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I've been teaching this little girl for almost a year, an hour and a half two days a week. This is how we do the lesson. Start with singing and dancing Then I play with her with a puppet with her toys for about 40 minutes Then I let her play ESL games on my ipad for 25 minutes Last 20 minutes is a c...

I have two private students that I am teaching. One is 4 years old. Her mother really wants her to speak English as much as possible, but when I tell her to repeat something she never listens. The only way I can get her to repeat is by not doing things I want her to do (I use puppets that she likes ...

I have a class of mostly 2 year olds who are just turning three... The class seems to have a lot of discipline problems... For example children will often not want to participate in our dance class (it's like a ballet class) or our sports class, art class or our music class. Some of them don't like ...

I've been hired to teach a 4 year old English. She speaks no English at all. My question is, How important is it to force her to repeat what I say? I'm normally talking the whole lesson, and she sometimes sings along to the songs and such, but many times she doesn't repeat what I say. Should I be co...