How to Teach Kids Online: A step-by-step guide

Teach English to Kids Online

If you want to teach kids online, you are in luck. You can easily make $20/hr if you are a native English speaker who loves to sing “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes” with preschoolers. Perhaps surprisingly, compared to teaching adults, the pay for teaching English to children is fantastic.

If you have the high energy and patience that this job requires, then this is a lucrative and very fun field, but only pursue this if you truly love teaching kids.

This is because you simply cannot fake it to a third-grader. After ten classes in a row, you need to genuinely feel all warm and fuzzy when a third-grader shows you their action figure for the hundredth time or wants to pretend to be a dinosaur for the entire thirty-minute lesson. Ideally, you have a bunch of your own to show them, too!

Though singing “The Wheels on the Bus” over and over…and over again might sound simple; it is anything but.

Early language learning is a serious professional field. If you are interested in teaching very young children, then you will have to jump through a few more hoops to get hired. You often need a Bachelor’s degree, at the minimum, if you are interested in working for companies that cater to children.

It behooves you to do some research to learn some basics of CVC phonic blends, long and short vowel sounds, the best methods to engage young learners through play, and so on.

Check out these companies to teach English to Kids

Cambly is by far the easiest to apply to (no interview or demo class needed, just sign up) and you can teach for Camblykids. Unlike regular Cambly teachers (who teach adults), Cambly for kids requires a set schedule. However, Camblykids pays more too.

Cambly kids Pay

$0.20 USD per minute.
$12 USD per hour.
While you chat with students, Cambly automatically tracks your time.
Cambly pays you every Monday via Paypal.

Palfish is the most flexible and portable. You can teach from wifi and from your phone! You can teach kids or adults. $15-$18/hr

VIPKid was extremely popular a few years ago and paid $14-22/hr, but the company has had to pivot since the Chinese crackdown on remote, freelance foreign language teachers. Their pay dropped to around $14/hour and their student base shifted. Still, the company is worth looking into if you are an American teacher who wants to teach kids. They are poised to regroup.