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SURVIVAL KIT FOR PRE-PRIMARY
TIPS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW
It’s hard but important.- Always use the same language. - Use your body.- Right intonation keeps their attention.- It’s a game! it makes you a special and different person- Be consistant! Believe they can do it!
FAMILIES ARE ALLIES.
INVOLVE THEM
Without them it’s harder.- Plan a meeting before the course starts explaining that
you need their help, and giving them a kind of “script” of what they should tell their kids.
- Don’t break this rule! Make them your “partners in crime”.
- Be confident when explaining this to them.
ROUTINES ARE KEY, BUT GIVE THEM A TWIST!
Routines are key!- Same structure of class.
Welcoming themSit down on the floor (semi-circle to keep eye contact with all of them)Include a helper in the daily routine.Main activity or presentation of the activity. Use
a “surprise bag”. Ricky models the activity they will do later. Ie:Eyes blindfolded.
INTRODUCE A “CHAMPIONS CUP”
CONTEST FOR THE CLASS!
Playing with flashcards- Once a month or bi-weekly organise a contest. The goal: Knowing all the flashcard names. You can’t help them. Count the flashcards they know, so they can see the progress they are making and…you review the numbers with them!
WE LEARN TO TALK…BY TALKING! GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO PRACTICE.
Finger puppets!- Short stories, model classroom expressions, acting it out afterwards.
LET THEM TEACH THEIR PUPPETS
We learn by teaching others!
- When singing a song, ask Ricky to do it first and make silly mistakes, so they can help him and they feel more confident.- When they learn a song or a story…show off! (families, other
classes…)
LET’S MOVE!
Dance, play, run…- Introduce short and fun movement activities. Ie: Run, run, run!
USE TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE LANGUAGE
REWARD THEM!
Positive reinforcement!- Stickers, smiles, hugs, approving looks, thumbs up… there are lots of ways to reward them for their effort. But it has to be sincere and… don’t over reinforce!
http://eltlearningjourneys.com/2014/04/28/gamification-and-stickers/
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AND…MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL…
WE ARE NOT TEACHING A SUBJECT,WE ARE TEACHINGCHILDREN
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