Preschool Summer course 23 August 2016 Gilgel Beles CTE Lissa lissaboth@hotmail.com

Start Activity Animal memory

Why are you a preschool teacher?   STRENGTH WEAKNESS LIKE DON’T LIKE For themselves, write down on sticky notes and stick to their clothes Smiley’s on paper – people stand up, show their smiley, and tell why

Questions Why preschool education? Preschool versus primary school? The qualities and role of a preschool teacher Problems and solutions Divide these questions amongst groups (each questions by two groups)

Preschool Preschool is different Practical: playing, doing Curriculum Why: To learn how to learn Problems: Downwards extension of primary Knowledge/skills Materials Solution: Preschool is different Practical: playing, doing Curriculum Work together Be creative Just tell

Teaching Methods Video: ABC Teacher centered Repetition Memorizing Repetition is good for preschool but it depends with what and how Just telling this!

Classroom Setting Blackboard and tables/chairs – suitable for teacher centered – but not for preschool! Problem is often that classrooms cannot be locked so people can take things away  box. You can make children help to keep it safe: if it’s gone, it’s gone…

Materials Lack Local available materials Where? ACTIVITY There is a lack of materials, because there is no money. What we see is a blackboard, tables/chairs, foot ball, cloth Where: at school(compound), at your place, at the children’s house, in town, Competition: in your group, write down in a web as many local available materials that you can use for child-friendly teaching, whether for children to play with, or that they can use to make something else, or that you can use to explain/show something, or …..

Materials

Teaching Methods Programmed Learning / Instruction Child Centered / Didactic Play Exploration / Discovery Group Teaching Educational Visits Story Telling Singing Drama/ Role Play Play Themes First head on to classroom setting and materials, and then come back to teaching methods: I’ll give you some ideas

Teaching Methods – PROGRAMMED LEARNING/ INSTRUCTION Numbers – feeling/counting on back Describing animals, others guess Big/Small Rice - writing

Teaching Methods – CHILD CENTERED/ DIDACTIC PLAY Numbers on back, feeling/counting, sand paper

Teaching Methods – GROUP TEACHING Imitation: I do something, they copy me. Circle time Shoes Hide fruit – they guess what it is

Teaching Methods – EXPLORING / DISCOVERING Stones, flowers

Teaching Methods - EDUCATIONAL VISITS

Teaching Methods – STORY TELLING Tell a story Children can repeat

Teaching Methods – ROLE PLAY/ DRAMA

Teaching Methods – SPORTIVE PLAY Video sportive play Constructive – give stones, blocks In three groups: 1 group role, 1 didactic, 1 constructive play – use all available materials

Teaching Methods – CONSTRUCTIVE PLAY

Teaching Methods - SINGING Head, shoulders, knees and toes

Corners Circle time Reading Mathematics Drama Block Family Sand and water Science Art Music and movement ACTIVITY: What can you do with these materials in these corners? Pick with the eyes closed 5 materials I brought. Turn around and when I said ‘Stop’ you point at a corner. What can you do with the picked materials in this corner?

Themes THE MARKET Name a theme and identify from various activity areas which could be organized around the theme for preschool class.

To remember What will you not forget about today’s class? Pick one of today’s activities that will you do in your own class Pick today’s favorite teaching method Which teaching method are you already using? Pick a teaching method that is new for you but do you want to start using What have you heard today that you already knew/did? Pick five materials you want to start using in your class What will you change in your classroom environment? Divide these questions under the groups, let them answer and present Pick one of today’s activities that will you do in your own class: write down… Pick today’s favorite teaching method: develop three activities with this method Pick a teaching method that is new for you but do you want to start using: how will you use it in your class? What have you heard today that you already knew/did? Which teaching materials do you want to use in your class? Why? How/where will you gather them? How will you use them? What will you change in your classroom and how?

End Activity Describe your animal If your happy…