GrowStoryGrow

GrowStoryGrow  //  is an online language-learning library. There are over a 100 English, French and Spanish interactive stories (with animation and audio), each with interactive games, and worksheets. The site also has stories in German, Italian, Polish and Mandarin.

Every week we post worksheets generated by TaskMagic3 software,www.mdlsoft.co.uk
GrowStoryGrow has thousands of worksheets that can be downloaded from its site. You can register for free by going to www.growstorygrow.com

The worksheets, like the stories, have multiple levels of difficulty, each building on and adding to the previous level. Help yourselves!

Val Thornber (val@growstorygrow.com)

Mar 27 / 3:55am

The Easter Story, in English (EAL, ESL), French, Spanish, German, Polish

Easterimage

Here are some easy worksheets for you to use over Easter. You can use them to teach the children about the different stages of Easter: Palm Sunday, The Last Supper, The Crucifixion, The Resurrection, The Ascension and The Holy Spirit.

You can view the interactive story by going to: www.growstorygrow.com

username: story

password: foreaster

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Filed under  //  EAL   ESL   The Easter Story  
Feb 9 / 4:39am

Children's story on Saint Valentine, in English, French, Spanish, German and Polish

Here is a beautifully animated story about Saint Valentine. Below you can find the outline of the story, a video to give you a flavour and some worksheets in English, French, Spanish, German and Polish. Or, you can go to www.growstorygrow.com, and register for a free trial. That way, you can get access to over a hundred stories, just like this one!

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Filed under  //  Saint Valentine children's story  
Jan 3 / 2:08pm

New Year's Resolutions

Here is a story you can use at the beginning of a new year to teach the future tense. It teaches the phrases I will, I will not...

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Filed under  //  New Year's Resolutions  
Dec 12 / 12:47pm

Father Christmas

Father Christmas is counting down and getting ready for Christmas. You can use this story to revise days of the week, dates and teach some new verbs too. Here are some worksheets in English and French.

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Filed under  //  Father Christmas gets ready  
Dec 6 / 2:13pm

The Christmas Story

Here are some TaskMagic3 worksheets for The Christmas Story. They are in English, French, Spanish, German and Polish. You can start by showing the children the pictures and asking them to tell you the story. Then, show them the story. You can access this by going to the website and logging in using:

username: christmas
password: stories

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Filed under  //  The Christmas Story  
Nov 24 / 2:26pm

Spider Family

This is one of a series of five very popular stories, due to their simplicity. This one teaches the children how to say what colour eyes they have. Here, I have posted a selection of different types of tasks.

 

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Filed under  //  Spider Family  
Nov 23 / 2:11pm

The Tortoise and The Hare

This is the famous story by Easop, the Greek Philosopher. We have used it to teach prepositions.

You can start by teaching 'on, under, over, under'.

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Filed under  //  The Tortoise and The Hare  
Nov 22 / 2:00pm

Rare Bog

This story was inspired by the Scottish song. The repetition is great and the tune is really catchy.

Here, we offer one worksheet which is a matching one. It is in English, French, Spanish and German.

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Filed under  //  Rare Bog  
Nov 21 / 1:20pm

Goldilocks

This popular story is great for acting out. It is in English, French, Spanish and German. Here, we offer you two types of worksheets: one is a picture match and the other is a gap fill for more able students. As it is a well-known story, the first time the children listen to it, they can tell you what is happening and the meaning of the words.

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Filed under  //  Goldilocks  
Oct 26 / 6:43am

Morocco

Here is a script and a quiz on Morroco in English, French and Spanish. You can introduce the country to the children using the script and then give them the quiz. There's also an empty script if you would like your children to write their own profile about Morocco. The images are taken from istock, unless otherwise stated, please respect the copyright, i.e. do not copy or distribute.

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