{"id":769,"date":"2014-03-18T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/?p=769"},"modified":"2014-03-18T12:40:22","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T12:40:22","slug":"good-apps-to-practice-english-for-pre-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2014\/03\/18\/good-apps-to-practice-english-for-pre-schoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Good apps to practice English for pre-schoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a million and one terrific apps for kids to practice English-both those specific to children learning English as \u00a0a foreign language and those for native English speakers. \u00a0I will gradually post more ideas for you, but two that are popular in my house now are Zoo Train and Duck, Duck, Moose.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Zoo Train contains five games exposing children to letters, \u00a0words, puzzles, shapes and music. \u00a0Here is a link to BusyBee Studios, the creators of Zoo Train. \u00a0This app is available for a variety of tablets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.busybeestudios.com\/games\/busybeezootrain.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"770\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2014\/03\/18\/good-apps-to-practice-english-for-pre-schoolers\/zootrain\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/zootrain.png\" data-orig-size=\"317,203\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zootrain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/zootrain.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-770\" alt=\"zootrain\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.alqueria.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/zootrain-300x192.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/zootrain-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/zootrain.png 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Duck Duck Moose offers a variety of award winning apps and game for children including letter and words games and music. \u00a0You can find more information here:<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"line-height: 1.5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.duckduckmoose.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"771\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2014\/03\/18\/good-apps-to-practice-english-for-pre-schoolers\/banner_homepage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/banner_homepage.png\" data-orig-size=\"908,451\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"banner_homepage\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/banner_homepage.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-771\" alt=\"banner_homepage\" src=\"https:\/\/cloud.alqueria.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/banner_homepage-300x149.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/banner_homepage-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/03\/banner_homepage.png 908w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hay muchos apps para ni\u00f1os para practicar ingl\u00e9s, tanto para nativos como no nativos. \u00a0Poco a poco, dar\u00e9 sugerencias para que pod\u00e9is disfrutarlos en casa. \u00a0Arriba pongo dos ejemplos de apps que incluyen juegos de letras, palabras, y m\u00fasica. \u00a0Son muy populares en mi casa, y estoy segura que vuestros hijos y hijas los disfrutar\u00e1n tambi\u00e9n.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a million and one terrific apps for kids to practice English-both those specific to children learning English as \u00a0a foreign language and those for native English speakers. \u00a0I will gradually post more ideas for you, but two that are popular in my house now are Zoo Train and Duck, Duck, Moose. Zoo Train &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2014\/03\/18\/good-apps-to-practice-english-for-pre-schoolers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Seguir leyendo <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Good apps to practice English for pre-schoolers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-light-blue-blue-class-year-0-2","category-yellow-class-year-2-3","tag-tablet-apps"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4in6s-cp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1068,"url":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/20\/is-it-a-duck-or-a-rabbit\/","url_meta":{"origin":769,"position":0},"title":"Is it a duck?  Or a rabbit?","author":"alqueriaenglish","date":"20 abril, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"We have taken advantage of spring's arrival and the celebration of \"Book Week\" \u00a0to discuss the animals duck and\u00a0rabbit, the colors\u00a0pink and\u00a0orange, and the body parts\u00a0bill and\u00a0ears.\u00a0 In class we read:\u00a0 \u00a0 and then we made our own duck\/rabbit puppets. \u00a0To make them the students had to ask for their\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abYellow class (year 2-3)\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Yellow class (year 2-3)","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/category\/yellow-class-year-2-3\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"duck rabbit book cover","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloud.alqueria.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/duck-rabbit-book-cover-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1432,"url":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2018\/10\/01\/warm-greetings-in-english-to-all-of-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":769,"position":1},"title":"Warm Greetings in English to all of you!","author":"alqueriaenglish","date":"1 octubre, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello!\u00a0 I am so happy to greet you on the blog for the Celeste, Blue and Yellow classes. I was fortunate enough to meet most of you during the first days of school.\u00a0 It is a privilege to be class with your children\u2026in some of the first English classes they\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abLight blue - blue class (year 0-2)\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Light blue - blue class (year 0-2)","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/category\/light-blue-blue-class-year-0-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/babies-learn-english-best-300x158.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1056,"url":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/04\/08\/barnyard-dance\/","url_meta":{"origin":769,"position":2},"title":"Barnyard Dance!","author":"alqueriaenglish","date":"8 abril, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome back from vacation! It was a pleasure to return to the Blue\/Light Blue class today, though there were many students missing.\u00a0 We wish a speedy recovery to them all. Among the many changes facing the class this term, there is an exciting change in English.\u00a0 For the first time\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abLight blue - blue class (year 0-2)\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Light blue - blue class (year 0-2)","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/category\/light-blue-blue-class-year-0-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-2-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-2-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-2-150x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/animal-play-2-150x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":846,"url":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2014\/05\/08\/more-and-more-english\/","url_meta":{"origin":769,"position":3},"title":"More and more English","author":"alqueriaenglish","date":"8 mayo, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"More and more I am using English \u00a0exclusively \u00a0when I enter the blue class (...of course, I still have Encarna for backup in Spanish when all else fails!) Now almost all the students are able to follow our English class routine in only English. \u00a0We share our fruit, talking about\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abLight blue - blue class (year 0-2)\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Light blue - blue class (year 0-2)","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/category\/light-blue-blue-class-year-0-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"english","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloud.alqueria.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/05\/english-300x162.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1083,"url":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2015\/09\/28\/back-to-school\/","url_meta":{"origin":769,"position":4},"title":"Back to School!","author":"alqueriaenglish","date":"28 septiembre, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I want to say a happy \"Welcome back!\" to the Yellow class! \u00a0It is so lovely to see everyone again and see how much every student \u00a0has grown! \u00a0We have had English class several times now, and as we get through the adaptation period, we are getting back to routines!\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abYellow class (year 2-3)\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Yellow class (year 2-3)","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/category\/yellow-class-year-2-3\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"rainbow","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloud.alqueria.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/09\/rainbow-199x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":835,"url":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/2014\/04\/11\/learning-the-alphabet\/","url_meta":{"origin":769,"position":5},"title":"Learning the Alphabet","author":"alqueriaenglish","date":"11 abril, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the first songs that native English speakers learn is the alphabet. \u00a0This tool is very important for \u00a0understanding \u00a0the names and sounds of the letters, so learning it just for fun will help with later comprehension and speaking. \u00a0Here is a link to practice the alphabet and some\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abLight blue - blue class (year 0-2)\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Light blue - blue class (year 0-2)","link":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/category\/light-blue-blue-class-year-0-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"alphabet","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cloud.alqueria.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/04\/alphabet.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alqueria.es\/blogs\/alqueriaenglish03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}