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[stevieg4ever]

Have to teach a group of preschoolers who have just entered the kindergarten. They have never seen a foreigner before and burst out in tears when I walk in.

Does anyone have any constructive ideas or games as to what I can teach?

Ive done hide and seek. The monkey impression is wearing thin. Advice much needed.

Thanks

[Dome Vans]

Ouchee! Stevieg.

I taught one lesson of pre-schoolers at my elementary for an hour, it was kind of at the last minute to make up for the fact that 5th and 6th grade had exams.

Eight shocked faces laughing everytime I opened my mouth. They didn't cry though.

They asked questions about the size and shape of my house of my house, chickens, and amazingly my thoughts and position on Heideigger. These were interpreted through my co-teacher. THEN the kindy teacher thought that I should sing to them........

This is the way we clap our hands, clap our hands, clap our hands...
This is the way we stamp our feet, stamp our feet, stamp our feet...

Not done it again. It'd be one hell of a hassle to do it on a regular basis. Once was funny but not again.

I'd love to see that monkey impression
How long was it for? One hour?

Or this story could be used:

Have a flashcard of an elephant, crocodile and a monkey. Get them to do the sounds and actions for it. Put them into groups?!?!?!?! (Could be tricky this) Story time, when they hear crocodile, elephant or monkey they do the action and noise:

Be ready to be very lively for this.

STORY.

This is the story of enormous elephant, Magic monkey and crazy crocodile.
One day Enormous elephant was bored, very very bored. Then he had an idea.
�I know,� he said. �I�ll go to London.�
So he started to walk, and he walked, and he walked, and he walked. On the way he met magic monkey.
�Hello Magic monkey,� he said.
�Hello.� Said magic monkey.
�What�s the matter?� said enormous elephant.
�I�m bored,� said magic monkey, �very very bored�
�I�ve got an idea,� said enormous elephant. �why don�t you come to London with me?�
�Ok,� said Magic monkey.
So they started to walk, and they walked and they walked and they walked. On the way they met Crazy crocodile.
�Hello crazy crocodile,� they said.
�Hello,� said crazy crocodile.
�What�s the matter?� said enormous elephant.
�I�m bored,� said crazy crocodile, �very very bored.�
�I�ve got an idea,� sad enormous elephant, �why don�t you come to London with us.�
�Ok,� said crazy crocodile.
So they started to walk, and they walked, and walked and walked.
And they walked, and they walked and they walked.
And they walked and they walked and they walked.
�Oh, I�m tired,� said enormous elephant.
�Oh, I�m tired,� said magic monkey.
�Oh, I�m tired,� said crazy crocodile.
So they all went to sleep.


Good luck! After the lesson, at home..........a celebrationary Hite and watch Liverpools goals on Utube to get over the experience.

[Becka]

Super-easy games and stuff that seem to go over super well with early kindergarteners:

1) secret number game: after introducing the numbers 1-10 and getting them to feel a little familiar with them, I use a small (like, 10" square) white board and marker. I write a number between 1-10 on the board and don't let them see it. Once a student guesses correctly, they get to come up to the front and use the mini-whiteboard to write a secret number. Students guess until someone chooses the correct number. Correct guesser then gets his/her turn up front. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Sounds ridiculous and easy, but everytime I've used this game the kids get crazy into it. The one BIG rule of the game is that they must not blurt out the numbers in Korean or use their fingers.

Mutations on this game for other levels: using higher numbers (obviously), introducing the concepts of "higher" and "lower" when students make wrong guesses. You can also do this game with letters, colours, etc.

2) Phonics bingo game: after introducing the alphabet and single letter sounds, make 10 or so master copies of bingo cards that have single letters in each space. Photocopy and distribute randomly to students. Teacher, as the bingo caller, calls each letter by saying the sound the letter makes (obviously don't put 'c' and 'k' on the same card!).

3) If you have an internet-enabled computer and tv/projector in your room, find some classic Sesame Street clips on youtube and cue 'em up. Popular faves with my classes: the funky pinball numbers animation, two-headed monster sounding out words, "My J won't jump," the one where an H keeps flashing on Bert and Ernie's TV screen, etc. There's a TON of stuff on there.

4) www.jr.naver.com/english has a bunch of songs, games, and flashcards appropriate for this age group, too.

In general, if you can, keep your class divided into teams (based on how they're grouped in the classroom). Give points for teams who score in the games, or give correct answers when they raise their hands. Take away points from tables who are noisy, being bad, etc. I try to make it so that the point scores are pretty close throughout the class; this keeps any one group from getting too discouraged. I tend to reward the winning team of that day with a bonus point next time, or by dismissing them 2 minutes ahead of the rest of the class, etc. (i.e. I do not get into buying candy, etc.)

Good luck!

[nicholas_chiasson]

I played piano in kindergarten. They danced. It made me feel creepy. Then when I got up to leave they all threw themselves at my knees. Ended up falling backwards so as not to crush them. Not fun.

[tomato]

You can find a wealth of material right here on this forum,
because questions similar to yours have been asked 30 times since I started keeping count:

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The next time someone asks that question,
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[Netz]

You've been TOMATO'd! �


Tomato, has anyone ever collected all the hyperlinks from those threads?

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[jkelly80]

How did you do that? I can't get the search function to work past one word.

[daz1979]

Pointless post, just to keep track of this thread in my post history as the search tool is useless.

[tomato]

[DongtanTony]

OP...

A couple useful hints with kindy groups...

1. Get down to their level...literally!! Sit on the floor if you must...getting down to their eye level, or lower by sitting is important. If they jump on you...rub your arm hair...so be it. You're more accessible that way.

2. Shapes...numbers...alphabet...and music. If you can teach one of these concepts...maybe something like "it's a blue square," and so on...have them draw the shape, number, letter...etc...take their drawings...place them around the room on the floor. Start the music...stop the music after a few seconds...have them identify the drawing they're close to. Some guided practice...drawing...and movement...all in the same lesson.

3. Ball game...2 balls...I used to use this as an assessment tool...it can get out of hand quickly though...rules and expectations of behavior must be clearly established...2 balls...2 teams...one "yes" ball...one "no" ball...ask a question, related to whatever you may be teaching...throw the balls...watch them kill each other...whoever brings back the correct ball gets a point..."no" responses must respond with the correct response. No fighting...no crying...etc, etc...or the game stops...this one will take some time to establish...but if they get it, it's a great game.

4. http://genkienglish.net/--a site created by some teachers in Japan...but has some great stuff on it...memberships for the downloadable package are a little pricey...but again, some great stuff. You may be able to convince your director to pay for it??!! I bought it myself last year, I still use it for some low-level elementary classes...some of the materials take some effort to prep...you might have to make a PowerPoint or something to coincide with the songs...but again, a bunch of useful material for that age group. Check out the "Genki warm up," the "Left, Right" song, and the "Phonics Alphabet" song. The phonics song is free...has a great youtube clip to coincide with the song.

I create a bunch of flashcards for the songs too...guided practice first...identification...then try the songs...the "Left, Right" song and the "Warm Up" songs are the best for young groups, in my opinion.

5. Flash cards...on the floor...the bigger the better. Any concept...any theme...place all the flashcards on the floor, sit on the floor with your kids..."Where is the monkey?" The student...after some prompting and practice...should reply something like, "This is the monkey, Tony Teacher!" I have the monkey, There's the monkey...etc.

My advice...even though there may be threads on this site that address that very issue...get outside of Dave's. Google esl kindergarten...esl kindergarten games...kindergarten games...etc...there's a wealth of knowledge and free accessible items on the web. That's what teaching is all about really...stealing and borrowing other ideas to apply to your classroom.

Good luck!!!

[ddeubel]

YOu don't have to pay....take a look at this guy's teacher tips. Here's one and then click for further.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh_fRQRAgo0

By watching his games in action, you can just keep doing his whole repetoire and have loads of fun with the kids .....

I like this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2bxC_TovZ4

Of course check out our own Youtube karaoke channel for lots of kids songs... http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=578921EAA26D0E69

DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com