Teaching to
a large extent is about inspiration and creativity.
Many of us
are close to or have just started a new school year, and the challenge of the
first class is looming. The students are back but rather reluctant to get down
to the drudgery so a lure here and there might come in useful. For young kids
who’ve had a couple of years I strongly recommend action!
There are
so many words which course books introduce later rather than sooner without
necessarily a good reason.
Depending
on what item or structure you intend to present you can vary your approach. Let
me elaborate:
tiptoe: contextualize/mime
Shh!
Everyone is asleep. Don’t make noise on the stairs. Let’s tiptoe.
tiptoe
wriggle: problem-solving/mime
You are too
big to climb out of the window. What can you do?
Wriggle through it
wriggle
march,
dive, spin: question
and answer/mime
What do
soldiers do?
They march.
march
What do
swimmers do?
They dive.
dive
What do
dancers do?
They spin a lot.
spin
bend,
straighten up/stretch, relax: mime/make a sequence
Let’s
exercise. First bend down. Straighten up slowly.
bend
 |
straighten up |
stretch
 |
relax |
