, ) and some of them are not concentrade on the lesson, i am so worried about that. plz help melooking for some ideas of teaching 5 years old, plz help
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looking for some ideas of teaching 5 years old, plz help
i am a newbie and this time i hv a class of 5 years old , there are about 15 students in my class, it is really difficult to teach them because they even cant speak their mother tonge( Vietnamese) very well, so it is very hard for me to catch their attention, what can i do in this case? pls give me some advices( we teach them Super Me - it all pictures and withouth a words , ) and some of them are not concentrade on the lesson, i am so worried about that. plz help me
, ) and some of them are not concentrade on the lesson, i am so worried about that. plz help me-
EFLwithlittleones
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Efl for 5 year olds
I don't know how long your lessons are and I don't know how much access you have to materials. However if you can make up worksheets check out 'Peter's Kindy ABCs' and 'Peter's Puppet Playmate' in the 'Cookbook' on this site. I have used both these activities with groups of up to 20 five year olds very successfully.
If you don't have access to materials easily and you can't get/make a puppet (every Kindy Teacher should have a puppet or two) then you can do simple yoga exercises with your students: Get them to stand in three rows and follow your actions. You only need to do things like 'touch your toes' and 'stretch up your hands' to start with and just gradually develop a routine. The children will enjoy the actions and also learn to understand who is in charge. Make the activity a daily fixture perhaps at the start of each lesson and this will help the children to feel part of the group.
Sallam Alaykum
T.P.
If you don't have access to materials easily and you can't get/make a puppet (every Kindy Teacher should have a puppet or two) then you can do simple yoga exercises with your students: Get them to stand in three rows and follow your actions. You only need to do things like 'touch your toes' and 'stretch up your hands' to start with and just gradually develop a routine. The children will enjoy the actions and also learn to understand who is in charge. Make the activity a daily fixture perhaps at the start of each lesson and this will help the children to feel part of the group.
Sallam Alaykum
T.P.
sallamu alaykum
thanks alot for ur help. i found it is very helful for me. do you speak Arabic?
i like it a lot but it is tooooo difficult to learn. now i think my lesson is much easier. most of the time, my lessons are 1hour and 45 mins long and i have to teach them for about 7 months. but u know in vietnam, it is very difficult to buy pupet what can i do?
thanks alot for ur help. i found it is very helful for me. do you speak Arabic?
i like it a lot but it is tooooo difficult to learn. now i think my lesson is much easier. most of the time, my lessons are 1hour and 45 mins long and i have to teach them for about 7 months. but u know in vietnam, it is very difficult to buy pupet what can i do?-
EFLwithlittleones
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puppets and cut-outs
I use a puppet I bought and a couple of teddy bears. Over time they develop their own personalities. I'm not sure what the easiest way is to make a puppet. Try looking on the internet for advice or even just post here, 'How do I make a puppet?' And in the meantime you can always stick two buttons to a sock!
Regarding cut-outs:
When I'm teaching a classic story like, 'The Hare and the Tortoise' or, 'The Ginger Bread Man' I will use card and make large cut outs of the main characters. You can use these like puppets to make the story fun. Try drawing backgrounds on the whiteboard/blackboard and then sticking on the cutouts. The children will also want to hold the cut outs so you can then involve them in the story telling. I will also include A4 drawings I make of the main parts of the story to help the children imagine what's happening. You can even 'test' student comprehension by asking children to put the drawings in the correct order.
Jazak'Allah kheir
Sallam Alaykum
T.P.
Regarding cut-outs:
When I'm teaching a classic story like, 'The Hare and the Tortoise' or, 'The Ginger Bread Man' I will use card and make large cut outs of the main characters. You can use these like puppets to make the story fun. Try drawing backgrounds on the whiteboard/blackboard and then sticking on the cutouts. The children will also want to hold the cut outs so you can then involve them in the story telling. I will also include A4 drawings I make of the main parts of the story to help the children imagine what's happening. You can even 'test' student comprehension by asking children to put the drawings in the correct order.
Jazak'Allah kheir
Sallam Alaykum
T.P.
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EFLwithlittleones
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Resources and sources
I teach kindergarten for which there are books available. But much of the modern materials are grounded in a theory of interactivity which needs no course book since books by definition demand reading or at any rate, looking, which can be done just as well with stories. In any case I use a combination of bilingual worksheets, word and picture cards, pictures some of which I draw, others I make from photos I either take or get from the internet. Most of my core lessons are based around making things. So I will show the children how to make something and then guide them as they make it themselves. The finished product will also have a couple of bilingual worksheets attached to it. I also do drama using music and action (without speech), exercises, TPR, runaround games, nature walks and worksheets, lots of whiteboard work treating the white board like a huge t.v. screen with picture cards, drawings, matching and circling for the children to do, kindy mini-mingles, group reading and regular letter forming routines. I generally nest everything in tightish lesson plan with extended projects and familiar daily practices.
My daughters taught in Taipei and found using the songs found at
http://www.pamseslclassroom.com to be very useful. In fact they made several presentations to the Chinese English teachers and always sold out of Pam Southwell's CDs.
These songs, finger rhymes and chants are easily learnt by children. Theu love the singing games as well. Pams site has mp3s of the songs as well as lyrics, instructions and lesson plans.
http://www.pamseslclassroom.com to be very useful. In fact they made several presentations to the Chinese English teachers and always sold out of Pam Southwell's CDs.
These songs, finger rhymes and chants are easily learnt by children. Theu love the singing games as well. Pams site has mp3s of the songs as well as lyrics, instructions and lesson plans.
Flash cards.
I just spent a fair amount on some nice flash cards made by Teacher Created Materials and they have proved very good for my young kids.
Step one: use the pictures until they can say the name of all the pictures.
Step two: Use the words to get then to be able to recognize the word in it's written form.
I've been using this tutoring and progression is very rapid.
In a classroom environment, you'll just need to get a little creative and have them work in pairs or small groups.
I just spent a fair amount on some nice flash cards made by Teacher Created Materials and they have proved very good for my young kids.
Step one: use the pictures until they can say the name of all the pictures.
Step two: Use the words to get then to be able to recognize the word in it's written form.
I've been using this tutoring and progression is very rapid.
In a classroom environment, you'll just need to get a little creative and have them work in pairs or small groups.
in vietnam , our 5 years old kids just getting started with english , and that's why we cant ask them to do such a kind of writting worksheet but only coloring some kinds of pictures related to the lessons. We - the teachers- use the book Super Me - you can take a look by searching on net . It is a really hard job i hv ever faced with - i mean before this i only teach for kids from 7 - 14 year old, they can write and they can concentrade on the lesson. but with such a young kids like that, they only can concentrade for around 15 mins and after that time, we have to change the activities to attract them.
I found out that the ideal of using flash cards s very helpful, we usually use this in our lessons, moreover, we use some other activities such as some songs to teach them
hope to hear more from u
I found out that the ideal of using flash cards s very helpful, we usually use this in our lessons, moreover, we use some other activities such as some songs to teach them
hope to hear more from u
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visualgram
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teaching 5 year olds
Maybe you can try to visit our web page at www.visualgram.com and get a few free pre-school intereactive modules from there.
You can perhaps create your own interactive questions and answers with the AGE E workbook generator for teachers with student's own recorded sound?
for help on how to use AGE go to www.foohokok.com/Help4AGE
how to record
http://foohokok.com/Help4AGE/Sound%20wa ... ording.htm
They will be thrilled to hear their own voices.
You can download the AGE tools for teachers and from there use windows'
voice recording software(already in all Windows os.)
Meanwhile we are looking for teachers to participate in our Global Education project where teachers around the world contribute a few of their work and every share those contributions with others. Contribute a few, teachers get in return hundreds or maybe thousands of modules in return. Why reinvent the wheel?
help this helps
regards
alan
You can perhaps create your own interactive questions and answers with the AGE E workbook generator for teachers with student's own recorded sound?
for help on how to use AGE go to www.foohokok.com/Help4AGE
how to record
http://foohokok.com/Help4AGE/Sound%20wa ... ording.htm
They will be thrilled to hear their own voices.
You can download the AGE tools for teachers and from there use windows'
voice recording software(already in all Windows os.)
Meanwhile we are looking for teachers to participate in our Global Education project where teachers around the world contribute a few of their work and every share those contributions with others. Contribute a few, teachers get in return hundreds or maybe thousands of modules in return. Why reinvent the wheel?
help this helps
regards
alan