LearnEnglish Kids Newsletter

LearnEnglish Kids Newsletter January 2016 Welcome to the latest LearnEnglish Kids newsletter. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Celebrate the start of 2016 with our Time for another year song. Children can sing along and then practise the months of the year with the downloadable worksheet. Kids can also tell us what they did for New Year's Eve on our New Year's Eve Your turn.   Many people will start 2016 by making New Year's resolutions, for example, 'This year I'm going to speak more English.' Kids can complete our new worksheet, write on the site and share their ideas on our New Year's resolutions Your turn.   Whatever your plans or resolutions, we wish you all a great 2016!   STORYTELLING WEEK National Storytelling Week starts on 30 January in the UK. On LearnEnglish Kids, we have lots of animated short stories for children to watch and read, each with a printable worksheet.   Kids can also create their own fun story with our Story maker activity. Then they can tell us about what they like reading on our Reading Your turn, and try the new downloadable worksheet.   Parents can try our English books at home and Using storybooks Top tips. Teachers might like to read an article about using the LearnEnglish Kids short stories in class on our sister site, TeachingEnglish. NEW FLASHCARDS We have added a new set of flashcards to each song in our Sounds section! These songs are all based on the UK phonics programme Letters and Sounds, which aims to develop children's listening, speaking and reading skills.    These flashcards are great for playing games both in class and at home. Take a look at our Have fun with flashcards and Play a flashcard game Top tips for parents, or watch our Memory game Video tip, for ideas for using flashcards at home.  FINDING ACTIVITIES Have you seen our topics cloud? This is one of the easiest ways to find songs, stories, games and other activities on the topic you're looking for. Just click on the word! If you are looking for a type of activity, try using the orange tabs at the top of any page. For example, you can find songs and stories under 'listen & watch', craft activities under 'make', or grammar videos and activities under 'grammar'.  We want to improve the ways you can find activities on LearnEnglish Kids. Help us to make things better by answering our poll!  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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