{"id":637,"date":"2021-11-29T21:35:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T04:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/?p=637"},"modified":"2022-09-30T07:56:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:56:31","slug":"when-is-it-too-late-to-learn-why-english-tutors-love-working-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/when-is-it-too-late-to-learn-why-english-tutors-love-working-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"When Is It Too Late to Learn? 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However, fast results aren\u2019t the only stimuli for English tutors to teach young students. We asked our teachers to share their experiences.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd272d62e34\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd272d62e34\">\n                Ellen, Novakid teacher \u2013 Play and Rule!            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>Kids are open to any kind of modern gamification technics. Themes that make adults slip into procrastination, kids conquer at full speed. The trick is to serve this sour candy in the prettiest wrapping you can find. Stuck on irregular verbs? Okay, there are plenty of interactive games to help you: from team quizzes to mnemonic tables and catchy songs.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd274b62e36\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd274b62e36\">\n                Garret, Novakid teacher \u2013 Say No to Stereotypes            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>\u201cI\u2019m a full-grown man\/woman, I\u2019m too embarrassed to start learning the language from scratch!\u201d Luckily, kids don\u2019t suffer from such self-inflicted ageist stereotypes. At this point in their lives, anything they do, they do it for the first time. They simply do it! Undeterred by potential failure, because in any case, they\u2019ll get their \u201cWell done guys, good work today.\u201d<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd276262e37\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd276262e37\">\n                Mariska, Novakid teacher \u2013 English as First Language            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>Creating a new language environment for small kids is extremely rewarding. You can literally watch their second language becoming as important to them as their first one. If a child starts learning a second language before they turn 4, they can become bilingual. Family support is essential, of course. In early childhood, languages are learned very naturally and almost unconsciously.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogImgText\" id=\"blogImgText-block_62bd277762e38\">\n    <div class=\"blogImgText__wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"blogImgText__image\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_1884365632-scaled-1.webp\" class=\"glightbox\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shutterstock_1884365632-scaled-1.webp\" alt=\"Learning through experiments\" class=\"blogImgText__imageItem\">\n                <div class=\"glightbox__zoom\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.novakidschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/novakid\/public\/img\/icons\/search.svg\" alt=\"Zoom icon\" class=\"style-svg\">\n                <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"blogImgText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogImgText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogImgText-block_62bd277762e38\">\n                Edgar, Novakid teacher \u2013 Let There Be Experiments!             <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogImgText__content\">\n            <p>Kids easily adapt to any teaching technique. This gives a tutor enough space to experiment with new teaching tools keeping students\u2019 personalities in mind. It\u2019s also easier for them to reach interim goals like watching an episode of their favourite cartoon in the original language. It inspires them to persevere.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd27b762e39\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd27b762e39\">\n                Dany, Novakid teacher \u2013 Curiosity Saves the Cat            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>Kids are naturally very curious, thus easy to motivate. Some really like singing (it may be imperfect!), and they are eager to learn English through songs. Others are really into Among Us and can spend hours studying the language if the education program integrates their favourite video game into the process. The teacher\u2019s job is to find a key to a student, and the rest will go like clockwork.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n  <section class=\"section blogHeadingText\" id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd27c862e3a\">\n    <div class=\"blogHeadingText__wrapper\" >\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__heading\">\n            <h2 class=\"blogHeadingText__headingItem\" data-blog-heading data-section-id=\"blogHeadingText-block_62bd27c862e3a\">\n                What About Family Classes?            <\/h2>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"blogHeadingText__content\">\n            <p>We understand the fears and doubts of our adult students who make the decision to pick up a new language. However, there\u2019s nothing impossible in their way. Teachers find family classes to be quite successful and fruitful. 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