The name “"Colorín Colorado" comes from a playful phrase that is often said at the end of stories in Spanish-speaking countries. There's no literal translation, but the phrase is similar to "…and that's the end of the story!" or "…and they lived happily ever after."This website is really good for reading skills. In an EFL situation, reading books can be a really powerful tool to learn English. In books for kids there are lots of useful expressions in a real life. So we can get some real, natural English from them. Reading skills enhance the other language skills as well. Teachers are aware of the importance of reading in learning other language, but it’s not hard to choose effective, suitable books for kids and even for myself. I need that kinds of information.
And finally through this site I can look through some lists of books for kids and for adults.
There is ‘Book & Authors’ section in this site. Under this category there are ‘Books for kids’, ‘Books for Teens’, ‘Books for Adults’ and ‘Meet the Author’. There are not only lists of books but age level and reading level so it helps to choose books by levels.
Also there are many articles which give the teachers lots of useful ideas for creating an environment that is supportive for my students and encourages and facilitates learning such as ‘Activities’, ‘Bilingualism & English language acquisition’, ‘Assessment & Evaluation’, ‘Learning disabilities’, ‘Teaching & Instruction’ and ‘Writing’.
At last there is ‘Free Guides & Toolkits’ section which gives reading tip sheets for teachers. It’s definitely helpful for teachers to teach reading skills.
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