This course is for 4-10 year old German learners and those who want to support young German learners with the newest educational methods which involve age-appropriate play to facilitate learning in the most effective way possible.
The "Information for Principals" brochure outlines the key reasons why German is an excellent choice for primary schools and introduces the ready-to-use teaching materials German with Felix and Franzi
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.
On the 20th of November 2020, the University of Melbourne opens its doors to local kids. Primary school students, teachers and parents are invited to experience an event packed with science. For one day, kids will step into the shoes of university students, taking part in workshops and lectures and conducting fun experiments with real researchers.
Felix and Franzi are now traveling around Australia! Teachers can register their school as a destination for Felix and Franzi and showcase the adventures of Felix and Franzi at their school. Students can also learn what Felix and Franzi experience at other schools.
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.
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.
Unit 8 of the "Deutsch Lehren Lernen" series addresses the topic "DaF für Kinder" and focuses on language acquisition in children, developmental and psychological aspects of early learning, acquisition of competencies as well as principals and methods of teaching children. DLL 8 will be available soon in the Goethe-Institut Resource Centres throughout Australia.
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.
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.
This songbook by Martina Schwarz provides you with many ideas for the use of music in class. Available at the Resource Centre at the Goethe-Institut in Melbourne.
If you and your class would like to watch Grimm’s Fairy Tales on DVD you can borrow them now at our Resource Centre at the Goethe-Institut in Melbourne and Sydney, in Canberra and in Brisbane.
The use of film can make lessons more exciting and engaging for students. Films can provide the impetus for authentic regional and cultural studies as well as extra motivation to study German. You can borrow films for use in your German lessons from our film archive any time. The films are in German with German or English subtitles.
