - archived but has good resources
http://www.esltower.com/index.html -limited offer
http://eslkidsworld.com/ - older
http://kidseslgames.com/printables.html
https://pbskids.org/ - Videos and games
Online Books
150 online books in 30 different languageswww.worldstories.org.uk
https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html
https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/home?authCtx=U.794217314
ww.twinkl.co.uk/https://wsearch?term=ebook
readingteacher.com - free login due to Covid-19
https://bilingualkidspot.com/2019/02/19/free-online-books-for-kids/ - a list of online books
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/library-page
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/ - The International Childrens Digital Library
https://www.storylineonline.net/library/ - Stories read by authors
https://www.childrensbooksonline.org/library-translations.htm - Books in Multiple languages
http://www.storymuseum.org.uk/1001stories/
https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=el -Songs and rhymes from around the world
https://www.funbrain.com/books
https://www.storynory.com/ - Audio stories with script. KS2
https://pbskids.org/games/reading/ - reading games
https://www.readingiq.com/web/learning/#/home - levelled books online (US).
Worksheets, General resources for Teachers and Parents
Glasgow EAL Services has put together a selection of resourceshere
http://www.collaborativelearning.org/activities.html - General classroom activities adapted for EAL learners
https://www.mysalahmat.com/pages/free-downloads-1
https://www.ealhub.co.uk/ - resources for teachers
http://www.tes.co.uk/primary-teaching-resources/
https://esl-kids.com/index.html
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/
http://www.newsinlevels.com/ - current news articles. More for older children.
http://www.readwritethink.org/ -
https://www.ageoflearning.com/schools - this will be free to schools outside the US soon
General Literacy skills
https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/
Gill Education have made theirOver the Moon Literacy books/workbooks with ebooks available to the public for free for these age groups
Junior Infants (Reception), Senior Infants, First Class and Second Class (Year3).
Search here for Over the Moon.
Graphic Organisers
https://freeology.com/graphicorgs/
http://www.educationoasis.com/printables/graphic-organizers/
https://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
Youtube
Children’s songs in a variety of different languages (Babel Babies)
Book Making
https://bookcreator.com/2020/03/support-for-schools-affected-by-coronavirus/
Advice about Coronavirus in many languages
Doctors of the World (Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Dari, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Kurdish, Malayam, Mandarin, Pashto, Portuguese, Somali, Spanish, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu, Vietnamese)
Coronavirus explained in Somali
Big Leaf Foundation (Pashto, Arabic, Kurmanji, Sorani)
Coronavirus info inFarsi, Pashto, and English.
