top of page

Learning resources

​

 

As parents and carers, we have the greatest influence on a child's developing language skills: reading bedtime stories in German, calling relations in Germany, showing German-language films, or even having a phone call with a friend while the children are nearby - these are all valuable ways of helping a child develop their German. 

​

Below we have collected a number of online resources that may help to keep German at home varied and interesting.

All age groups

​

Audible: books in German

​

A large variety of German programmes can be found in the ARD and ZDF Mediathek:

www.ardmediathek.de

www.zdf.de/kinder

​

​

Ideas for younger children

​

WDR: Der kleine blaue Elefant

​

KiGa: Ideas for parents​

​

WDR: more children's programmes 

​

NDR Märchen in leichter Sprache

​

Es war einmal der Mensch (YouTube)

​

Einfach Vorlesen (stories for young children)

​

Pixi Wissen (information programme for young children, on YouTube)

Intermediate learners

​

Anton Lern-App: https://anton.app/de/

(follows curriculum in Germany, classes 1-10)

​

WDR: Die Sendung mit der Maus (daily

episodes and more)

​

ZDF: Logo, die Kindernachrichten  (news for children)

 

NDR radio for children: Mikado

​

Planetschule: Filme für die Grundschule

​

Geolino Magazin (texts and podcasts)

https://www.geo.de/geolino/wissen

 

Was ist Was: https://www.wasistwas.de/home.html

​

https://diekurzgeschichte.de/

​

Checker Welt (incl. Coronavirus Vlog for children, Bayerischer Rundfunk)

​

WDR Neuneinhalb news reports for children

​

Mauswiesel (Bildung Hessen)

​

Bayerischer Rundfunk home learning

​

​

Music for learning German

​

Songs for younger children (YouTube)

​

Martina's Musik Mosaik (Martina Schwarz)

A series with the Hueber Verlag for learning German at home, on YouTube

 

Goethe Institut, German Pop on Spotify 

 

Deine Freunde on YouTube

​

​

More advanced learners

 

https://de.khanacademy.org/signup

 

https://schooltogo.de

 

https://www.duolingo.com/mobile

​

bottom of page