Picture books
Engaging in dialogue during reading time
We often think of reading as a solitary, silent activity, but it can also be a noisy pair or group event which keeps students busy.
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Play and learn: Online games for picture books
Online games are great extensions to your online or classroom-based English lessons.
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Deborah’s dreams: how stories can make a difference
The graphic novel Jane, the Fox & Me by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault shows us that books and reading can work as protective shields, safe zones and islands of self-discovery.
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Deborah’s dreams: how stories can make a difference
The graphic novel Jane, the Fox & Me by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault shows us that books and reading can work as protective shields, safe zones and islands of self-discovery.
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24 Days of Goodness: The Helbling Young Learners Advent Reading Calendar
When you say advent and advent calendar, what’s the first thing that comes to your students’ minds?
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Using online games with young learners
As teachers, we have all used games, be they online or not, to engage and motivate our teen, adult or young learners.
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Four new titles in The Thinking Train series
We have added a brand new level F to our award-winning picture book series for young learners.
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Young learner projects for cold days and holidays
The year is coming to an end and our students are distracted by all the celebrations that this season brings so we need the most playful activities to keep the language they have learnt during the sch
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Theme-based lessons for young learners 1: Houses and homes
Among the various approaches to content-based instruction and content and language integrated learning (CLIL) some of the most effective ones seem to be theme-based and language-driven.
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Stories that support language and thinking development
A need for stories
Stories help us meaningfully organize our experiences, no matter how old we are or what language we speak.
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Seven stories for a better school day
Young children often face big questions at school.
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Beat the bullies through books: a review of Jane, the Fox & Me
I told her, You’ll see, the story ends well.
Did you have any books in your childhood and teenage years which surrounded you with a protective haze?
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