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Thank you Susan, I appreciate it:)

Oh, thank you for your answer. I did some reward and punishment actions - stickers and no stamps- and it did bring results. Now I have to figure out what is really for punishment and when and it all takes time, doesn't it :)

Hi everybody, I am rather new to teaching and I have a problem with discipline. I have 10 children from 4-6.5 and we speak the same mother tongue. First month was great. Their preschool teacher told me they really love English and they hug me when they see me etc.. Then I started having problems.Two...

Alex thank you.Yeas I planed to base my lessons on songs, games and stories.

I have the opportunity to start teaching english in a newly opened kindergarten which have one mixed group consisting of one 1year old, 2 two year olds, 3 three year olds (I am serious :))) and two 5-6 yos. My idea is not to the 5-6 yos with others - am I right? But can I work efficiently with other...

Thanx for your reply. Yeas I read them at the end of the lesson. The books I chose are very short so I say one to two sentences and ask them one to two questions per page so I hope it will work with your additional advice.
Thank you,
Sanja

I have started teaching almost three year old group and I had a little problem. My students are keen on taking the book I am reading to them from me and of course don't want to share it with others. Should I make the rule that only I hold the book and turn the pages (there are only 4 children by the...

Alex, thank you very much!!!

Louanne, thank you very much for your reply, and yeas it makes me feel better when I hear that someone had similar experience. What exactly went wrong was that basically I failed to animate them. I was a bit chaotic I think because of some unexpected circumstances. It was some kind of promotion clas...

Hello everybody, I had my first class yesterday. I am teaching 5 and 4 year old children who have never learnt English. I am using Cookie and Friends, and I spent so much time preparing and in the end it turned out so confusing, so much unexpected reactions in only 20 minutes! Oh, I am feeling so di...

Dear Ms. Pollard, I am about to begin teaching pre-schoolers (5 yearolds) starting on Friday (10.15.), with parents present! They have never learnt English and I have never taught the language. I will be using Cookie and Friends, and this first lesson (a kind of presentation) will last up to 30 minu...