YouTube channels for English learners – Stories, songs, games and more!

Looking for YouTube channels for English learners? Look no further!

If you want your child to learn English, then this selection of YouTube channels for English learners will help you get started.

YouTube is huge. Huge! In April 2022, 500 hours of content was uploaded every minute!

Much of the content is aimed at children, but not so much is good for helping children to learn English. Here I have collected some of the best YouTube channels for English learners, including songs, stories, games and more.

Phonics channels for English learners

• Kids vs Life – Is your child struggling with phonics? This channel has some of the best phonics teaching stories available online, as well as fun songs and even drawing lessons! A must have for all young learners.

YouTube channels for younger English learners

• Gogo Lessons & English with Games – Fun, colorful and exciting lessons and games for young English language learners.
• Little Fox – Kids Songs and Stories – Songs, stories and more for young learners. A fun, engaging, colorful and high quality collection of videos.
• CheeriToons – Songs, nursery rhymes, stories, games and more for younger learners. Bright, colorful and lots of fun.
• Clover Reading – A superb collection of stories for younger learners, from super simple stories for early beginners, to more challenging favourite texts for more confident learners!

Channels for all ages

• Lingportal Online School of English – Lessons and activities for English language ESL learners at all levels.
• Reading Pioneers Academy – Online stories from around the world. Perfect for shared reading with your child!
• Learn English with Cambridge – Official YouTube channel from one of the most respected teaching organisations in the world.
• Games4ESL – Fun quizzes, tests and activities to help practice vocabulary, grammar and much, much more!
• Class in the Cloud – A great selection of activities and lessons from a range of popular English ESL textbooks.

Maths-based YouTube channels

• Math Songs by NUMBEROCK – An excellent collection of songs on many different math topics, perfect for ESL English language learners who need practice with their mathematical English, an essential part of the language learning journey!

If you need ideas for how to use YouTube to support your child in learning English, you can book a lesson or contact me to discuss your needs. Be sure to subscribe for regular updates as well.

In addition, if there are YouTube channels I have missed out, please get in touch and I’ll add them as soon as I can!