Course: English in Early Childhood: Learning Language Through Play

In this step, we spoke to parents, educators and people who grew up with more than one language themselves. We asked them about their own experiences of growing up with …

In this step, education consultant and writer Tracey Chapelton talks about how young children acquire language. After watching this video, you will have now heard Catherine Stewart and Tracey Chapelton …

We would like you to be active in your learning, be confident to take risks and to try out your learning in your classes and interactions with the children in …

We’ve looked at how young children learn, but how do they learn best, and what does this mean for children learning English as an additional language? In this step Catherine …

You may have found the activity in the previous step a bit frustrating. In this video Catherine Stewart, Head of Early Years, British Council School, Madrid, talks about how children …

Earlier in the course we asked you to look at some descriptions of childhood development and think about the age range these statements are referring to. According to the Early …

In our experience of developing our Learning Time with Timmy English courses for 2-6-year olds we looked to formal early years education settings to develop a curriculum that focuses on …