How children learn with EIF
Every child's learning journey is unique. The EIF Method supports this journey through two main developmental stages, connected by Bridges that ensure children progress according to their readiness rather than simply their age.
How children learn with EIF
Every child's learning journey is unique. The EIF Method supports this journey through two main developmental stages, connected by Bridges that ensure children progress according to their readiness rather than simply their age.
EIF Blue Stage
Generally suitable for children aged 1–3
The EIF Blue Stage is designed for toddlers and pre-schoolers in nursery or private educational settings, where early English language exposure takes advantage of the brain's exceptional capacity for language acquisition.
Lessons are carefully structured around children's short attention spans and daily routines, using songs, sensory play, storytelling, role play, creative activities, and hands-on exploration, making English a natural part of everyday learning.
The EIF Blue Stage integrates seamlessly into existing nursery curricula and learning environments. Children enjoy two or more English sessions each week, delivered by trained EIF teachers working alongside nursery staff in a familiar, supportive environment.
When children are ready for the next stage, the Green Bridge ensures a smooth and natural transition without pressure or interruption in their learning journey.
Blue Stage Learning Skills
Physical Skills
Fine motor skills
Gross motor skills
Perceptual skills
Coordination skills
Cognitive Skills
Spatial and temporal awareness
Sorting, classifying, and sequencing
Early maths skills (quantities and relationships)
Social & Emotional Skills
Self-awareness and emotional recognition
Body schema recognition
Symbolic play
Creative expression
Language Skills
Language awareness
Listening skills
Colors and shapes
Wanto to learn more about the EIF Blue Stage?
Discover how toddlers acquire English naturally through play, movement, and everyday routines.
EIF Blue Stage
Generally suitable for children aged 1–3
The EIF Blue Stage is designed for toddlers and pre-schoolers in nursery or private educational settings, where early English language exposure takes advantage of the brain's exceptional capacity for language acquisition.
Lessons are carefully structured around children's short attention spans and daily routines, using songs, sensory play, storytelling, role play, creative activities, and hands-on exploration, making English a natural part of everyday learning.
The EIF Blue Stage integrates seamlessly into existing nursery curricula and learning environments. Children enjoy two or more English sessions each week, delivered by trained EIF teachers working alongside nursery staff in a familiar, supportive environment.
When children are ready for the next stage, the Green Bridge ensures a smooth and natural transition without pressure or interruption in their learning journey.
Blue Stage Learning Skills
Physical Skills
Fine motor skills
Gross motor skills
Perceptual skills
Coordination skills
Social & Emotional Skills
Self-awareness and emotional recognition
Body schema recognition
Symbolic play
Creative expression
Cognitive Skills
Spatial and temporal awareness
Sorting, classifying, and sequencing
Early maths skills (quantities and relationships)
Language Skills
Language awareness
Listening skills
Colors and shapes
Want to learn more about the EIF Blue Stage?
Discover how toddlers acquire English naturally through play, movement, and everyday routines.
EIF Yellow Stage
Generally suitable for children aged 4–8
The EIF Yellow Stage introduces English through play-based learning, helping children develop social, emotional, physical, cognitive skills, and language skills. Lessons combine games, songs, movement, role play, and creative activities to make language learning engaging and natural.
Because the program is built around meaningful learning experiences rather than grammar, children can join at any point with confidence. Every learner progresses at their own pace in a supportive, inclusive environment.
This child-centred approach equips teachers with the tools to create enjoyable, effective lessons that inspire confidence and foster lifelong language learning.
Some learners may also benefit from Orange Bridge activities, which extend learning beyond the Yellow Stage and introduce early literacy skills.
Yellow Stage Learning Skills
Physical Skills
Fine motor skills
Gross motor skills
Perceptual skills
Coordination skills
Cognitive Skills
Decision making
Spatial and temporal awareness
Sorting, classifying, and sequencing
Early maths skills (measurement, graphs, patterns, etc.)
General knowledge
Social & Emotional Skills
Building self-confidence
Social interaction
Following instructions
Creative Expression
Language Skills
Language awareness
Listening skills
Pre-writing skills
Discover how the EIF Yellow Stage builds confidence, creativity, and early language skills through meaningful play-based learning.
EIF Yellow Stage
Generally suitable for children aged 4–8
The EIF Yellow Stage introduces English through play-based learning, helping children develop social, emotional, physical, cognitive skills, and language skills. Lessons combine games, songs, movement, role play, and creative activities to make language learning engaging and natural.
Because the program is built around meaningful learning experiences rather than grammar, children can join at any point with confidence. Every learner progresses at their own pace in a supportive, inclusive environment.
This child-centred approach equips teachers with the tools to create enjoyable, effective lessons that inspire confidence and foster lifelong language learning.
Some learners may also benefit from Orange Bridge activities, which extend learning beyond the Yellow Stage and introduce early literacy skills.
Yellow Stage Learning Skills
Physical Skills
Fine motor skills
Gross motor skills
Perceptual skills
Coordination skills
Social & Emotional Skills
Building self-confidence
Social interaction
Following instructions
Creative Expression
Cognitive Skills
Decision making
Spatial and temporal awareness
Sorting, classifying, and sequencing
Early maths skills (measurement, graphs, patterns, etc.)
General knowledge
Language Skills
Language awareness
Listening skills
Pre-writing skills
Discover how the EIF Yellow Stage builds confidence, creativity, and early language skills through meaningful play-based learning.
Inspired by the EIF approach?
You can learn to deliver the methodology and have access to the curriculum through my comprehensive teacher training program.
Ready to teach the EIF Method?
The EIF Yellow Stage Online Teacher Training equips you with everything you need to confidently teach English to young learners using the English is Fun! Method.
Whether you're already a teacher or completely new to teaching, you'll learn how to deliver engaging, developmentally appropriate English lessons using our structured curriculum, ready-to-use thematic programmes, and ongoing professional support.
After completing the Yellow Stage Teacher Training, you'll gain access to the complete EIF curriculum and can continue your journey with additional specialist training, including the Blue Stage program if you want to learn how to teach English to toddlers.
Can you spot me? (Hint: I still had brown hair!)
Inspired by the EIF approach?
You can learn to deliver the methodology and have access to the curriculum through my comprehensive teacher training program.
Ready to teach the EIF Method?
The EIF Yellow Stage Online Teacher Training equips you with everything you need to confidently teach English to young learners using the English is Fun! Method.
Whether you're already a teacher or completely new to teaching, you'll learn how to deliver engaging, developmentally appropriate English lessons using our structured curriculum, ready-to-use thematic programmes, and ongoing professional support.
After completing the Yellow Stage Teacher Training, you'll gain access to the complete EIF curriculum and can continue your journey with additional specialist training, including the Blue Stage program if you want to learn how to teach English to toddlers.
Can you spot me? (Hint: I still had brown hair!)
How English is Fun! was created
I began rebuilding everything from the ground up. I stopped asking, "How should we teach English?" and started asking, "How do young children naturally learn?"
What emerged was a thematic program structured around developmentally appropriate experiences where every movement, every game, every interaction worked together to promote children’s natural learning skills, while fostering their social, emotional, physical, linguistic, and cognitive growth. Every experience had a purpose. Nothing was random. Nothing was filler.
For the first time, teaching felt clear, predictable, and sustainable. For the first time, the kids were actually acquiring the language- the infrastructure of the English language- not just lists of words! It became my method and I called it English is Fun! because the kids loved it ... but also to counteract what I had been feeling up to that moment: that teaching English was not fun at all!
EIF is an inclusive method which allows every child to thrive. It is unique as it intertwines a solid pedagogical base with an educational program for children ages 4-8 called EIF Yellow Stage.
And today, my EIF Yellow Stage Thematic Bundles provide teachers with lessons that deliver time and again; lessons that work with children’s development instead of against it.
About Adri
English is Fun! was created by Adriana Cantisani, an educator with over 30 years of experience teaching English as a foreign language. Active in Italy since 2001, she has trained more than 1,000 teachers, bringing EIF to thousands of children in schools and private educational settings.
With a degree in Italian Studies and a minor in Cognitive Psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and certification in the Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment (FIE-Basic) program, her work bridges structured cognitive development with practical classroom application.
Over the years, the success of the method led to national television collaborations and educational programming, as well as the publication of two books focused on child development and early language learning. But her most significant work has always remained in the classroom refining a structured approach that aligns English teaching with how young children naturally grow, think, and learn. That structured approach is English is Fun!
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Become a certified English is Fun! Teacher
The EIF Yellow Stage Teacher Training is open to anyone who wants to learn how to teach English to young children, whether they are already a teacher or not. (Many of my most successful teachers started with no classroom background at all.)
If you are ready to learn, practice, and apply a real method -not just collect ideas- then this course is for you.
English is Fun! Online
Yellow Stage Teacher Training
€842
The complete English is Fun! Teacher Training
100+ pre-recorded training videos (14+ hours)
Step-by-step guidance through the English is Fun! method
Foundations of child development and classroom practice
3 live group video calls with Adriana (Q&A + guidance)
3 months of full access to the training platform
Most teachers complete the training within the access period and begin applying it immediately. Prices includes VAT.
