Teaching Preschool can be exhausting and exhilarating, frustrating and rewarding; sometimes all in the same day.
Teaching is somewhat of a performance. I have to be excited about the topic in order for the kids to get excited about it. I am always trying to come up with new ways of introducing letters and numbers, although they (the letters and numbers) never change, I have to.
So to bring in a little more fun today I created a little dance to go over our letters. Usually, we say the letter, give the sign (language), repeat the sound 3 times and give a word. In the beginning it was fun and new. Now even I have to admit it's quite boring.
Today we got up and moved with the sounds and letters. Making the letter shapes with our bodies and sounds with little dances. Joy and smiles on the faces of little people, even those who do not participate on a regular basis.
I just hope it's sinking in and maybe when they go to Kindergarten next year and are asked the sounds of the letters they will do a little wiggle to help them remember.
Monday, February 29, 2016
Monday, February 22, 2016
Why are you yelling?
I feel like I am asking this question too often. Children tend to be loud talkers, is this by nature or nurture? I have a few thoughts on the subject:
1. Have you had your child's hearing checked? Maybe there really is something wrong and your child cannot even hear themselves so they are loud talkers.
2. The world is full of noise. Every store or restaurant we frequent seems to have music playing. I find it difficult to concentrate and have conversations when there is a lot of background music going on. Is your television on all the time? Kids tend to get louder with their environment.
3. Parents are yelling to talk. Your child is short not deaf!
4. They are being ignored and you don't even realize it. We are all busy with our careers, activities, hobbies and such, but I see, more often than not, a child being ignored by a cell phone. Parents are too "busy" tweeting, texting and checking facebook to even look up when their child has a need. I see parents talking on their phone with a little one hanging out of a shopping cart screaming (literally) for attention. Parents sitting at a fast food place would rather look at a lit up rectangle than into the face of their own child who needs them.
5. No one corrects them. You can change the situation if you really want too. Whisper to answer your child and they will too whisper. Simply ask them to not yell at you. If you accept the behavior it will continue.
1. Have you had your child's hearing checked? Maybe there really is something wrong and your child cannot even hear themselves so they are loud talkers.
2. The world is full of noise. Every store or restaurant we frequent seems to have music playing. I find it difficult to concentrate and have conversations when there is a lot of background music going on. Is your television on all the time? Kids tend to get louder with their environment.
3. Parents are yelling to talk. Your child is short not deaf!
4. They are being ignored and you don't even realize it. We are all busy with our careers, activities, hobbies and such, but I see, more often than not, a child being ignored by a cell phone. Parents are too "busy" tweeting, texting and checking facebook to even look up when their child has a need. I see parents talking on their phone with a little one hanging out of a shopping cart screaming (literally) for attention. Parents sitting at a fast food place would rather look at a lit up rectangle than into the face of their own child who needs them.
5. No one corrects them. You can change the situation if you really want too. Whisper to answer your child and they will too whisper. Simply ask them to not yell at you. If you accept the behavior it will continue.
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