Teaching our class of kids

When parents guess of university, they guess of the desks, textbooks, a board and a educator in front teaching, while the students raise their hands excitedly. That rarely happens! Usually what goes down is the students looking in every which direction except yours, there’s some falling asleep, some misbehaving and chaos can suddenly ensue. I tried our first year of teaching the traditional way, with textbooks and powerpoints and I would be blessed if even a ⅓ of our class was watching. I watched 1 of our own powerpoints and realized how boring it was, no wonder they weren’t paying attention! I then decided to try something new, I took our class outside for a change, and that seemed to wake most of them up. I let them explore, talk and touch the lawn. Then I held our lesson. Surprisingly, most of the children were looking at me eagerly, something I hadn’t seen in weeks. I started doing this everyday, letting our class expel their energy and boredom and then being able to successfully teach. The only exceptions are during winter. It becomes incredibly freezing during the winter, and separate from the heat from the university’s furnace system, I knew our class would become freezing fast. So I had to start thinking of other ways to keep their attention. I bought a big tent, and some big electric blankets. This way, even separate from the heater, they could still stay warm. I went ahead and bought a couple of fans, this way when Spring rolls around, if it’s ever hot, they could stay cool. Now, they have some form of heating and cooling all year round.

 

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