A selection of free websites for young children learning German.
These include:
Review the sites before using them in your primary classroom and
take care to supervise children online. For helpful advice, read
Becta’s
guidelines on e-safety.
English language websites
-
Germany for Kids
Section of the
German Embassy and US Consulates
General website for
children, with country information, cultural awareness,
music and recipes.
- Goethe-Institut
German cultural agency provides general support for primary
teaching and learning, including this FUNology
guide for primary teachers with fun dialogues and games
- Goethe-haus
Available from the Goethe-Institut Tokyo website, an interactive
virtual environment based on a German home.
- Hennings
House
Interactive games for young learners based on the Channel 4 series.
The Teachers’ Notes provides guidance on how to use the website in
the classroom.
- The
Voyage Kids
Interactive website for primary learners of German run by the
UK-German
Connection, a British-German bilateral project dedicated to
improving contacts between young people in Germany and the UK.
Features interactive games to practice language skills and enhance
cultural awareness.
German language websites
- Coloriage
Interactive colouring website with German colour vocabulary
- Helles Koepfchen
Games, recipes, makes, factual information and quizzes
- Junge Klassik
Information and games for children on the theme of classical music
and instruments, from the Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie
Rheinland-Pfalz
- Kidstation
Interactive children’s website from the BP group. With games,
simple animations, German dictionary of internet terms, quizzes on
transport and road safety, Cyber DJ music maker and children’s
opinion polls.
- Kinder ARD.de
Portal providing access to interactive children’s websites from
German TV and radio stations. A variety of online games and
activities.
- Kleinkind-online
German
songs, rhymes and games
- Mediterrania
Goethe-Institut website for young people, based on the story of
Homer’s ‘Odyssey’. Practices using search engines and e-mail.
- NotenMax
Children’s website all about music. Includes listening activities,
opportunities to play tunes, games, downloadable scores and lyrics
and information for schools and parents.
- SchulWeb
Web portal for schools in Germany. Search for schools by region and
type
- Die Seite mit der Maus
Interactive children’s site from German broadcaster WDR.
- zzzebra Netz
Web magazine for children with games, jokes, poems, songs, stories
and craft ideas.
Commonly-used search engines