Teaching English to preschoolers

Parents choose English for kids mainly as a developing class to improve memory, attention and imagination.

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Games are a priority

Não importa quais sejam os objetivos dos professores - memorizar novas palavras ou aprender gramática - eles são apresentados às crianças sob a forma de jogo. As crianças devem perceber o inglês como se fosse algo impossível sem jogos. As aulas devem ser baseadas num formato de jogo, onde os alunos recebem estrelas preciosas por ouvir atentamente e seguirem as instruções dos professores.

The teacher is the whole world!

A teacher for a child is much more than just a source of knowledge. A teacher sets the rules of the game, and a child will either accept them or not.

Whether a student will like English or not depends on the teacher. For children who are just starting to learn English, the first lesson can be crucial, and the teacher must leave positive impressions in the child's memory.

The game format and a teacher that the child is willing to play with are the two determinants in English classes for preschoolers and kids. What about the process itself?

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Anything goes!

Our body has its memory, and children's bodies do too. Everything that children cannot express in words is conveyed instead by their facial expressions and gestures; they often jump up, wave their arms, turn their head, trying to tell adults what they need.

The same thing happens when preschool children learn English. Learning rhymes, numbers and songs with young students, with the teacher using body language, develops children in the following ways:

  • All types of memory are engaged.
  • Rhythm and rhyme help remember longer texts.
  • Facial expressions and gestures convey the meaning of words, which become clear without translation.
  • Texts include common colloquial structures. When a child remembers them, they become patterns. In the future, a student will transfer them to similar situations in real-life communication.
  • Adding cheerful music makes a lesson brighter and more fun.
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But what about "look and touch"?

Children need colourful visual aids with bright colours and beautiful pictures that they can touch. Our teachers use toys during the classes. Teachers talk to them, make jokes and use them to show young students what they mean. Active interaction is the fourth factor of a successful lesson with children.

Children often take their favourite toys with them to classes. Teachers use them in the game, engaging the child in the learning process. This approach works with timid children.

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And last but not least

During active interaction, all factors are combined into a whole – teaching kids English. In an effective lesson with preschoolers, a child has three types of activity: physical (active games, dancing), speaking, creative. The following things are crucial when teaching English to preschoolers and kids:

  • A teacher who can grip a child's attention and establish trust from the very first lesson.
  • Using a game as a main activity of preschoolers.
  • Bright and memorable visual aids.
  • Active interaction, which makes a child fully involved in the lesson.
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