Teaching Demo
Posted: 21 Jul 2013, 10:39
Hi guys.
I have an interview coming up and as part of the interview, I'm required to do a 5 minute teaching demo for 3 - 5 year olds. I unfortunately, have no experience with children so I'm a bit unsure what to do. I have two ideas - actions or body parts but I'm not sure which one to execute.
For body parts (head shoulders knees toes, I was thinking), I would introduce the vocab with flash cards and change pitch and speed. Get students to copy me as I make associations between flashcard and body location. I would then temporarily ditch the flash cards and get them to copy my actions while saying each word and then launch into a slightly altered song using the four words and once again alter pitch. I would then end on a game where I lay the flashcards on the floor and encourage them to touch the card which corresponds to word I say. (My problem with this approach is that I have no "production" aspect, I think ~ presentation and practice though)
For action verbs, I'm torn between using a similar layout however, I was thinking I definitely need to get them to act out the action as it would add to the fun factor too but I'm not sure whether to start off on flashcards or launch directly into them copying me or whether to have that in the middle and whether to try to encourage them to do the action without me doing it too (might be advanced for young kids though). And also, I had an idea to use the flashcards where one side has the word on it and one side has the same picture without the word, therefore encouraging them to produce the word on their own?
Too many ideas, not enough direction. Any advice would be greatly appreciated
I have an interview coming up and as part of the interview, I'm required to do a 5 minute teaching demo for 3 - 5 year olds. I unfortunately, have no experience with children so I'm a bit unsure what to do. I have two ideas - actions or body parts but I'm not sure which one to execute.
For body parts (head shoulders knees toes, I was thinking), I would introduce the vocab with flash cards and change pitch and speed. Get students to copy me as I make associations between flashcard and body location. I would then temporarily ditch the flash cards and get them to copy my actions while saying each word and then launch into a slightly altered song using the four words and once again alter pitch. I would then end on a game where I lay the flashcards on the floor and encourage them to touch the card which corresponds to word I say. (My problem with this approach is that I have no "production" aspect, I think ~ presentation and practice though)
For action verbs, I'm torn between using a similar layout however, I was thinking I definitely need to get them to act out the action as it would add to the fun factor too but I'm not sure whether to start off on flashcards or launch directly into them copying me or whether to have that in the middle and whether to try to encourage them to do the action without me doing it too (might be advanced for young kids though). And also, I had an idea to use the flashcards where one side has the word on it and one side has the same picture without the word, therefore encouraging them to produce the word on their own?
Too many ideas, not enough direction. Any advice would be greatly appreciated