How to organize classes for teaching a child English? English for kids. How to start language learning

Hello! Dear readers! Remember the famous method of learning English from Dr. Pimsleur? So, brilliant parents and children are born talented. His daughter, Julia Pimsleur Levine, followed in her father's footsteps and in 2007 created and released the Little Pim video English course for children. The course very quickly became one of the most popular, and numerous copies were literally snapped up from store shelves. English for toddlers with little PIM

The fact is that the program of this unique technique is designed for the smallest - from 0 to 6 years. That is, from infants to preschoolers, they can use this course for a quick, interesting and effective study of the English language. The Little Pim course currently contains 3 thematic parts:

1. Eating and Drinking (About drinks and food)
2. Wake Up Smiling (Wake up and smile)
3. Playtime (Time for fun and games)

All three parts of the program for the smallest children "Little Pim" are completely in English. Each part of "Little Pim" contains 7 episodes, lasting about 5 minutes. In total, each disc lasts no more than 40 minutes. During this time, children get the opportunity to get acquainted with about 60 of the most common new words and phrases that are often used in everyday life.

"Little Pim" helps kids

Animated educational lessons through the lips of little Pim - a funny cartoon panda, talk about everyday, everyday activities (bathing, eating, playing, personal hygiene) and surrounding objects and things in a playful way. Little Pim gratefully accepts help from other real life little helpers.

When the characters say a new word, you can see its graphic spelling in English on the screen. The Little Pim bear cub attracts the attention of the youngest children to video and audio information, and the little student, without realizing it, memorizes a lot of new expressions in English. For children, this form of presenting new material is the most understandable and accessible for learning.

Small video series of the "Little Pim" course, a lot of bright and vibrant colors, unobtrusive music in the background keep children interested in the program. With regular revision of the series, the English vocabulary contained in the course is easily absorbed by children and their parents. Therefore, watch the learning video with your baby and learn the language together.

Watch for free online all parts of the English video course for children "Little Pim" on our website:

Eating and drinking

Wake Up Smiling

play time

Enjoy and fruitful viewing to you and your children! Good luck!

This article was conceived by me just during the long-awaited summer holidays and vacations. “Education is hard work, and in the summer you should take a break from studying.” Here is the stereotypical opinion that has developed among the majority.

But education, early development, and in particular the learning of a foreign language by children under the age of three can be viewed differently. You can continue to “evolve” and “learn” without weekend breaks. In any weather, at any time of the year, everywhere, on the street, in the country, at the resort, on the train ...

The English language that will be discussed, my one-year-old baby and I began to master without exhausting cramming and class schedules, without tutors, sunbathing on the beach or walking on playgrounds.

Why do kids under three years old need English?

Opponents of early learning a foreign language believe that this can cause speech delay, speech therapy and other problems. Without weighing indefinitely all the existing pros and cons, I will point out two main reasons that prompted me to resolve this issue positively.

1. Teaching a child a foreign language up to three years is much easier than an older child (I was convinced of this from personal experience).
2. Learning a foreign language, and even with a baby, is incredibly interesting! The child is madly in love with it and causes a flurry of positive emotions, of course, subject to certain conditions.

Learning is not a burden, but a joy

In order not to deviate too much from the main topic, I will outline the most significant provisions point by point, which help to make “classes” in a foreign language as exciting and productive as possible.

1. Positive thinking and belief in the limitless creative and mental possibilities of man.
2. The absence of any violence, including in the form of coercion, rigid programs and class schedules, attempts to obsessively ask questions and “pull out” answers to check what has been learned, and so on. Even artfully veiled pressure or the intention to force one to study can cause a negative reaction that does not go away for a long time and weaken emotional contact. This rule is almost impossible to implement in early development groups, which require at least a schedule of classes. The smaller the child, the more unacceptable pressure on him! Here it is reasonable to assume that if the parents fully comply with this rule, the children will not study at all, so I will dwell on the next point 3 in a little more detail.
3. Parental sensitivity and pedagogical insight, that is, the ability to notice what the child is currently showing interest in, respond in a timely manner to the needs of the baby / baby, and, using all their intellectual baggage, turn this seemingly fleeting manifestation of simple children's curiosity into an exciting “occupation” .
4. The willingness and desire of the parents themselves to develop and learn. It is impossible to grasp the immensity. And yet - if you do not know how to teach a child to draw - buy a suitable drawing book for the little ones. We decided to study a foreign language with your child - enroll in courses yourself ... Look for and try different options, create, learn! Your efforts will not be in vain, because the willingness of parents to learn and develop will help today's kids grow up to be socially active and creative people.
5. Ability to praise

Many adults are big fans of criticism and teaching. Praise is another important skill to learn. You can express your approval to the child wordlessly, with the help of words and in a complex way.

Wordless praise can include not only a banal pat on the head, but also applause, handshakes, kisses, whirling, hugs and tossing.

You can learn to express your delight with gestures from a boxer who won a duel, a cyclist who won a race, a football player who scored a goal, in general, from athletes, or, for example, from an expert from “What? Where? When?", which gave the correct answer to a difficult question.

Praise, expressed in words, does not have to be like a panegyric. Often limited to the words "well done" or "clever" and this is quite enough. In different situations, you can use other expressions and exclamations: Russian “Wow! How brave/smart you are!”, “How clever/smart you are!”, “You did well!”, “I can’t believe it!”, “Brilliant!”, “Keep it up!”, or the English “Well done!” , “Good job!”, “You're golden!”, “I knew, you could do it!”, “You're perfect!”, “You're the best!”, “You're the champion! ”, “Excellent!” and a host of others.

Comprehensive praise refers to the simultaneous use of gestures, actions and words.

Of course, all of the above provisions relate to education and developmental education in general, but let's move on directly to the issues of learning English.

Principles of teaching English to children from 0 to 3 years

The main principles of training are:

• maintaining the physical and mental health of children;
• taking into account the peculiarities of the psychological development of children under three years of age, the visual-effective nature of the thinking of children of a given age (that is, knowledge of the world around us occurs in the process of real object manipulations), and the leading type of activity (which is an object-manipulative game).
• compliance of the educational material with the level of anatomical, physiological, mental and mental development of children;
• accessibility and visibility;
• communicative orientation;
• personal orientation;
• interconnected / integrated training in the types of speech activity, listening, speaking

Learning objectives

The purpose of teaching English to children aged 0 to 3 years is to promote the full, timely development of the child, the development of his intellectual, emotional and social spheres in the process of mastering the basics of English communication.

The practical goal of training is the formation of elementary English-speaking communicative competence. The communicative competence of a child under three years of age is formed as speech, language and sociocultural competences develop. Speech competence implies the mastery and development of listening and speaking skills. This is nothing more than the ability to adequately and appropriately use the language in specific situations. Language competence combines phonetic, lexical and grammatical competences. Sociocultural competence includes country-specific and linguistic-cultural competences.

Thus, the practical goal of teaching English to children from 0 to 3 years old involves mastering children's listening and speaking skills, sufficient to either adequately respond to what they hear, or make verbal contact with the interlocutor, keep up the conversation, receive and transmit elementary information. related to the content of children's communication, end communication, etc., and not just pronounce some words or phrases in English.

Learning objectives

• purposefully teach communication in English within those areas of communication that are associated with the world of early childhood;
• to acquaint children with the elements of the English-speaking socioculture;
• develop a positive attitude towards the environment.

Where to begin?

If you decide to study with your child a second language that is generally alien to your native culture, the first thing you need to do is to artificially create a different language environment and learn to feel comfortable in it. Young children do just fine without having to explain the rules of grammar or phonetics. And the only way to form cognitive motives and interest in a foreign language in children under three years of age is the interweaving of these motives and interests in an object-manipulative game and the visual-effective nature of the presentations of language samples.

Teaching English to children under three years of age begins with the formation of the ability to perceive English speech by ear. Listening is not only the perception of messages, but also the preparation in inner speech of a response to what is heard. Listening prepares speaking, it contributes to the mastery of the sound side of the language, phonemic composition, intonation, speech patterns.

While playing with a small child, we quite often imitate the clatter of hooves, the barking of a dog, the buzz of a bee, etc. In the same way, you can try to “present” the sounds of the English language (there are 44 sounds in English, 20 vowels and 24 consonants). The number of sounds and the duration of the “presentation” itself should be chosen according to the principle of parental sensitivity, you should see if the child likes it or not. In this way, the phonetic competence of the child will be gradually formed. If you are not sure about pronunciation, or are not at all familiar with the sound composition of the language being studied, take as many lessons from a specialist as you need for this.

The child should often hear English speech, children's songs, rhymes, fairy tales in English.

What materials to use?

Anything, as long as they come from the country whose language you are learning, and if they are connected to the world of childhood. These are toy books, fairy tales, alphabet books, music discs, cartoon or movie discs, and other video or audio resources from the Internet.

When selecting materials, take into account the age of the child - for infants, English nursery rhymes and simple English songs are more suitable, and video materials can be offered to older children.

Many rhyming rhymes are ready-made finger, gesture or other active educational games. They can be found on English-language sites, or, for example, in youtube. Just type in any search engine the name of the poem / song you are looking for and choose any option you like.

The work on the verse is carried out in several stages:

• preliminary study of lexical and grammatical material (performed by the parent);
• study of difficult words in pronunciation, intonation, rhythm (performed by the parent)
• expressive reading of the rhyme aloud (performed by the parent);
• primary listening to a rhyme by a child, with visual-effective support, for example, on a drawing or visual actions;
• consolidate understanding of the content;
• memorize the rhyme;
• show the child a finger or gesture game based on the content of this rhyme, and periodically invite the child to play it, but, I will not tire of repeating, in suitable situations or when the child himself wants to play it; Depending on age, the listed activities can be performed by the parent or by the child himself.
• repeat the rhyme in real life situations

Modern collections such as "Songs of Mother Goose" / Mother Goose Books include more than 700 children's poems, songs, rhymes, riddles and tongue twisters.

In the first three years of life, it is quite possible to master 100 or more of these rhymes or songs. With frequent listening, singing or reading, these rhymes and songs are easy to memorize and use at the right time.

For example, when you put your baby to bed, you can rock him in your arms and read a rhyme / sing the song Rock-a-bye, Baby, and with the final words Down will come baby, cradle and all, imitate a smooth fall and lower the child into the crib. When your child jumps in the crib, you can read Three Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. When you feed ducks in a pond, you might think of the rhyme Bread for the Ducks. While playing ball, repeat Here's a Ball for Baby. And toes can be counted with the rhyme Five Little Pigs / This Little Pig Went to Market, etc.

Here is a small list of resources that may be useful for children under three years old:

• Blue's Clues
• Dr. Seuss's ABC book/DVD
• Postman Pat
• Dora the Explorer
• www.kneebouncers.com
• www.mingoville.com (interactive online learning game, very useful for parents who are not confident in their English)
• www.storynory.com (audiobooks for children are read by professional speakers, native speakers, useful for introducing children to the melody of English speech, intonation, pronunciation)

Simple, interesting and well-illustrated material, children under three years of age swallow, digest and assimilate at an incredibly high speed and demand more and more! And if we want a child to become fluent in a foreign language, it is necessary to speak with him in this language.

What should I say?

Say only what you know for sure. The main language functions at the initial stage are greetings (Hello / Hi!), In the morning (Good morning!), Good night wishes (Good night!), Farewell (Bye-bye / Goodbye / See you / See you later), which you you can pronounce, leaving somewhere; declaration of love (I love you); the ability to ask for something (Give me, please), the ability to name an object, perform an action, etc. That is, it is necessary to constantly acquaint children with speech patterns, but always in situations suitable for this.

Never learn individual words. Learn phrases. For example, instead of teaching your child just the word rattle, say This is a rattle or Shake this rattle, Give me, please, your rattle. your rattle”, What a wonderful rattle! / “What a wonderful rattle!”, Where's your rattle? / “Where is your rattle?” etc.

There is no great need for the formation of a clear vocabulary and a strictly thematic presentation of material when teaching English to children under three years old. “Learn” the names of food products while eating or going to the food market, the names of animals - where they meet you, that is, at home, on the street, in the zoo, in the village; names of plants - at flower stalls, in the square, park, botanical garden; clothes and shoes - during dressing; bath accessories - in the bathroom or pool; dishes - in the kitchen, etc.

The fastest children "learn" family members and the names of body parts (they are always with us).

Given the visual-effective nature of the thinking of children of this age, “learn” the English verbs crawl - when you crawl, hug - when you hug a child, tickle - when you tickle a baby, swing - when you swing with him on a swing, read - when you give him read something, sing - when you sing, walk - when you walk, etc. How to use these verbs? Children under three years of age are not burdened by the burden of past years and thoughts about the past and future. They live in the present moment. Therefore, the Present Continuous is perfect for our purposes: Oh, my! You're humming/smiling/ dancing/ talking! (Just think! You're humming/smiling/dancing/talking!)

Add variety to your speech by using the imperative mood: Look out! / Beware!, Wake up! / Wake up!, Don't touch it! / Don't touch it!, Look at me! / Look at me! Let's go for a walk!, Let's read your favorite book!/Let's read your favorite book!, Let him pass!/ Put it on!/ Put it on!, Take it off/ Take it off! and etc.

You can enter into speech the modal verb can / be able to be able to: You can walk / run / speak / Can you walk / run / speak ... and interrogative and longer affirmative sentences: Are you hungry / thirsty? / Do you want to eat / drink ?, What are you doing?, You're clapping your hands/ stamping your feet/riding a pony/ kicking the ball!

Later, learn to give more detailed explanations of the “learned” words, objects and actions: A dog is an animal with four legs, fur and a tail / A dog is an animal with four legs, fur and a tail. For this purpose, you can use English children's explanatory dictionaries.

What is important in this case is not the number of foreign words and speech patterns. The child needs to see with his own eyes, feel or even gnaw all the “learned” nouns with adjectives, and the verbs, phrases and clichés used in the conversation must exactly correspond to each specific situation.

Preschoolers 5-6 years old have long counted all the fingers and toes, learned and touched a lot, gained experience and even complexes. It is much more difficult to arouse interest and motivation in them than in children under three years old, when everything happens, meets and is learned spontaneously and for the first time. This is one of the main advantages of early learning a foreign language.

The role of music in learning a foreign language

The role of music in learning a foreign language is invaluable. Music and singing attract the attention of the child, develop his ability to listen, sense of rhythm, auditory-motor coordination.

Listen to children's English music CDs as often as possible. Learn each song step by step, just like a rhyme (read the previous chapter). In two years of regular listening to different melodies and texts, you will learn how to hum them yourself in suitable situations:

• Deedle, Deedle, Dumpling - when your child, without undressing and without taking off his shoes, tries to fall asleep in the crib;
• I'm a Little Tea-Pot - when a kettle is boiling in your kitchen;
• Happy Birthday - during birthday celebrations;
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - while contemplating the starry sky;

Many of the children's English songs are also gesture or other movement games and can be easily staged. Working with such songs contributes to the development of speech skills, polishes pronunciation, improves the expressiveness of speech, or simply improves mood and develops motor activity.

Do you need to translate?

Once I met a mother who, showing a small child some object or thing, for example, a sock, called him in two languages ​​at once - Russian and English (“sock / a sock).

All competent foreign language courses are taught from the very beginning in the target language. Attempts to translate everything at once and all slow down the process of assimilation of new words and expressions. Toddlers under three years old do not yet distinguish between languages ​​and certainly do not need translation.

When and how much to "do"?

We started to “learn” English when my little girl understood her native speech well and already knew how to pronounce a few simple words like “mom”, “dad”, “lyalya”, “aunt”, “uncle”.

If we express in percentage terms the use of English and native languages ​​in the process of communication, including listening and reading, then in our case Russian speech will gain an average of 90%, English - 10%.

The duration of stay in the "foreign" language environment ranged from one minute to 3 hours a day.

The words "study" or "engage" are specially enclosed in quotation marks. In fact, there is no need to arrange "lessons". It is necessary to live with everyday affairs, and the time and topics for playing with a child should be chosen according to the principle of parental sensitivity. The duration of communication, listening, reading or video viewing should be determined by the interests and desire of the child and not harm his health.

The main thing is that this happens regularly and without long breaks, and the sounds, words, speech patterns, songs and rhymes presented to the child should be often repeated, but, I will not tire of reminding you, only in situations suitable for this.

results

What can a three-year-old child from a Russian family say in English? I will give some typical examples from the English speech of my three-year-old daughter, from the notes preserved in my diaries.

1. After the next visit to the zoo, she, having bent over funny, came up to me importantly and said: I’m a peacock. “I am a peacock,” and, noticing a wooden stick lying nearby, she immediately picked it up, put it behind her and quickly added: And it’s my tail. “And this is my tail.”
2. In the morning he comes to my bed, wakes me up, pulls my pillow over himself with a laugh: Good morning, mummy! Get up! I want to take a shower. This pillow is not yours! It's mine! "Good morning, mommy! Get up! I want to take a shower. This is not your pillow! She is mine!".
3. Diving into a filled bathroom: One, two, three, dive! Look, I'm diving. “One, two, three, dive in! Look! I'm diving!
4. About sour milk: This milk is off! Just smell it! “This milk has gone sour. Just smell it!”
5. Pushing the rubber mouse under the sofa: Look! The mouse is hiding in the hole. "Look, the little mouse is hiding in a mink."
6. After watching the movie "Shrek" (we watched this movie only in English), puffing out our cheeks and flapping our arms like wings: Mum, let's pretend that you're a donkey and I'm a fire-breathing dragon. I'm going to fly. see you later! “Mom, let's pretend that you are a donkey and I am a fire-breathing Dragon. I'm going to fly! Till!"
7. I try to get her to have breakfast, she replies very decisively: I’m not hungry. I won't have breakfast. " I'm not hungry. I won't have breakfast."
8. At a picnic, I found a secluded spot in the bushes and intends to take a toy elephant there: This is my personal cave. I'll bring my elephant into my cave. (to the elephant) Don't be afraid, Elephant, you're in good hands. “This is my personal cave. I will take my elephant to the cave. Don't be afraid, Elephant, you're in safe hands."

As you can see from these examples, the first results of English classes with children under three years old can appear just in time for three years, if you started studying from a year or earlier.

Three to six

When my daughter was three years old, I had to graduate from high school and get a job. There was less time for classes with the child, and we assigned her to kindergarten. They just periodically found the opportunity to read English books, watch English cartoons or listen to their favorite fairy tales in English, usually before going to bed.

English at school

I felt the real results of our "classes" when my daughter went to school. Despite the fact that she was seriously interested in sports, and this caused some damage to her academic performance, and she did not become a straight A student (she is a stable A student), her English grade has always been excellent.

She reads well, memorizes and retells texts and dialogues, perfectly translates from English into Russian and vice versa. She writes her own stories in English very well. At the same time, I never resorted to the help of tutors (on which we saved a lot of money), and I never helped her with school English.

Sometimes she complained that English lessons at school were boring for her, but this did not turn into a tragedy. In school English lessons, she nevertheless studied transcription signs, the rules of reading and writing, in general, everything that is inappropriate to do in early preschool childhood.

At the end of the third grade, she, without any preparation (!) Together with the fifth graders (!) passed the Cambridge exam for knowledge of the English language (Movers level) at the local British center. Passed excellent.

I hope our example will inspire many parents! I sincerely wish you good luck!

I would like to devote this article of my blog to the topic of English for the smallest kids. Many parents believe that if they themselves do not speak English or do not know it at a sufficient level, as it seems to them, then their crumbs are not necessary, in any case, in the future, studying with tutors and teachers at school, he will be able to achieve results in this area.

However, they do not think about a very important point, which was mentioned in their writings by Masaru Ibuka and Shichida, famous innovators in the field of early childhood development. I'll tell you what the point is.

Each language has its own wave frequency. The languages ​​of the European group are next to each other in frequency, the Russian language is close to Ukrainian and Belarusian, but Chinese and Japanese are on a completely different level.

Initially, when a child up to a year old hears the voices of parents and the voices of other people, he can only distinguish between different levels of sound waves and may try to adapt to any of the waves heard above. When a child begins to speak, he has already fully adjusted to the wave of the sound of his parents' voice, thereby choosing the language that will be considered his native language. If he has multilingual parents, then the baby will speak fluently in 2 languages ​​and will consider them native.

Therefore, Shichida and Masaru Ibuka advise from the very birth of a child to include in his life different languages, especially difficult to understand and different in frequency from the Russian language.

While the baby's brain is growing intensively and absorbing all the information that surrounds him, with special effort, be sure to fill his life with English, and if possible, other languages.

How to get started with the little ones?

Audio

When the baby is 2-3 months old, you can slowly include English in his life. Start with simple musical lullabies, poems, simple dialogues in English. From time to time turn on music, dialogues, songs, poems, videos or cartoons: let them go in the background. The kid will listen and tune in to the frequency of the sound of the English language. For example, here you can download a good CD with songs in English - click on the picture:

Very good disk and books with assignments:

Video for babies up to a year

When a child reaches 1 year old or so, books, flashcards, and the first small cartoons and video programs teaching English can be included in his life. Here you can download Your Baby Can Read discs for free, developed by the American doctor Robert Titzer. Three parts are laid out on the rutracker. There are 5 parts in total, they are also offered cards with words and pictures for video recording.

The film itself is intended for kids from 3 months to 5 years. From my personal experience, I advise you to start watching a video film no earlier than 6 months.

In addition, do not watch the entire video film at once, but in small pieces during the day. Each disc is intended for daily viewing for 1-2 months, depending on the comprehensibility of the material by the baby. You can check the results on the cards that are attached to these discs. You can download free CDs with English for kids here - click on the picture:

Cards

From the age of 1, I also advise you to buy or purchase the simplest cards in English.

Similar cards can be downloaded and printed on my website. For example, these are.

For example, these cute cards with words in pictures in English for kids are sold in the Labyrinth - click on the picture to learn more about this product in the store:

Include picture cards with the English alphabet in your English lessons. They can be downloaded for free on my website. Click on the link to select the desired cards, where available.

Learn colors

Presentations for the little ones

There are also very good English slides for toddlers on a disc called Baby Prodigy. English for little ones in pictures download, free of charge here:

Books and poetry

From about 1.5 - 2.5 years old, include fairy tales, in English for kids.

For example, the Labyrinth sells a very good series of Russian folk tales and other simple stories in English for kids. The books are called Reading Together. I have been reading these books to my daughter since she was 1.5 years old. She still asks me to read them from time to time and knows them almost by heart. You can buy books here - click on the pictures below. The books are inexpensive and very useful. You can also buy CDs for these fairy tales, which are read by professional announcers in English especially for children. You can buy this disc here.

You can also buy CDs for these fairy tales, which are read by professional announcers in English especially for children. You can buy such a disc here - click on the picture below:

Top 50 English Songs

Video materials for children from 1.5-2 years old

From about 2 years old, I advise you to supplement your English classes with various videos in English for kids - these can be various cartoons, tutorials, video lessons, songs and much more. From what my daughter likes to watch, I would like to highlight:

Magic English

Magic English - English lessons for little ones:

Here and disks, and books, and interactive tasks. Peppa Pig - English cartoons for the smallest kids - click on the picture to download for free.

Baby Jake - cartoons and videos in English about 11 month old baby Jake. Click on the picture to download English for little ones for free: English for kids - cartoons little Pim (about panda). You can download here:

Songs and poems are very important for children's perception of the English language. With an older baby, you can memorize short rhymes in English. For example, you can learn or sing songs and poems "Good night" in English with your baby. Surely the child is already familiar with the song "Good night" in Russian, which is present in the program "Good night, kids." You can take an analogue of a song in English and sing it: the music and verses of Good Night will already be familiar.

Educational literature for little ones

For children from 4 to 6 years old there is a very good series of English books for kids by the author N.A. Bonk and I.A. Bonk. This includes a textbook, a workbook, handouts, audio materials, games, song scenes, and even copybooks. Bonk's textbook is a completely new technique. In Bonk's manuals, all texts are built on the speech turns of the language, which makes them possible to use even for studying at universities.

Textbook "English for younger students" I.A. Shishkova, M.E. Verbovskaya is designed for primary school children. Set by I.A. Shishkov, M.E. Verbovskaya includes a 2-part textbook, a workbook and discs with notes. The textbook "English for junior schoolchildren" by I.A. Shishkova, M.E. Verbovskaya, edited by N.A. Bonk, so that the methods in them are largely similar. I.A. Shishkova, M.E. Verbovskaya offer game teaching methods that help children successfully cope with the study of a foreign language. Lessons given to children by I.A. Shishkova, M.E. Verbovskaya, will surely come in handy for your child.

This is the best time to start if you want to raise a bilingual child. As a rule, children who are bilingual from an early age show higher learning outcomes, they are more developed and learn new things faster. English classes for the little ones lay the foundation for the further successful development of the child.

At this age, classes are aimed at the overall development of the child and to strengthen the bond between the baby and his parent.

Helen Doron classes for kids are 5 courses in 1:

1. English from scratch

   Acquaintance with a new language is a valuable bonus, the results of which will be tangible years later.

2. Development of mental abilities

   Around the baby is a huge world, which is a great joy to discover. The classes include encyclopedic knowledge about the world around us - about nature, musical instruments, textures and much more.

3. Physical development

   Particular attention is paid to the development of the vestibular apparatus, fine and gross motor skills. In the classroom there are many outdoor activities, dances and games. Children learn to grab toys, turn them around, hold small objects in their hands, evaluate their shape - and we provide the necessary conditions, guide and support them in these new or already becoming more familiar exercises for them.

4. Emotional development and soft socialization

   In the classroom, we laugh together, communicate and contribute to a gradual increase in the interaction of children with each other, and experienced teachers Helen Doron, a proven methodology and funny cartoon characters help in this.

5. Music and rhythm

   There are a lot of songs in the courses: children slowly get used to and learn to perceive a foreign language by ear - and this contributes to the development of perception of their native language.

English courses for toddlers at Helen Doron centers

Baby's Best Start for children 3 months to 2 years old

This course is for both children and parents. There are 24 songs in the course, all of them with different rhythms and allow the kid to learn music, rhythm, sign language - of course, his own, children's, have fun with mom or dad and open the door to the fascinating world of the English language.

Each course is developed by world experts Helen Doron. Our programs teach children in 35 countries around the world. The Baby's Best Start course lays the foundation for learning spoken English through development activities, songs and poems.

It's a Baby Dragon for 15 months to 3 years old

We offer the It's a Baby Dragon program for children aged 15 months to three years, which will be a fun musical introduction to the English language. Prince Sam, Fluffy the kitten and Didi the dragon will playfully talk about the very basics of the English language. Children learn to speak easily and naturally, as they simultaneously master their native language. It's a Baby Dragon is suitable as an initial course for a baby, and as a continuation after the Baby's Best Start course.