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[thetraveler]

Wow...is that what most kindergarden jobs are like?

[cdninkorea]

[sjk1128]

I suggest lots of TPR activities. Google it to see what experts in the area say. I teach my youngest students using this method. We start out with things like

1.Raise your hand. 16. Step forward
2.Put your hand down. 17. Step back
3.Pick up your book. 18. Step to the side
4.Put your book down. 19. Touch your head
5.Stand up. 20. Clap your hands
6.Turn around. 21. Stamp your feet
7.Sit down. 22. Open your mouth
8.Come here. 23. Close your mouth
9.Go back. 24. Swing your arms
10.Say, �Blah, blah, blah.� 25. Count to 10
11.Open your book. 26. Walk
12.Close your book. 27. Run
13.Write. 28. Dance
14.Make a line. 29. Swim
15.Be quiet. 30. Ride a bicycle
16.Drive a car 31. Go to sleep

Start off with you saying it and doing it with them all. Then you can graduate to you saying it and watching them do it. Later, they'll start saying it of their own volition, and you can use that for other activities.

You can also devise games similar to "Simon Says" that "test" their memory of everything they've learned. In short, go for listening and assess their progress by their reaction, not what they say. For example, if you say "Go to the door" and they go to the door, then that's right and you should reward them in whatever way you do: praise them, clapping, a ride on your shoulders for a few of them. If they don't do it, you can choose to do nothing or punish them: scolding, time in the corner, etc.

TPR can take you really far. The man who came up with the idea, Asher (?), suggested you can teach 1000s of words and phrases this way, including storybooks. Read the story - age appropriate - with the pictures showing on a big overhead and have everyone act them out. Later just read passages from the story and check if they can remember the action. Depending oj how motivated you are, you can bring in props.

It's hard, but you can do it. Good luck.

[tomato]

You can find a wealth of material right here on this forum,
because questions similar to yours have been asked 31 times since I started keeping count:

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The next time someone asks that question,
this will become thread number 32!

[dmbfan]

If you have the tools, either a lap top or a projector hooked to the computer, I recommend this.....


www.starfall.com


good stuff to be used, here.


dmbfan

P.S. If you want a good ice breaker, then type in "Mana Mana" in you tube.

[garykasparov]

30 3-year olds = Crack cocaine

[icicle]

[cruisemonkey]

[R. S. Refugee]

[ds_fan]

yip, i also have about 30 3 year olds, im teaching big classes of 4 year olds in korean age. they dont speak korean well yet, they dont know their own names, so they sit where a photo is of their face. stink of piss, snot all over their face, drooling and cant concetrate for more than 1 minute.


and guess what, having worked in a kindergaten hagwon, i never ever want to have children

[teachingld2004]

Sorry to say this, but there is nothing you can do.

30 kids at one time any age is rough, but 10 kids that age is impossible.

Talk to "the powers that be" and tell him/her that the Korean teacher has to be there at all times.

I understand that no matter what a contract states, in Korea the word "Contract" is a good laugh.

Even if you got rid of all the furniture they would fight. Even if you had lots of toys, they would fight/cry/wet their pants/throw things/yell/ pull on your clothes....

I love that age, but I will not "teach" more then 6 of them at one time.