Update – ELF Learning System

Posted by ELF Learning in Uncategorized

Hello Friends,

ELF is getting closer and closer to releasing our learning system for young EFL Learners.  It’s a project that has been in the works for many years and we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  There is still lots of work to do, but we’d like to share with you a few of the key components as well as the projects we are currently working on.

Primarily, the ELF Learning System is based on one goal:

To help children learn to communicate in English as naturally as possible.

We don’t want to push or pull.  We want to guide.  We want to guide children using their natural curiosity and love of discovery and learning something new.

To do this, we’ve working on a flexible flash card system (both physical and digital) to be used in any order the teacher sees fit, complete with free online support and YouTube videos.  The idea is to take much of the core learning out of the classroom to allow teachers the time to enjoy communicating and expanding upon the knowledge that the children all ready have.

We’ll keep posting updates here on this Blog, so please subscribe and feel free to add comments.

Happy Learning,

ELF Learning

 

 

Facebook Page

Posted by ELF Learning in Communication, Hello!

Hello ELF Blog Friends!

We wanted to let you know a little bit about our Facebook Page.  You can find us at http://www.facebook.com/elflearning.

ELF Facebook Page

You can follow us on Facebook for quick, simple updates about what’s happening with ELF Learning, our materials and our sister school, E English House.

ELF uses the page as a “realtime” source of information, where we ask questions of those interested in contributing to the materials ELF produces.

We started the page about a year ago and have seen a lot of new “LIKES” and activity recently.  We currently have 800 contributors on Facebook!

We hope you can find the time to join the page and contribute.  We love new ideas and appreciate input from people all over the world!

Thanks!

ELF Learning

Counting Video! 0 5 10

Posted by ELF Learning in ELF Learning Videos, YouTube Learning Channels and tagged with , , , ,

Hello Everyone!

First, we’d like to say Happy New Year to everyone out there.  We are very excited about 2012 and all it holds, so we thought we’d start with a bang!

The song below was written as a way to teach young learners the numbers from 0-10 in a fun, energetic way.  Yes, we said 0-10.  We noticed that no other counting songs (that we’ve seen) included the concept of nothing, so we wrote one. :)

The song is easy to teach and easy for students to learn.  Simply open and close your hands to make zero, five and ten and then clap your hands!  That’s it!  You can add extra excitement by hopping around the room, dancing and just being a goofball.  Our kids love it and often make up new ways of punctuating the numbers (WARNING – little boys like to punch, so we have them punch up in the air or down at the ground!).

Please leave your comments on YouTube or in the section below.  Also, be sure to “LIKE” our Facebook page (www.faceboook.com/elflearning) and follow us on Twitter (@elflearning) for more updates and news!

Happy Teaching from the Fun Folks at ELF!

Basic Phonics

Posted by ELF Learning in ELF Learning Videos, Phonics and Reading

One of the main goals of our sister-school (E English House) is to help children learn to read using a phonics-focussed curriculum during the 1st and 2nd year of elementary school.  One of the biggest hurdles we’ve faced is finding content which suits learners in an EFL environment.

EFL Learners are different than ESL and native-speaking children.  They receive less input on a daily basis which must be compensated for in some way.  One way we felt we could help our students achieve reading success was to create material for out-of-class learning.

While still in the infant stages, we hope that some of our materials will be of help to children from all over the world as they learn to decode and encode the English Language.

Here are a few videos that we have created at ELF that help our students, and will hopefully help yours!

Please leave your comments and suggestions on the YouTube channel!

Happy Learning!

ELF

New Video Release

Posted by ELF Learning in ELF Learning Videos

Hello ELF Friends,

ELF has just released it’s first professionally animated video!  Yippie!

It’s a song and video which celebrates the body and self.  The song is titled, “This is ME!” (fast version) and is one of our students favorite songs!

You can also see our students performing the song!  Check out these two links:

Please share these on your social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc.) and be sure to let us know what you think in the comments section here and on YouTube!

Happy Learning,

ELF

There’s a first for everything.

Posted by ELF Learning in Uncategorized

Hello ELF Friends,

As with every new endeavor, there is a first step.  This is ours.

ELF Learning will be using this blog, along with our Facebook page, Homepage, YouTube Channels (Learning Videos, Teaching Videos) as a means of sharing, learning and creating with folks around the world.

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For those of you who don’t know, ELF stands for “Everyone Loves FUN!”  In a nutshell, we want to make materials, learning and teaching as enjoyable as possible for children, parents and teachers.  As we like to say around here, “Not many people like to study, but we all LOVE TO LEARN!”

Here you’ll find updates on our videos, songs/CD releases and other materials, calls for collaboration, links to learning resources around the web, pictures and more.

We welcome you to comment on and share anything on this blog that you find of interest.  Sharing is caring!

Happy Learning!

ELF