German  ages  7 - 11

When you learn German it will be more fun if you vary the activities you do. Our great range includes activity books, colouring books, word searches, and games. 

Cool Kids Speak german

With 6 great topics in each book, Cool Kids Speak German is a range of activity books which is ideal for children aged 7 to 11 learning German.  Each topic starts with a picture page showing all the words for that topic.  These words are then practised and sentences are built.  Each topic ends with a fun word search.   At the back of the book is a German - English word list, a German word game and the answer section.

Cool kids speak German - book 1

Book cover of Cool Kids Speak German Book 1 with a big smiley face. Background is black, red and gold like the German flag
activity sheet preview for the transport topic
Preview of German vocabulary for transport topi
Word search is in the fun shape of a train.

Topics in Book 1:

  • greetings
  • numbers 1 - 10
  • fruit
  • colours
  • clothes
  • transport

ISBN: 9781914159510

Size in inches: 8.5 x 11 x 0.1

Size in cm: 21.6 x 27.9 x 0.3

Number of pages: 50

Suggested age: 7 - 11

Cool kids Speak german - book 2

The cover of Cool Kids Speak German Book 2 has a big smiley face with the background in the colours of the German flag

Topics in book 2:

  • pet animals
  • numbers 11-20
  • sport
  • weather
  • drinks
  • house

ISBN: 9781914159534      

Size in inches: 8.5 x 11 x 0.1

Size in cm: 21.6 x 27.9 x 0.3

Number of pages: 52

Suggested age: 7 - 11

Cool kids speak german - book 3

The cover of the third book in the series Cool Kids Speak German has a big smiley face on a black, red and gold background

Topics in Book 3:

  • things for school
  • numbers 21-40
  • months of the year
  • family
  • food
  • school subjects

ISBN: 9781914159572     

Size in inches: 8.5 x 11 x 0.1    

Size in cm: 21.6 x 27.9 x 0.3   

Number of pages: 52

Suggested age: 7 - 11

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Testimonials

Cool Kids Speak German - Book 1


"Ideal For Children Learning German. Nice variety of activities and fun to do. Would highly recommend."


review by Helen on barnesandnoble.com

Cool Kids Speak German - Book 2


"Fun and educational.  Bought as a gift for boy age 9, exactly what I was looking for"


review by an amazon customer on amazon.co.uk

First 100 words in german coloring book

Book cover shows four examples of the lovely images to colour in First 100 Words In German Colouring Book by Joanne Leyland
a bear, an elephant, a lion and a tiger to colour
a plane, a car and a rabbit to colour

ISBN: 9781914159558

Size in inches: 8.5 x 11 x 0.1

Size in cm: 21.6 x 27.9 x 0.3

Number of pages: 62

Suggested age: 7 - 11

The 100 German words in this brilliant book include a marvellous mix of favourite children’s characters (for example a fairy, a dragon, a mermaid, a dinosaur or a unicorn) and useful German words like some food, types of transport, animals, toys and clothes.


The 30 delightful pages all have borders and are single sided. On each page there are 3 or 4 German words, making a total of 100 German words throughout the whole book.  Once completed, this is a lovely book to refer back to.


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40 German word searches

Book cover of 40 German Word Searches by Joanne Leyland shows the food word search is in the shape of a fish

ISBN: 9781914159527

Size in inches: 8.5 x 11 x 0.1

Size in cm: 21.6 x 27.9 x 0.3

Number of pages: 52

Suggested age: 7 - 11

With 40 exciting topics, this book is ideal to help learn or revise useful German vocabulary. Throughout the book the word searches appear in fun shapes and pictures accompany the German words so that each word search can be a meaningful learning activity. At the back of the book there are German - English vocabulary lists for the 40 topics that are covered in this book, and an answer section.


This great book is available to order from Amazon and bookstores in many countries all over the world.

Photocopiable games for teaching german


Differentitated activities for children of various abilities learning German

Book cover of Photocopiable Games For Teaching German with images for some of the German words that appear in the games
Preview of a board game for the fruit topic.

Topics include:

  • clothes
  • drinks
  • numbers
  • pet animals
  • fruit
  • food
  • sport
  • weather

ISBN: 9781914159589 

Size in inches: 8.27 x 11.69 x 0.19

Size in cm: 21.01 x 29.69 x 0.48

Number of pages: 80

Suggested age: 7 - 14

To differentiate the learning activities for classes of different abilities, the games have been colour coded according to the amount of German words that appear in the games. “Grün” is for the lower ability group, “gelb” is for the middle ability group, and “rot” is for the higher ability group. At the front of the book you will find a detailed plan of which German words each ability group has for each topic. 


The differentiated games within this book include: Snakes and ladders, dominoes, board game style games, coordinates and 3 or 4 in a row. The games are ideal for pupils aged 7 - 14 but the games may also interest children of other ages who are learning German. The lovely games have been created by a qualified teacher, with 20 years experience in teaching languages to children. For each game there is a useful German vocabulary list, many with pictures, for all the words the pupils need for that game.

 

Within this book there are mini cards to photocopy for each topic. There are so many different language games that can be played using mini cards, for example the pairs card game, guess the word etc, so at the back of the book there are 16 activities to do with the mini cards. The pair work activity instructions can either be given as an instructions page for the children to choose their own game, or you can choose the games the children will play. For the games using the mini cards you can decide if you want the whole class to have all the cards or if you ask groups to focus on the words outlined in the detailed vocabulary plan for their group.

 

The games can be played to learn or revise German vocabulary for the 8 topics, or the pupils can practise making German sentences or questions as they play the games.  For each topic there are ideas for making sentences or questions using the words in that topic.

 

Once photocopied the games are an excellent classroom resource that can be used time and time again. The mini cards look good photocopied onto card, and to make the different sets easy to separate you could use 3 or 4 different colours when photocopying. The other games look lovely photocopied onto either A4 or A3. Games are ideal for repetition, reinforcement, encourage a positive approach to learning a foreign language and also encourage the development of good social and communication skills. Let’s make learning German fun!


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German word games

Book cover of German Word Games by Joanne Leyland displays extracts of the fun games to help kids learn German
Example of vocabulary page for drinks topic.
Snakes and ladders game to practise the drinks topic.

ISBN: 9781914159565

Size in inches: 8.5 x 11 x 0.1

Size in cm: 21.6 x 27.9 x 0.3

Number of pages: 27

Suggested age: 7 - 11

Have fun learning German with this lovely collection of games.   Topics include ice creams, family, colours, the pencil case, vegetables, drinks, the house, furniture, the dessert, fruit, the town / city, animals, transport, weather, zoo. 

 

At the front of the book is a dice with the numbers in German on it and this can be photocopied and made to use with the games. The fun games are printed in colour and include snakes & ladders and other games in the style of a board game, dice games, guess the word game, pairs card game and 3 in a row.


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