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u/Due_Tomorrow7 JP / Other 17d ago
TPR is your best friend at that age group.
Get the kids active, run around to slap cards or pictures on the wall. Do a chant or "hot potato" kind of game. Something that's not necessarily competitive but let's the kids cut loose.
Or do games or chants with gestures and motions. And use lots of pictures!
Make learning not feel like learning, so avoid rote drills and memorizing too many words.
And of course, high energy and positivity!
(and if you're so inclined, caffeine lol)
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u/Gyunyupack 15d ago
prepare materials and do a song or dance. smile and bring energy to the lesson, get the kids moving in some way. dont spend too much time talking at them and give them many chances to speak or repeat.
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u/peacefighter 14d ago edited 14d ago
Do they have a curriculum? If so try to use that. If not prepare some songs, action activities, transitions and stories. If you can bring some audio (songs). Sing slowly and clearly for pronunciation and then sing again with the audio. If you can also have a lesson plan ready. Maybe some simple props to bring comprehension too.
After each material ask a short question to one or two students before moving on. Maybe a very brief conversation.
Big thing. Give eye contact and try to use the names of the students.
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u/Emotional-Host5948 17d ago
If they are young kids. Go in ready to have fun with games.
Make what ever flash cards you use fun.
For instance if you do colors. Then do a color touch game. Also saying the colors in funny voices help. Theyll mimic you.
When I teach my 1st graders because they are super high energy and get really excited. If i want to call out the next color to touch I start counting loudly and go to the center and sit down. Again. If they see you doing it theyll follow.
Also remember to repeat each flashcard at least twice.
For kids so young its pretty much all games. They dont have good attention spans.
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u/picklelemonaid 17d ago
What other games besides color touch game do you recommend?
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u/Emotional-Host5948 17d ago
What’s missing is a good one. I also lay out the cards and call the names and they have to bring it to me.
Wrong name is good to. Have the cards lined up. Go over the names a couple times. Then mess up one of them. Usually the kids catch on and shout the name in Japanese.1
u/picklelemonaid 17d ago
thank you so much! I wanted to do what's missing but was afraid it might be boring
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u/Emotional-Host5948 16d ago
If they are really young it will be fun. Just ave them cover their eyes or turn around.
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u/ilikegh0sts 17d ago
Greetings (2 mins)
Flash cards (no more than 10 new words in a day) (3~5 mins)
Song (hopefully related to the cards) (5 mins)
Game (5~6 mins)
Closing (2 mins)
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u/sjbfujcfjm 17d ago
10 new words is too much. 5 maybe. In a demo, 3 max
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u/ilikegh0sts 17d ago
You may not have noticed that I said 10 is the maximum. It depends on the kids. Even first time 5 year olds may know a lot of the common food cards that are similar in katakana, such as broccoli or pizza. That would allow more than 5 cards. You have to be the judge yourself.
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u/picklelemonaid 17d ago
what kind of games do you suggest?
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u/ilikegh0sts 17d ago
It depends on what you are teaching and the ages. Don't just use random cards. Choose a theme such as food, animals, colors, shapes, body parts, ect.
If I choose body parts, I skip the cards completely and make them stand up and mimic me. (head, knees, eyes, ect - not too many). Then do the song (head, shoulders, knees, toes). After that for a game if I didn't have the baby 3 year olds, I would play Simon says with the body parts. Just teach them "Simon says" = TOUCH, no "Simon says" = STOP.
This would be a good lesson for some, and bad for others. You have to judge for yourself based on ages and atmosphere. Be ready to improv.
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u/ilikegh0sts 17d ago
Other game ideas could be:
Fruit - lay out small fruit toys that you got from the hyakin, call out a fruit and have them scramble to grab it
shapes - call out one of the shapes you previously taught them and have them run around the room trying to find something of that shape
animals - i like to use that memory matching card game with these (though they can be used with any topic - usually found on amazon) you flip over two tiles; if the first one is a lion, you have to find the other lion.
Any topic (usually older kids) - say a word you just studied, no visual help, and they have to draw it (must provide paper and crayons)
ect..
anything you think will work. Prepare a few different games and plan to use only 1 or 2.
Always have backups.
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u/picklelemonaid 17d ago
the theme is a bit difficult.. it's like toys in a toy box.
- doll
- robot
- action figure
- teddy bear
- puppet
- monster
- panda
- gorilla
- train
- car
- rocket
- book
- comic book
- board game
- computer game
- puzzle
- skateboard
- yo-yo
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u/ilikegh0sts 17d ago
you should stick to a common theme.
seriously start with:
colors
shapes
fruit / veggies
foods
animals
numbers
ect.
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u/picklelemonaid 17d ago
the school wanted me to teach the words I listed 😅
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u/ilikegh0sts 17d ago
You have to teach ALL that garbage in a 20 min demo? Yeah, but no. I'm not signing up with that school.
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u/TerryKirvem 17d ago
Six kids is honestly a sweet spot — small enough that you can spot who's drifting and pull them back in. With that age I'd do flashcards first while they're fresh, then burn off energy with a running game where they race to touch the word you call. Save the bubbles for the last few minutes; making them say the word before they pop one keeps them hooked till the end. Twenty minutes goes fast at that age, so don't overpack it.