{"id":12112,"date":"2016-04-11T06:35:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T10:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/?p=12112"},"modified":"2024-10-25T17:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T21:33:19","slug":"readingforyounglearners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/readingforyounglearners\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Sites and Apps to Find Readings for Young Language Learners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reading is difficult for young language learners who are still developing literacy skills in their native language. Luckily, teachers can use websites and mobile apps \u00a0to find engaging reading materials for children.\u00a0\u00a0Different sites make\u00a0stories and articles come alive with animated characters, music, and sound effects. Teachers can find lesson ideas, quizzes, and vocabulary exercises along with the readings. Below, we have listed great\u00a0websites\u00a0and apps to help teachers find engaging reading materials for young learners. For ideas on how to effectively use these websites and apps, check out the webinar recording on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/how-to-make-reading-fun-for-young-learners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Make Reading Fun for Young Learners<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/inspiring-reading-on-mobile-devices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inspiring Reading on Mobile Devices<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agendaweb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Agenda Web<\/a> has many animated and interactive short stories for children and for very young learners.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starfall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Starfall<\/a> has tons of active readings for very young learners. Find phonics games and interactive lessons.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Learn English Kids<\/a> is a good source for finding stories for very young learners and young learners. Find printable activities, online games, and online songs to go along with the stories.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timeforkids.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TIme for Kids<\/a> has readings on important issues and current events for young learners. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeforkids.com\/news\/tfk-extra-once-upon-sign\/305846\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extras<\/a> for pdfs and lesson ideas.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsela.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Newsela<\/a> has various articles with quizzes and a writing section. Search by grade and reading level.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbeebies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC Cbeebies<\/a> has several animated short stories for learners.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a class full of iPads? Collins has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collins.co.uk\/page\/Collins+Big+Cat\/Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">8 free Big Cat books<\/a> with all kinds of helpful features- words are highlighted and read aloud, cool visuals with animation, and students have the ability to recreate the story with the same characters, scenes, and props.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Book Box<\/a> (iOS\/Android) has free animated stories for kids. Words are highlighted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading is difficult for young language learners who are still developing literacy skills in their native language. Luckily, teachers can use websites and mobile apps \u00a0to find engaging reading materials&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1943],"tags":[434,1937,1968,1938,48,813,88],"class_list":["post-12112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teach-english-with-technology","tag-apps","tag-children","tag-edtech","tag-kids","tag-mobile-learning","tag-reading","tag-young-learners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12112"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19010,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12112\/revisions\/19010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americantesol.com\/blogger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}