aggiesteph
Junior Member
- Joined
- Feb 17, 2014
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Polish
- Home Country
- Poland
- Current Location
- Poland
Dear teachers,
I would be eternally grateful for any advice. Last year I taught English in a preschool. Some days were better some were worse but in general I would say it was Ok. Some days the kids were really badly behaved but on others they were involved in the lesson, participated eagerly and were always happy to see me. The farewell before the summer was really emotional, I got lost of beatiful drawings. They closed down that preschool so I do not teach there anymore, but this year I have a group of 5 five-year-olds. And it is a nightmare. I do not see that I am doing anything that much different from last year, yet it jus does not work. I try to prepare varied lessons with singing, drawing, games, physical activities but anything I do is usually greeted with "boring" from my young learners. Sometimes they decide something is boring even before I start the DVD with a new song. I try motivating them with stickers with their favorite cartoon characters, and if they collect 25 they can choose a bigger prize. I really put a lot of effort into preparing the lessons. I have 2 hours a week with them and on average I spend about 5 hours weekly preparing to these classes. I try to come up with creative and fun activities but it is for nothing. I feel that it is one girl that brings this kind of attitude into the class, and the rest of them just catch on, but then today we were playing their favorite games (the few ones they do not complain about), and they seemed to be enjoying the lesson, when suddenly this girl that usually does not complain said that she does not like our English lessons, and of course the rest of them chorused the same. I have to mention that I teach many other groups of 6-year-olds, and older kids and they love our classes, and I am usually happy as a teacher, but this one group just takes all the fun out of it. I really try my best but nothing works.
I would be really grateful for any tips or ideas.
I would be eternally grateful for any advice. Last year I taught English in a preschool. Some days were better some were worse but in general I would say it was Ok. Some days the kids were really badly behaved but on others they were involved in the lesson, participated eagerly and were always happy to see me. The farewell before the summer was really emotional, I got lost of beatiful drawings. They closed down that preschool so I do not teach there anymore, but this year I have a group of 5 five-year-olds. And it is a nightmare. I do not see that I am doing anything that much different from last year, yet it jus does not work. I try to prepare varied lessons with singing, drawing, games, physical activities but anything I do is usually greeted with "boring" from my young learners. Sometimes they decide something is boring even before I start the DVD with a new song. I try motivating them with stickers with their favorite cartoon characters, and if they collect 25 they can choose a bigger prize. I really put a lot of effort into preparing the lessons. I have 2 hours a week with them and on average I spend about 5 hours weekly preparing to these classes. I try to come up with creative and fun activities but it is for nothing. I feel that it is one girl that brings this kind of attitude into the class, and the rest of them just catch on, but then today we were playing their favorite games (the few ones they do not complain about), and they seemed to be enjoying the lesson, when suddenly this girl that usually does not complain said that she does not like our English lessons, and of course the rest of them chorused the same. I have to mention that I teach many other groups of 6-year-olds, and older kids and they love our classes, and I am usually happy as a teacher, but this one group just takes all the fun out of it. I really try my best but nothing works.
I would be really grateful for any tips or ideas.