Television Programs to improve an English Learner’s fluency It is important for children to begin their journey as learners of the English language in the most fun, but simultaneously educational, way. For children under the age of 7: These English TV programs will really help with your child’s fluency and are both age and level appropriate. Most of them can be found on either Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Cartoon Network, Jetix, Disney XD, or Netflix. As always, we encourage that you use this list at your own discretion. It is a suggestive, not a prescriptive list. Parents hold the responsibility to research and evaluate whether a show is suitable for their child. 1. Sesame Street 22. Scooby Doo, where 44. PJMasks 2. SpongeBob are you? 45. Mission Force One SquarePants 23. The Flintstones 46. Vampirina 3. Arthur 24. The Smurfs 47. Tigger and Pooh 4. Magic School Bus 25. Looney Tunes 48. Henry 5. Peppa Pig 26. The Care Bears HuggleMonster 6. Bob the Builder 27. The Muppet Show 49. Special Agent Oso 7. Thomas the Train 28. Dennis the Menace 50. She-ra and The 8. Dora the Explorer 29. George of the Princesses of 9. Fairly Odd Parents Jungle Power 10. Dexter’s 30. Inspector Gadget 51. Ask the Story Bots Laboratory 31. Pokémon 52. BeatBugs 11. Curious George 32. Wunchpunch 53. Kipo and the Age 12. The Powerpuff 33. Barbie: Life in the of the Girls Dreamhouse Wonderbeasts 13. Mickey Mouse 34. Lazy Town 54. The Boss Baby: Clubhouse 35. Captain Flamingo Back in Business 14. Blue’s Clues 36. Shuriken School 55. The Who Was? 15. Recess 37. Yin Yang Yo! Show 16. Little Einsteins 38. Digimon 56. Hotel Transylvania: 17. Barney & Friends 39. My Little Pony The Series 18. Rugrats 40. The Lionguard 57. The Dragon Prince 19. Animaniacs 41. Jake and the 58. The Worst Witch 20. The Tom and Jerry Neverland Pirates 59. Twelve Forever Show 42. Sofia the First 60. LoliRock 21. The Ducktales 43. Goldie and Bear For pre-teens/teenagers from ages 8 - 15: This wide range of TV shows both animated and live-action is perfect for pre-teens as well as teenagers. Most of these shows can be found on the Disney Channel, Netflix, Jetix, and other various streaming websites online. Please keep in mind that every child is different, and the goal is to get them to enjoy their use of English in their day-to-day life. So, communicate with your child, research a show and choose together something that they will enjoy. This list reflects the different personalities, interests, and ages of our students, and although not every title on here will be suitable for every student, we are certain everyone will find a few of interest. 1. W.I.T.C.H. 30. Phil of the Future 60. Shaman King 2. American Dragon: Jake 31. Teen Titans 61. Teenage Mutant Ninja Long 32. Ben 10 Turtles 3. Danny Phantom 33. Steven Universe 62. Winx Club! 4. Spiderman: The 34. Ed, Edd n’ Eddy 63. Avatar: The Last Animated Series 35. Foster’s Home for Airbender 5. Phineas and Ferb Imaginary Friends 64. Legends of the Hidden 6. Power Rangers 36. Justice League Temple 7. Totally Spies 37. The Life and Times of 65. iCarly 8. Huntik Juniper Lee 66. Victorious 9. Yu-gi-oh! 38. My Gym Partner is a 67. Girl meets world 10. Dragon Ball Monkey 68. Zoey 101 11. Batman: The Animated 39. Big Hero 6: The Series 69. Boss Baby: Back in Series 40. K.C. Undercover Business 12. Hannah Montana 41. Galactik Football 70. Skylanders Academy 13. Wizards of Waverly Place 42. Bakugan Battle Brawlers 71. Spy Kids: Mission Critical 14. Jessie 43. Mako Mermaids 72. Liv and Maddie: Cali 15. Monster Buster Club 44. H2O: Just Add Water Style 16. The Suite Life of Zack and 45. Sailor Moon 73. Violetta Cody 46. Aaron Stone 74. Miraculous: Tales of Lady 17. The Suite Life on Deck 47. Pair of Kings Bug and Cat Noir 18. Gravity Falls 48. Zeke and Luther 75. Stuck in the Middle 19. Austin and Ally 49. Fresh Prince of Bell Air 76. Elena of Avalor 20. Good Luck Charlie 50. Drake and Josh 77. Raven’s Home 21. Kim Possible 51. Sonic X 78. The Evermoor Chronicles 22. Shake it up 52. What’s with Andy? 79. Bunk’d 23. That’s so Raven! 53. Martin Mystery 80. A.N.T. Farm 24. Cory in the House 54. Team Galaxy 81. Dog with a Blog 25. Bizaardvark 55. Atom 82. Best friends Whenever 26. Sonny with a Chance 56. World of Quest 83. Fish hooks 27. Lizzie Mcguire 57. Jackie Chan Adventures 84. Billie and the Ghost 28. The Emperor’s New 58. Ironman: The Armored 85. Fuller House School Adventures 29. Jonas 59. X-Men Teenagers above the age of 16 - Adults: Please be advised that TV shows in these categories may include serious/ heavy themes or inappropriate images/ language and should be viewed at the watcher’s discretion. * starred TV shows may be inappropriate for audiences below 18 years of age. COMEDY 1. Modern Family 21. Unbreakable Kimmy 37. Grimm* 2. Jane the virgin Schmidt* 38. Supernatural* 3. Ugly Betty 22. Sex Education* 39. The 100 4. I am not okay with this 40. Gotham SUPERNATURAL/SCI-FI 5. The Office 41. Teen Wolf* 23. Stranger Things 6. The Good Place 42. Timeless 24. The Witcher* 7. Young Sheldon 43. The Umbrella Academy* 25. Supergirl 8. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. 44. Fringe 26. Arrow 9. Brooklyn 99 45. Merlin 27. The Flash 10. The Big Bang Theory 46. The Haunting of Hill House * 28. DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 11. Girl Boss 47. The Order 29. Cloak and Dagger 12. Everything Sucks 48. The Chilling Adventures of 30. Jessica Jones 13. New Girl Sabrina* 31. Luke Cage 14. Santa Clarita Diet * 49. Black Lightning 32. Marvel’s Iron Fist 15. How I Met your Mother 50. Smallville 33. Marvel’s Defenders 16. Glee 51. Lucifer* 34. Marvel’s agents of 17. Alexa and Katie 52. Preacher* S.H.I.E.L.D. 18. Parks and Recreation 53. The Good Witch 35. Shannara Chronicles 19. That 70’s Show 54. Black Mirror* 36. Once Upon a Time 20. Scrubs 55. Westworld CRIME/DETECTIVE/THRILLER 71. Sherlock 85. Veronica Mars 56. CSI (Miami, New York)* 72. Doctor Who 86. House of Cards 57. Blacklist* 73. Elementary 87. This is Us 58. NCIS* 74. Pretty Little Liars 88. Dead to Me* 59. Mr. Robot 75. Limitless 89. Dirty John* 60. Dexter* 76. Gotham 90. You* 61. The Catch 77. Bates Motel* 91. Reign 62. Criminal Minds 78. American Horror Story* 92. Unorthodox 63. Scream Queens* 93. Unbelievable DRAMA 64. iZombie 65. White Collar 79. House MD 66. Suits 80. The Good Doctor NON-FICTION/ REALITY 67. Riverdale 81. A Series of Unfortunate 68. How to get away with Events 94. Master Chef murder * 82. The Crown 95. Cheer 69. American Crime Story 83. One Tree Hill 96. Nailed it! 70. Monk 84. Code Black 97. Great British Bake off 98. Instant Hotel 103. The World’s Most 107. Diana: In her own 99. Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Extraordinary Homes Words Rich* 104. Interior design masters 108. The Final Table 100. Shark Tank 105. Explained 109. Tidying Up with Marie 101. Sugar Rush 106. Abducted in Plain Sight Kondo 102. Amazing Interiors 110. The Circle Leisure Readers for Enthusiastic Learners For our young readers! (Beginners) – For more readers please contact your child’s teacher. Our school provides a variety of level appropriate, language-targeted readers that children can borrow from our library . By Roald Dahl: By Beatrix Potter: 1. Matilda 8. The Adventures of Peter Rabbit 2. The Witches By The Oxford Reading Tree: 3. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory 9. Read with Oxford: Biff, Chip and Kipper 4. The BFG (Reading Stages 1-9) 5. James and The Giant Peach By Dr Seuss: 6. George’s Marvelous Medicine 10. Cat in the Hat 7. The Enormous Crocodile By Jeff Kinney: 11. Diary of a Wimpy Kid book series (14 books) For Teenage Readers (13 – 16 years old) (Intermediate) By Meg Cabot: 9. Pants on Fire (a.k.a. Tommy By Toni Diterlizzi and Holly Black: 1. The Princess Diaries series Sullivan is a Freak) (The Spiderwick Chronicles) (10 books) 10. Jinx 16. The Field Guide 11. Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls 2. The Mediator series (7 17. The Seeing Stone series (6 books) books) 18. Lucinda's Secret 12. Olivia Grace series (5 1-800-WHERE-R-U series 19. The Ironwood Tree 3. books) (5 books) 20. The Wrath of Mulgarath 4. All-American Girl series (2 By Jacqueline Wilson: BY R.J. Palacio: books) 13. Tracy Beaker series (4 5. Avalon High series (1 book books) 21. Wonder + 3 graphic novels) 14. Girls series (4 books) 6. The Airhead trilogy (3 BY Enid Blyton: books) By Annie Dalton: 7. Teen Idol 15. Angels Unlimited (12 books) 22. Famous Five Book series 8. How to Be Popular (21 books) For Advanced Readers (16+ years) (Higher) By Rick Riordan: (Percy Jackson Series) 28. The Philosopher's Stone 29. The Chamber of Secrets 23. The Lightning Thief 30. The Prisoner of Azkaban 24. The Sea of Monsters 31. The Goblet of Fire 25. The Titan's Curse 32. The Order of the Phoenix 26. The Battle of the Labyrinth 33. The Half-Blood Prince 27. The Last Olympian 34. 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