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S is for Storytelling | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. October 25, 2010. S is for Storytelling. How often do you start the day at work exchanging stories with colleagues about, for example, why the bus was late, the film you saw last night, or who you met by chance on the way home? When we watch the news on television, presenters also often refer to the main news of the day as ‘our top stories’. The first is chosen with the approach of Halloween in mind! At the st...

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K is for Kinesthetic learning | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. May 19, 2010. K is for Kinesthetic learning. So what exactly is kinesthetic learning? And what are the benefits for our language classes when kinesthetic learning is used purposefully? When used purposefully, there are a number of invaluable benefits to kinesthetic learning activities which make the management challenge worthwhile:. They help children to make connections between language and concepts. Example:...

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C is for C-Wheel | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. January 28, 2010. C is for C-Wheel. The context for learning needs to be. Natural, real and make sense to the child. It also needs to support learning and allow for the active discovery and construction of meaning. Are therefore two further ‘C’ ingredients that come in here. Is therefore another ‘C’ ingredient which comes in here. This includes treating children as individuals, supporting their learning approp...

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D is for Development | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. February 9, 2010. D is for Development. By the time children come to our classes (assuming this is not before the age of 3), they have already arrived at some major developmental milestones, such as learning to walk and talk in their first language(s). At the risk of over-simplification and over-generalisation, the following chart* notes examples of some other relevant developmental changes and differences...

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R is for Relationships | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. October 17, 2010. R is for Relationships. The letter ‘R’ is a bumper letter for this ABC and it’s tempting for me to write about the 7 ‘R’s. I originally developed the 7 ‘R’s to use on primary teacher education courses in order to encourage teachers to reflect on initiatives they could take to establish positive working parameters with a new class. The 7 ‘R’s are: R. What makes a teacher special for you? The c...

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A is for Affect | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. January 12, 2010. A is for Affect. So what can we do to give attention to affect in our classes? Here are some ideas:. Treat children in the same way that you like to be treated e.g. remember names, be polite, respect personal space, show patience when explaining things, show understanding when a child is having difficulty or an ‘off day’. Make children feel responsible e.g. by appointing them in turn ...Give ...

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Q is for Questioning techniques | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. October 8, 2010. Q is for Questioning techniques. There are many different ways of categorising questions and it can be helpful to think of two broad types which we commonly use. These are questions with a socio-psychological purpose and questions with a pedagogical purpose. Questions with a socio-psychological purpose. What did you do at the weekend? When do you have your violin lesson? How’s your baby sister?

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F is for Flexibility | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. March 2, 2010. F is for Flexibility. Flexibility is often extolled as a virtue in teaching. It is also one of the 5 ‘F’s for managing children positively: f. My memories of times I’ve been flexible in my teaching are also memories of some of what I like to think of as my most successful lessons. Two examples are about snowmen and silkworms! Here are some suggestions. We can be flexible in the way we:. Eg to av...

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B is for Behaviour | Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children

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Carol Read's ABC of Teaching Children. Ideas, tips and resources for primary language teachers. January 20, 2010. B is for Behaviour. Managing children’s behaviour is often one of the most challenging things primary language teachers face, and at the same time one of the most important. It also links closely to everything that has been said about affect in the previous post. I recently gave a Macmillan webinar on this topic which you may like to watch here. 7 Make sure every child knows what they are sup...