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[Mike_2007]

Hi,

I've been....hmm...'asked' to teach the son of the owners of a company whose employees I train. I've explained to them I have no experience teaching kids, that I'm unqualified to do so and so on, but they insist. They just want a native speaker. You know what I mean.

Anyway, seeing as I'm stuck with it, I might as well do the best I can. He's ten, spoilt, childish (even for his age), hyperactive and has an attention disorder. He does seem reasonably smart underneath all that though.

The problem I have is that all my materials are for adults. I've been teaching this kid for months and have scoured the net, but all the sites and handouts I find are exceedingly simple. He's childish, but his level of English isn't too bad considering. All the exercises I find seem to just be simple gap-fills or group orientated.

Does anyone have any good links to sites with intermediate materials for young learners? I'm at a bit of a loss here - I spend more time planning for this brat's lesson than all the days' adult classes put together!!!

[naturegirl321]

English4kids is good.
Boggle's World
EFL Classroom
ESL-kids
ESL Base
ESL Lounge

Change activities often, use rewards.

[mictweety]

enchantedlearning.com
atozteacherstuff.com
pbskids.org
puzzlemaker.com
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
readinga-z.com

Some of these requires membership, but since you are cornered into this, maybe you can get your boss to pay for the membership.

Good luck!