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TEACHING KIDS IN JAPAN IS EASY WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS
Kids have the attention span of an ant! Why wouldn’t they? They have everything they could ever want given to them in a New York second.
Your biggest competition in keeping their attention is their GAMEBOY and GAMECUBE and that is some REAL competition.
Not to worry because I got this down big time and I’m going to give it to you.
The Key points I will share with you are GOLD so don’t think because it’s simple you can skip taking mental notes. This act could be fatal to your success in working with kids.
Have you ever watched Sesame Street? I grew up watching that show. I suggest you watch it again to refresh your mind. What you should be looking for is the flow of how they educate you. It’s very interesting.
There is a theme for each show and all the activities are wrapped around this theme.
Each show may be only thirty minutes. However, in this time they manage to get about 11 to 13 powerful activities into this short time frame!
I call this style “edutainment” - education / entertainment.
In Japan the children English classes that are in the top 20% are very entertaining and educational.
If you feel you can’t teach kids, don’t worry. On my first day teaching kids I came home after work and told my wife that I would never do that again! But I learned and you will, too. Remember, too, that I had no one to guide me back then but you’ve got me and this book and all the gems it contains to make it happen.
Let’s take a walk through one of my kid’s classes together.
My kiddy class has 6 kids from three to five years of age.
The class is forty minutes, once a week, four times a month.
Each child has a nametag. If your school doesn’t have them, you can make them.
Before the class starts I’m playing some kid’s music in the background (Ever been to Disneyland? The music you hear sets the tone as you approach that awesome place.).
The kids always come a little early, so before the class starts the music is playing and I toss a balloon around with them. On the floor or table are their nametags. Help them put them on and soon they can recognize their own name in English.
(You must, no matter what, remember all their names and use them through out the class at least five times per student.)
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