Mayflower College of English, Plymouth

Primary and Young Learners


  • Primary ELT---Worldwide Survey
      If you teach ELT in the primary sector, then this site is well worth a visit. It is a very extensive survey commissioned by the British Council.
  • Some Useful Links
      This is a very extensive collection of links for teachers of primary and nursery school children.
  • Longman-ELT
      Longman-elt has provided this extremely useful site for teachers of young learners. It has lots of resources, ideas, suggestions and teaching tips.
  • Primary Resources
      Although designed for native speakers, this site does have a lot of well-produced material which should be suitable for primary ELT.
  • Enchanted?...Well...Yes!!
      With super bilingual picture dictionaries (in French, German,Italian, Japanese, Portugese and Spanish), nursery rhymes and lots of general educational material, plus an excellent section on writing, this site is a must.
  • Englishclub: Children
      This is a a great fun learning site for children. It is presented at several different levels and is very engaging.
  • Pumpkin and Company
      Although designed for children and young learners, this excellent site ranges in ability from elementary to upper-intermediate and advanced.
  • Boogle's World
      Here is yet another excellent site for children and young learners. The writing section is particularly good for developing skills for discursive and argument essays for older children.
  • Children's Storybooks
      Illustrated stories for children, teenagers and young adults.
  • Dynamo Den
      In my Den you will find some fun spelling activities but also some scary things!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Funbrain.com
      Although this is a site aimed at native speakers of English, there are still some good spelling activities and word games here.