Have you been looking for a fun way to teach your children Italian?  Our exciting range of books for children (ages 7-11) learning Italian include activity books, stories, colouring books and word search puzzles, and books with games.

With 6 great topics in each book, Cool Kids Speak Italian is a range of activity books which is ideal for children aged 7 to 11 learning Italian.  Each topic starts with a picture page showing all the words for that topic.  These words are then practised and sentences are built.  Each topic ends with a fun word search.  

Cool kids speak italian - book 1

Cool kids speak italian - book 2

Cool kids speak italian - book 3

First 100 words in italian coloring book

The 100 Italian words in this brilliant book include a marvellous mix of favourite children’s characters (for example a fairy, a dragon, a mermaid, a dinosaur or a unicorn) and useful Italian words like some food, types of transport, animals, toys and clothes. The 30 delightful pages all have borders and are single sided. On each page there are 3 or 4 Italian words, making a total of 100 Italian words throughout the whole book.  Once completed, remember to look back over the words to help you remember them.

This lovely book is available from Amazon and bookstores worldwide.

40 Italian word searches cool kids speak italian

With 40 exciting topics, this book is ideal to help learn or revise useful Italian vocabulary. Throughout the book the word searches appear in fun shapes and pictures accompany the Italian words so that each word search can be a meaningful learning activity. At the back of the book there are Italian - English vocabulary lists for the 40 topics that are covered in this book, and an answer section.

You can order this great book on Amazon or from bookstores in many different countries all over the world.

On Holiday in italy cool kids speak italian

Speaking Italian on holiday in Italy is fun! This book has been especially written for those either going on holiday soon, or at some point in the future. The first part of the book teaches useful Italian words and phrases, and is ideal for completing before you go on holiday. The second part of the book gives 15 challenges to use Italian whilst on holiday, for example ordering a drink or buying an ice cream. The second part of the book could also be used for practising role play situations before you go on holiday.

Topics include: Greetings, Essential words, Numbers, Drinks, Typical Italian food, Ice creams, Hotels, Campsites & around town.

Interested in this book?  This book is available to order on Amazon.  Alternatively you can ask for it at your local bookstore - just tell them the title of the book, the ISBN and the author name Joanne Leyland.

Photocopiable games for teaching italian

The 8 great topics in this fantastic book include drinks, numbers, fruit, pet animals, colours, sports, transport, pizzas and pizza topping.

The differentiated games in this book include: Snakes and ladders, dominoes, board game style games, coordinates and 3 or 4 in a row.

To differentiate the learning activities for classes of different abilities, the games have been colour coded according to the amount of Italian words that appear in the games. Verde is for the lower ability group, giallo is for the middle ability group, and rosso is for the higher ability group. At the front of the book you will find a detailed plan of which Italian words each ability group has for each topic.  

All games can be played by using either just the specific words for the topics, or by making sentences.  Ideas for making sentences using the various topics are outlined for each topic.  An excellent resource book to photocopy and use time and time again with your class or at home.

This fantastic book can be ordered from Amazon or worldwide from good bookstores.

italian word games - cool kids speak italian

Have fun learning Italian with this lovely collection of games.  Topics include the house, the town / city, summer, family, the farm, fruit, ice creams, the garden, winter, the sea, school subjects, the restaurant, the supermarket, weather, the universe.

At the front of the book is a dice with the numbers in Italian on it and this can be photocopied and made to use with the games. The fun games are printed in colour and include snakes & ladders and other games in the style of board games, dice games, guess the word game, pairs card game and 3 in a row.

Amazon and bookstores worldwide sell this book.

hai un animale domestico?

Learning Italian is fun with this delightful story about pets. In the story, a boy called Marco asks his friends if they have a pet. Marco discovers that all his friends have a pet. Marco though doesn’t have a pet, but one day he finds a coin and he makes a wish. Will his wish for a pet come true?  Read to the end of the story to find out! On each of the pages where Marco asks his friend if they have a pet, the pet can be seen hiding behind a bush.  Parents/teachers could ask their little ones what the animal is in Italian before turning over the page to see the animal in full and the name in Italian.  For each pet, there is a page giving details of the type of pet, the pet’s name, the size of the pet and the colour of the pet - If you like singing then sing each of these 4 lines twice to a made up tune - or you could try saying the words as rap.

You can purchase a copy of this story from Amazon or local bookstores all over the globe.

la scimmia che cambia colore

Learning Italian is fun with this delightful story about a monkey that changes colour each time he eats something of a different colour. But what colours will he turn? Will he ever return to his usual colour?

Read to the end of the book to see what happens!

This lovely story incorporates useful Italian words and phrases from the topics of general conversation, days of the week, colours, food and opinions about the things you like to eat.

Availability:  This book may be purchased worldwide from your local bookstores and Amazon.

un alieno sulla terra

In the story, an alien visits Earth and he meets a girl called Anna Maria. The alien is curious why on the planet Earth there are so many things that they do not have on his planet, so Anna Maria explains why we have various things. The storyline incorporates useful Italian words and phrases from the topics of general conversation, clothes, weather and activities. 

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You may also be interested in the Italian resources in the section ages 3-7.