LearnEnglish Kids Newsletter

LearnEnglish Kids Newsletter November 2014 Welcome to the latest LearnEnglish Kids newsletter. VOCABULARY PRACTISE On LearnEnglish Kids we have lots of games and activities to learn and practise vocabulary.    Younger children will enjoy our Paint it, Label the picture and Find the pairs games. Older children can play our Group the words and Paint the words games to practise categorising vocabulary. For spelling, try our Balloon burst, Monkey squash and Wordsearch games. Our Tricky words section will help with difficult English spellings! Kids can also learn new words from our Word of the week videos showing children in the UK explaining the words. And just for fun, try our Wordshake game. How many words can you make in three minutes? Finally, look out for our new LearnEnglish Kids Playtime app for iOS, which will have lots of vocabulary games! The app is coming soon, so watch our parents app page where it will be launched!   BONFIRE NIGHT!  November 5th is Bonfire Night in Great Britain. It is a traditional British event which remembers a plot to blow up the English parliament in 1605. People celebrate with large bonfires and fireworks, and it is a lot of fun for kids!  Children can play our Bonfire Night game to help them learn about this celebration, and try a fireworks safety game. They can also go to our Bonfire Night Your turn, with a free printable worksheet, and tell us about special characters from history in their country.  TONGUE TWISTERS November 9th is International Tongue Twister Day. Listening to and saying tongue twisters can be a fun way for kids to improve their pronunciation.  On LearnEnglish Kids, we have many tongue twisters for children to listen to, and then they can practise saying the tongue twisters themselves. Why not practise a few together, and then ask them which one is their favourite? Children who are members can also leave comments on the tongue twisters, telling us how easy or difficult they were! All comments are moderated before being published to help keep LearnEnglish Kids a safe site for children. PARENT ARTICLES We have added two great new articles to our Helping your child section,called How to start teaching kids English at home and Motivating your child. These articles provide lots of useful ideas and advice for helping your child with their English.   We have also updated some of our other articles in this section, for example How children learn, to help you understand the learning process, and if you have older children, why not read about Using books with older children and teenagers.  If you are a teacher, our parents site is a great place to recommend to the parents of your students. As well as articles and video tips, they can find lots of resources and ask questions on our forum. Why not suggest they stay up-to-date by subscribing to this newsletter or liking our Facebook page! SOCIAL MEDIA Subscribe to our Youtube channel and check out our videos in high definition.   To be amongst the first to find out what's new, join our Facebook page!   Go to our twitter page and follow us there for even more up-to-date information about new content on the site.         Are you aged 13-17? Are you learning English? Go to our LearnEnglish Teens website to find lots of free resources to help you pass exams and have fun while you learn English online.         Are you learning English? Have a look at LearnEnglish to find lots of resources to help you practise your English.       Do you teach English? Find lesson plans, articles and more on TeachingEnglish, the website for teachers brought to you by the British Council with the BBC.     Visit our Premier Skills website to learn two of the world's global languages - English and football.         We'd love to know what you think about our site. Send us your comments at: learnenglish.kids@britishcouncil.org      The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. A registered charity: 209131 (England and Wales) SC037733 (Scotland)    www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglishkids    You have received this email because you subscribed to our electronic newsletter. If you wish to opt out of this British Council mailing list, please unsubscribe here. Our privacy and terms of use statements. Our commitment to freedom of information.

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