German Resources

Anton

Your child may have been working with this app already in school. Please ask your student first whether s/he is familiar with Anton, then check in with your teacher for login information. Not all teachers use this app and sign-up navigation is in German. A step-by-step English guide is not available, yet.

Resource for math, German, biology, music, science/social studies.

Grades: 1-10

https://www.anton.app/de/

 

Chillola 

If you cannot access Anton at this point or your young student has not used Anton, this website is an easy to use platform to practice das Alphabet (alphabet), Zahlen (numbers), Formen (shapes), Tiere (animals), and so much more. 

Select “Deutsch für Kinder” and click on any of the topics. 

Grades: Pre - 2nd

http://chillola.com/public_html/at/german%20starter.html

 

Klaro

News for children delivered as podcasts. (audio only)

Grades: All

 

Older kids may enjoy 3 to 10 minute news soundbites. Click on “Aktuelles & Politik” (current affairs & politics) to find a broad range of topics. “Familie” (family) will take you to “meistgehörte” (most often selected) bedtime stories. Or scroll down on the main page to “Neueste Episoden” to find a kid-friendly selection of news, i.e. Bavaria closes schools till the end of Easter break, volcano eruption in the Philippines, wildfires in Australia. 

https://www.br.de/mediathek/podcast/klaro-nachrichten-fuer-kinder/631

 

Kleine Schule

Worksheets and online games. German only; however, the site is fairly intuitive. Great for practicing math in German. 

Grades: Pre- to 4th grade (and anyone interested in reviewing math concepts)

“...die beliebtesten Seiten…” (favorite worksheets)

Mathe-Arbeitsblätter >>>   Math worksheets: free, including “Lernkarten” (index cards) for grades 1 through 4. 

Online Mathe Trainer   (online math practice): choose your grade level and get started. 

https://www.kleineschule.com.de/

 

Planet Schule

A website by German public radio stations designed to provide a broad variety of learning-related content while school is out in Germany. Audio and video content.

Grades: site navigation requires German language skills, but content is geared towards elementary school and up (Unterstufe - elementary grades , Mittelstufe - middle school , Oberstufe - high school level)

“Lernen zuhause - ausgewählte Angebote nach Altersstufen”. This will take you to an external link offering more elementary school - appropriate topics, such as Nature & Environment, Science & Technology, Culture & Travel. Please don’t be discouraged by the amount of information displayed. “Viel Spass beim Stöbern” - have fun exploring, there’s something for everyone.

https://www.planet-schule.de/

 

Logo

News for kids. Short and sweet, subtitles available. Creators’ use of visual effects makes following along easy. New episodes every evening and at least one week’s worth of previous episodes are available on the website.

Grades: 2nd and up

Scroll down on main site to logo!-Sendungen and navigate to the right to select previous episodes, i.e. logo! am Sonntagabend , etc

https://www.zdf.de/kinder/logo/

 

Kinder-Uni

Science is your thing? You need to sign up for this page but this free forum offers “classes” in sciences, technology, and nature. Please select “DE” in the upper right hand corner as your preferred language. 

https://kinderuni.goethe.de/

 

 

Deutsche Welle

Variety of topics, organized by level A1, B2, etc. 

English navigation, German content. 

Grades: 3 and up

https://www.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-2469