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How to help your child learn English at home
La Farga Infantil, January 2016
Our objective
To spend a nice time with our child through English, creating an affective bond with him/her.
Did you know that...?•Parents are the most important teachers•Children understand first and then speak. • Sensitive period for language learning•Have patience and keep going.•Respect their rhythm.•Focus on the success.•Don’t test them constantly.•There are different learning styles. •Get relevant materials.
Before you start…
• It will be useful to arrange a set time each evening.
•To prepare your child you may want to use fun ways to start the language session.
•The best activities are the multi-sensory ones.
•Their attention span is short in early ages, so the activities you use should be fun but brief.
•The information you use should be clear and concise.
•The vocabulary you include should be familiar to the child.
•Recognising his/her achievements continuously is very important.
Some ideas to help them learn English at home:•Read with your child and around your child.
Use books with clear images that allow your child to understand the information.
•Use games that you already have at home and play with them following the instructions in English. •Play action games.
Some ideas to help them learn English at home:
•Children can pretend to be the “English teacher” and teach parents what they have learned in English.
•Do arts and crafts in English•Describe family albums. •A magic box or bag•Play with puppets.
Some ideas to help them learn English at home:
•Listen to nursery rhymes and children’s songs, especially during key times of the day.
•Play a computer game in English•Visit websites in English.•Video: Between the ages of three and five, a
child’s attention span tends to be limited.
Interesting websites for singing songs
• https://www.youtube.com/user/SuperSimpleSongs
• https://www.youtube.com/user/LittleBabyBum
• https://www.youtube.com/user/KidsTV123
• https://www.youtube.com/user/MagicboxEngRhy
• https://www.youtube.com/show/muffinsongs
• https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChuChuTV
Interesting websites for videos, storytelling and vocabulary
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=myoxfordbabies/www.youtube.com/user/SuperSimpleSongs
www.youtube.com/results?search_query=peppa+pig+english
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