Below is a crowd-sourced compendium of resources that can be used with EAL learners at home with their parents or independently during periods of self-isolation.
Websites – Interactive
https://www.brainpop.com/– Sign in for free access due to Covid-19 BrainPOP Jr. and BrainPOP ELL is 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.
https://www.englishtools.org/en
Online Books
https://worldstories.org.uk/ - 150 online books in 30 different languages.
https://lektury.gov.pl - Polish texts taken from the Polish National Curriculum. Arranged by age phase.
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 Children's 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).
Audible has made books for children free, including in French, German, Spanish, Italian and Japanese -
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Worksheets, General resources for Teachers and Parents
http://mes-english.com/ - Flashcards, worksheets and handouts to match, phonics worksheets, classroom games, certificate templates, and other activities all ready for printing.
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/present-simple-tense/jacksons-daily-routine/123121 - Worksheets and activities for parents to use with early learners of English based around family routines.
www.learningvillage.net – EAL learning for learners in schools. Covers school specific vocabulary, as well as functional English and phonics. Fully image-based so suitable for learners of any language and SEND learners. Assessment embedded.
https://ealresources.bell-foundation.org.uk/
Glasgow EAL Services has put together a selection of resources here.
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.
Four huge lists of online classroom resources has been compiled by a NALDIC member here, here, here and here.
Science resources in Polish and English here and here.
General Literacy skills
https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/
Gill Education have made their Over 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 and other Videos
Project Alpha is educational live-streaming TV for kids in Poland (schools also out), interviews, experiments and demonstrations from music through chemistry to zoology and more.
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 in Farsi, Pashto, and English.
Find out more about how you can help EAL pupils during this challenging time by joining us for our virtual EAL Teaching and Learning: Raising Standards to Improve Outcomes Forum in June 2021.
The majority of this collection originally featured on NALDIC's EAL Journal. NALDIC have tried to arrange these thematically, but have not been able to verify every site in detail so there may be some inconsistency. Please note that NALDIC are not responsible for the content of external sites. Please check that the content is suitable for your learners first.
NALDIC would like to thank the very many members of NALDIC who have contributed to this list – as ever in times of crisis and uncertainty, community strength is all important. We want the NALDIC/EAL community to provide support and succour during these highly unusual times. Please do keep using the NALDIC forum to stay in touch with each other and to share ideas for supporting our most vulnerable children.
If you have suggestions for inclusion on this compendium, please email h.chalmers@naldic.org.uk. This is an evolving list and he would welcome additional resources.
