Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Anton App

Free + Premium Paid

K-12

All subjects! This is a really effective app to practice German, Math, Reading, etc. all in German. Kids love it.

Alfons

free

K-4

Reading, dictations, math, German grammar all in German.

Sendung mit der Maus

Free + Premium Paid

K-3

TV/cartoons used by our German teachers

Hanisauland

Free

3+

News/Current Events

Frag FINN (Ask Finn)

Free

2+

Education

Blinde Kuh

Free

All

Kids’ search engine  in German

Kika

Free

All

TV/cartoons (like German Nickelodeon

ARD Mediathek

Free

All

TV (educational)

Lernspass

Free

K-6

Education

Internet abc

Free

K-8

Digital literacy (how to use the internet)

Abenteuer Regenwald

Free

K-8

Science

Lega Kids

Free

elementary

Reading activities aimed at helping kids learning to read

Öko Leo

Free

K-6

Science

Naturdetektive

Free

K-6

Nature and Science

Geolino

Free

K-8

Geography

Kakadu podcast/site

Free

All

Current events/Culture/Arts; great for listening practice!

BR Kinder

Free

All

Educational TV

AMIRA Pisakids

Free

All

Education/Reading

Was ist Was

Free

All

Explains how things work; science-focused

The German Project

Free

All

Children’s stories, grammar lessons (explained in English)

Goethe Institute e-books 

Free

all

Reading

Grundschul Koenig

Free

K-4

Free and low-cost digital worksheets and lessons to practice handwriting, spelling, and dictations (listening comprehension)

Wordreference

free

all

Online, accurate dictionary with conjugations

Checker Welt

free

6+

TV show with "checkers" who explore and explain the world to kids

Hanna Penington

paid

all

local small-group classes and tutoring