These materials are suitable for 4-10 year old German learners and those who want to support young German learners with the newest educational methods to facilitate learning in the most effective way possible.
Here you can find information materials for principals who are thinking about adding German to their curriculum, for open days and for parent-teacher meetings.
This revised edition of the Nuremberg Recommendations for Early Language Learning describes the complex conditions of early language learning in a way that clarifies the potential and the needs of a 4 – 10 year old child within the learning process.
The brochure (in German) introduces the most important methods of Content and Language Integrated Learning. It includes a range of practical modules which illustrate how children in kindergarten can learn German while conducting experiments.
The digital Kinder University is an innovative educational project for children aged 8-12. A key aspect of the Kinder University is its online platform which is accessible to everyone free of charge.
Blue-Bot® is a small robot that can be programmed using a tablet or with the arrows on the robot itself. Through this coding game students adopt new skills in Digital Technologies and learn German at the same time. Additionally, with the Goethe-Institut’s classroom mats other learning areas can be integrated into the German lessons.
This CLIL unit combines German and biology lessons and is suitable for students in years 3 & 4. In just 7 lessons, the children learn how to grow a bean plant. They observe the germination process and learn to describe this process in German.
The use of film can make lessons more exciting and engaging for students. Teachers can loan films for use in their German lessons from our film archive any time.
Teaching resources from other countries
Find below further activities, resources and games which were developed by the Goethe-Institut in other countries.
German with Felix und Franzi offers teaching materials, that are available for free download, as well as the possibility to book an online room and further ideas on how to use the hand puppets in the German classroom.
Here you'll find 20 CLIL modules for these topics: Water, magnetism, plants, cars, materials, air, time, weight, oil, fat, gas, the human body, animals, nature, earth and the sun suited for primary school children in Years 3 and 4.
Deutsch mit Socke is a WDR film series, that helps children between five and eight make their first steps into German. This webpage is available in German only.
Wo lebt der Papageientaucher? Oder das Kamel? Vielleicht in der Steppe oder in der Wüste? Oder im Wald? Fragen über Fragen …. Mit diesem Spiel kannst du Antworten auf all diese Fragen finden. Ordne je eine Tierkarte einer Lebensraumkarte zu.
Dieses bunte Materialpaket enthält als Kernstück eine ausführliche Handreichung, in der alle Lerneinheiten klar strukturiert und kleinschrittig vorgestellt werden.
Das Projekt Hans Hase auf Umweltreise hat fünf Jahre lang viele Kinder zur Beschäftigung mit dem Thema „Umwelt“ angeregt. Sechzehn Umweltreise-Pakete waren quasi nonstop in der Welt unterwegs. Immer war die Handpuppe Hans Hase dabei, die Lehrern und Erziehern zum Teil schon aus anderen Projekten bekannt war.
Diese Materialmappe bietet zu 10 verschiedenen Themen einfache und ansprechend illustrierte Arbeitsvorschläge. Sie lassen sich an Stationen einzeln, in Partner- oder Gruppenarbeit durchführen oder auch in den Unterrichtsalltag integrieren.
Dieses Buch greift lexikalisch und grammatisch das auf, was Kinder brauchen, um die vier Waschbär-Filme aus der ersten Staffel der "Sendung mit dem Elefanten" zu verstehen. Wie sieht der Bär aus, wie verbringt er seinen Tag, was frisst er gern, welche Bewegungen passen zu ihm usw.
The package ''Learn German through STEM'' was developed by the Goethe-Institut Boston as a continuation of the pilot project ''After-School German'' and it is based on the online materials of the German Digital Kinderuniversity.
