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Learning resources

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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. 

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

All age groups

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

 

https://www.ardmediathek.de/kinderfamilie?isChildContent

 

www.zdf.de/kinder

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Ideas for younger children

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Die Elefantenseite: https://www.wdrmaus.de/elefantenseite/

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KiGa: https://www.kigaportal.com/de

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WDR: more children's programmes 

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NDR Märchen in leichter Sprache

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Es war einmal der Mensch (YouTube)

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Einfach Vorlesen (stories for young children)

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Intermediate learners

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

(follows curriculum in Germany, classes 1-10)

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Die Maus: https://www.wdrmaus.de/filme/ (daily

episodes and more)

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ZDF: Logo, die Kindernachrichten  (news for children)

 

NDR radio for children: https://www.ndr.de/kultur/sendungen/mikado/index.html

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Planetschule: Filme für die Grundschule

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Geolino Magazin (texts and podcasts):

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

 

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

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Audio Stories: https://diekurzgeschichte.de/

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Checker Welt

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WDR Neuneinhalb news reports for children

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Mauswiesel: https://www.bildungsserver.de/onlineressource.html?onlineressourcen_id=38884

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Bayerischer Rundfunk Home Learning

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Music for learning German

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Songs for younger children: https://www.youtube.com/user/SingKinderlieder/featured

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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

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More advanced learners

 

https://de.khanacademy.org/signup

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https://www.duolingo.com/mobile

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