Join our Teacher’s Club to Download FREE Resources for Reading and Writing Support in German!
Join our Teacher’s Club to Download FREE Resources for Reading and Writing Support in German!
Developed by teachers and early literacy experts, eKidz.eu offers a huge variety of free German worksheets, lesson plans, flashcards and other resources to help teachers like you to effectively teach German with eKidz.eu.
The eKidz.eu app is user-friendly and ready-to-use for students of different ages, learning speeds and levels — regardless whether learning German as a first or foreign language.
Kids can learn German with our app at home, too! If you're a parent or guardian, you're also warmly welcome to join our Teacher's Club and download free resources to help your child learn German.
eKidz.eu is a flexible instructional tool that fosters creative and sustainable learning in various learning settings. Fiction and non-fiction texts cover a wide range of cross-curricular topics.
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These free resources supplement the app in developing German reading and language skills. Try the free premium version now!
Treat Yourself - Download Free eKidz German Lesson Plans
Lesson planning takes time. We know that you don’t have enough time to always plan differentiated lessons for multiple proficiency levels and targeted tasks. Often you have to settle for quantitative differentiation. So let us do the qualitative differentiation for you. Your personal time is sacred!
Here at eKidz.eu, we have experiended teachers do the planning for you! These free lesson plans include creative, standard-driven and differentiated tasks to supplement the eKidz.eu content. Your students will progress at the projected pace.
Formative assessments with our German reading checks
Request your set of eKidz.eu Reading Checks with your school trial!
Use the eKidz.eu Reading Checks to determine a student’s initial reading level in German as a first or other language. Then use the Reading Checks for progress monitoring in reading fluency and comprehension.
The reading protocol sheet keeps a record of the student's reading fluency progress and other areas of need (e.g. main idea, recalling details, summary). Aligned with the listening and reading assignments, comprehension tasks on various taxonomy levels create an automatic progress record for every student. Retell tasks are integrated in the Reading Checks to assess the speaking and writing proficiency. Monitor accurately and intervene powerfully with the eKidz.eu Reading Checks!
German initial-sound-table, posters, and flashcards
Introduce your students to the initial sounds of German letters with our colorful alphabet posters.
At the beginning, German literacy instruction builds manifold experiences with letters: shape, sound, isolation, analysis, synthetisation, and manipulation.
Letter shapes and sounds are linked to concrete, familiar experiences originating in the child's environment. With increasing decoding skills, like blending, substituting, chunking, and whole word recognition, students will increase their automaticity, accuracy, and fluency. These skills easily transfer between languages. Use our alphabet activities and clap each syllable. Instill a sense of rhythm for the language. Use the rhymes in our app-texts. Students will easily recognize, apply, and memorize the alphabetic principle. Rhythm, rhyme and repetation are the principles of early learning. eKidz.eu guides and supports the literacy and language acquisition process with age-appropriate texts .
Letter shapes and sounds are linked to concrete, familiar experiences originating in the child's environment. With increasing decoding skills, like blending, substituting, chunking, and whole word recognition, students will increase their automaticity, accuracy, and fluency. These skills easily transfer between languages. Use our alphabet activities and clap each syllable. Instill a sense of rhythm for the language. Use the rhymes in our app-texts. Students will easily recognize, apply, and memorize the alphabetic principle. Rhythm, rhyme and repetation are the principles of early learning. eKidz.eu guides and supports the literacy and language acquisition process with age-appropriate texts .
Free German flashcards
The flashcards with one German letter each have a clear, captivating layout: The student easily understands and recognises recurring structures and makes connections between the letters. The repetitive representation accelerates the learning process of new letters. and their sounds.
eKidz.eu images start with the student's world of experience and expands l knowledge from there. Students are encouraged to build their individual knowledge base according to their proficiency level, interests, and motivation. They discover familiar things in new contexts and build their vocabulary. eKidz.eu’s clever design systematically supports this process and increases the learning progression at an individualized pace..
eKidz.eu images start with the student's world of experience and expands l knowledge from there. Students are encouraged to build their individual knowledge base according to their proficiency level, interests, and motivation. They discover familiar things in new contexts and build their vocabulary. eKidz.eu’s clever design systematically supports this process and increases the learning progression at an individualized pace..
Free German flashcards to teach letter writing
Arrows around the German letters to provide visual cues for writing order and direction. eKidz.eu letter flashcards displayed in a prominent place in the classroom serves as visual scaffold throughout the writing process.
Haptic-tactual exercises support multi-sensory learning: e.g. drawing letters in sand and shaping letters with clay and other material. Neurolgical esearch shows that kinaestetic and sensory learning experiences are beneficial for cognitive processing and memorization. The flashcards aid the learning of German letters in multi-situational contexts.
Haptic-tactual exercises support multi-sensory learning: e.g. drawing letters in sand and shaping letters with clay and other material. Neurolgical esearch shows that kinaestetic and sensory learning experiences are beneficial for cognitive processing and memorization. The flashcards aid the learning of German letters in multi-situational contexts.
Gamify your German lessons
‘What we learn with pleasure, we never forget’. This quote by American poet Alfred Mercier is our motto! Here at eKidz.eu we love to laugh and learn, which is why we enjoy sharing our games. Check out our treasure hunts, games and storytelling competitions to help you and your students enjoy learning through fun activities. Follow us on social media and don't miss out!
Positive feedback motivates students
Motivation is key! Keep your students motivated by rewarding their efforts. See them blossom and grow in your class. Mail home a free eKidz-reward-postcard with a sentence of praise or encouragement. Share the progress with parents and celebrate the accomplishments. Make sure you pop in our booth on conferences. We always have a pile of free postcards.
Motivation is key! Keep your students motivated by rewarding their efforts. See them blossom and grow in your class. Mail home a free eKidz-reward-postcard with a sentence of praise or encouragement. Share the progress with parents and celebrate the accomplishments. Make sure you pop in our booth on conferences. We always have a pile of free postcards.
Out of the box German language activities
Albert Einstein once said that ‘play is the highest form of research’. Create a fun learning environment where students can develop their language skills. Get students out of their seats and engage them in multi-sensory activities: role plays, sharade and drama. Explore the school environment to build Tier-1 vocabulary. Name items and actions outside the classroom to build active language knowledge and to encourage authentic language use. Work in projects as a homework or in class. Have your students explore recipies, instructions for ancient games or building toys. Have your students prepare and practice a presentation to explain their project to class mates.Have your students plan and organize a classroom party with food, music, games, invitations, etc. A tasty and fun celebration of language learning!
Keep in touch with eKidz.eu for our child-friendly language development recipes by subscribing to our regular newsletter Give us a shout if you have useful feedback or creative suggestions. You can contact us at info@ekidz.eu!
Albert Einstein once said that ‘play is the highest form of research’. Create a fun learning environment where students can develop their language skills. Get students out of their seats and engage them in multi-sensory activities: role plays, sharade and drama. Explore the school environment to build Tier-1 vocabulary. Name items and actions outside the classroom to build active language knowledge and to encourage authentic language use. Work in projects as a homework or in class. Have your students explore recipies, instructions for ancient games or building toys. Have your students prepare and practice a presentation to explain their project to class mates.Have your students plan and organize a classroom party with food, music, games, invitations, etc. A tasty and fun celebration of language learning!
Keep in touch with eKidz.eu for our child-friendly language development recipes by subscribing to our regular newsletter Give us a shout if you have useful feedback or creative suggestions. You can contact us at info@ekidz.eu!
Get the school version
Check out the app now!
These free resources supplement the app in developing German reading and language skills. Try the free premium version now!
Get the school version
Check out the app now!
These free resources supplement the app in developing German reading and language skills. Try the free premium version now!
