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Post by tomoe on Apr 19, 2016 13:59:02 GMT 9
The lady said we'll use "What time is it Mr. Wolf" if we have to, but she thinks it's too similar to daruma ga koronda. >.> We had this conversation yesterday hue. And they *must* be in groups, yep. D:
I will definitely see if we can arrange them by height for the groups if we do human knot! That sounds safer.
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Post by King Quailbee on Apr 19, 2016 14:04:26 GMT 9
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Post by tomoe on Apr 20, 2016 9:23:38 GMT 9
That's a really cool idea!
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Post by King Quailbee on Apr 20, 2016 10:15:54 GMT 9
I did it with 1st-4th graders and they really seemed to have fun and everyone worked together. (It was my first school visit, too, since I was sharing about my hometown)
I also printed out signs with the dance names so that they could see that the dance changed (instead of just saying it - because it gets loud when kids are spinning around) after I announced it. I only did 4 dance moves. Do-si-do was probably the hardest one for them.
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Post by vkasahara on Apr 14, 2017 11:48:28 GMT 9
Very helpful thread! My pred managed to convince the powers to be to buy this for him to use, and it's been such a huge hit that almost every school in the city requests him (and now me) to bring it in every year.  |
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Post by Mephisto on Mar 6, 2020 11:20:37 GMT 9
I am attempting to revive this thread to see if anyone has ideas for games/activities for 非英語圏 CIRs visiting kidergarten (3-5 yrs olds)
I'll start visits soon, but got zero ideas on games that don't involve language abilities.
I'll only visit each kindergarten once for 50mins, and the whole thing is not supposed to be a language class. Also the visit will be done in a classroom, so limited space
Which leaves me with.... no ideas. Please, experienced senpais, help ! (btw I'll be presenting about France)
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Post by Dee on Mar 6, 2020 13:59:39 GMT 9
I am attempting to revive this thread to see if anyone has ideas for games/activities for 非英語圏 CIRs visiting kidergarten (3-5 yrs olds) I'll start visits soon, but got zero ideas on games that don't involve language abilities. I'll only visit each kindergarten once for 50mins, and the whole thing is not supposed to be a language class. Also the visit will be done in a classroom, so limited space Which leaves me with.... no ideas. Please, experienced senpais, help ! (btw I'll be presenting about France) I spend half of my time at a kindergarten, and I often do short cultural presentations for the kids in Japanese. Show lots of pictures! Of anything. I always love showing photos of food and animals that aren't prevalent in Japan. Introduce stuff that you loved as a kid. Was there a popular toy or game? What did your school look like? As for games, do you have any fun games that you played as a kid? In my experience, most of those childhood games can be explained in Japanese. For example, I'm American so I introduced "Duck, Duck, Goose" and "Red Light, Green Light" to the kids at my school, and they love it. A good game will take anywhere from 10-20 min depending on how many rounds you do. Also, don't worry if the kids start talking or running or rolling around. They don't have long attention spans so feel free to talk over them or just push along as needed. If you need anymore advice about teaching at a kindergarten, feel free to message me! |
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Post by Mephisto on Mar 9, 2020 14:46:31 GMT 9
Dee thank you so much for your advice! I am gathering pictures as we speak ! I'll try to make it fun for them, hopefully they'll enjoy it! We have a version of "duck duck goose" and "green light red light" in France as well, so I'll see if I can find others  I'll prolly try a few before settling on one, see what the kiddos like.
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Post by Aqua on Sept 18, 2020 9:21:51 GMT 9
Bringing this thread back.
Next week I have my first visit to a Special Needs Education school. I'll have 3 classes - Elementary, JHS and SHS.
They've asked me to prepare a self-introduction with lots of pictures and maybe a game or two.
I have absolutely no experience with special needs children and was wondering if anyone here has? And what kind of games worked best?
If possible I'd like to prepare just one basic class plan that I'll use for all 3 classes. But I could do a different game with the SHS kids maybe. - I was told that some of them can't speak Japanese even. And there are some children in wheelchairs so I'm not sure if a movement-oriented game might be a bit exclusionary..
Basically I have no idea what I'm doing and would love some advice?
I was thinking maybe a simple children's dance could be good for the ES? Just play a video or something and follow along with the movements (I cannot sing).
The class is also 50 minutes long, but they haven't specified how long my part should be. At the meeting before they said the ALT usually does 10-20minutes so I guess I'm just aiming for 15mins?
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Post by Miscreative on Sept 23, 2020 10:23:02 GMT 9
Aqua i would ask them what they have in mind. what do they usually do? use that as a base for what you look for. and hound them if need be to know how long your part will be. they are asking /you/ for help. they have to help you help them (if that makes sense)
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Post by Aqua on Sept 23, 2020 10:49:46 GMT 9
Aqua i would ask them what they have in mind. what do they usually do? use that as a base for what you look for. and hound them if need be to know how long your part will be. they are asking /you/ for help. they have to help you help them (if that makes sense) I asked and was just told to prepare a self-intro and a game. I asked the previous ALT and she said she usually just sings and dances with them
Games-wise I decided on just singing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes with the ES kids. And playing Simon Says with the JHS and SHS. That seems like the simplest option.
I'll be at the school about 30minutes early tomorrow so if they're not suitable I should have time to pull something else out. There are SO many youtube videos of games and songs for very young kids, which would probably be an okay level for them.
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Post by Aqua on Oct 19, 2020 11:22:40 GMT 9
I'm looking for some opinions on my halloween class lesson. Technically it's the last class I have scheduled at the high school so I want it to be fun (Though I have a feeling I'll still end up going there until well into January).
Anyhow, my plan goes as follows:
1. Make as many words as possible using the letters of Halloween. (Halloween - Hello)
2. I read a short halloween story and students fill in the missing words on a script that I give them. - We then go through it and I explain any difficult vocab
3. Trick or Treat game. I prepare "Trick" and "Treat" cards and put them in a paper bag/hat. Students form teams and take turns to choose a card. - If they answer the question on the treat card correctly, they get to keep the card. If they get it wrong, other teams can "steal" the card by answering the question correctly. The team with the most treat cards at the end get candy (Which I still need to check if it's okay for me to bring in - if not, stickers).
My problem here is that I don't know what to do for the "Trick" cards. Maybe they can switch the direction we ask questions in? Or their question immediately goes to another team? Or maybe it just straight up steals one of their treat cards and gives it to another team.
Do you guys think this is engaging enough? I feel so bad at planning entire lessons that actually involve learning something and aren't just games.
Any ideas for the Trick or Treat game? Or any other halloween games you have had success with?
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Post by Dee on Oct 19, 2020 15:25:26 GMT 9
I'm looking for some opinions on my halloween class lesson. Technically it's the last class I have scheduled at the high school so I want it to be fun (Though I have a feeling I'll still end up going there until well into January). Anyhow, my plan goes as follows: 1. Make as many words as possible using the letters of Halloween. ( Ha llowe en - Hello) 2. I read a short halloween story and students fill in the missing words on a script that I give them. - We then go through it and I explain any difficult vocab 3. Trick or Treat game. I prepare "Trick" and "Treat" cards and put them in a paper bag/hat. Students form teams and take turns to choose a card. - If they answer the question on the treat card correctly, they get to keep the card. If they get it wrong, other teams can "steal" the card by answering the question correctly. The team with the most treat cards at the end get candy (Which I still need to check if it's okay for me to bring in - if not, stickers). My problem here is that I don't know what to do for the "Trick" cards. Maybe they can switch the direction we ask questions in? Or their question immediately goes to another team? Or maybe it just straight up steals one of their treat cards and gives it to another team. Do you guys think this is engaging enough? I feel so bad at planning entire lessons that actually involve learning something and aren't just games. Any ideas for the Trick or Treat game? Or any other halloween games you have had success with? I like the game ideas. For the "Trick" card, maybe it's a skipped turn? Or maybe they have to play Rock-Paper-Scissors with you and if they win they get to draw again? If you win you get to steal one of their treat cards, or they have to skip the turn. |
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Post by Aqua on Oct 19, 2020 15:31:55 GMT 9
I'm looking for some opinions on my halloween class lesson. Technically it's the last class I have scheduled at the high school so I want it to be fun (Though I have a feeling I'll still end up going there until well into January). Anyhow, my plan goes as follows: 1. Make as many words as possible using the letters of Halloween. ( Ha llowe en - Hello) 2. I read a short halloween story and students fill in the missing words on a script that I give them. - We then go through it and I explain any difficult vocab 3. Trick or Treat game. I prepare "Trick" and "Treat" cards and put them in a paper bag/hat. Students form teams and take turns to choose a card. - If they answer the question on the treat card correctly, they get to keep the card. If they get it wrong, other teams can "steal" the card by answering the question correctly. The team with the most treat cards at the end get candy (Which I still need to check if it's okay for me to bring in - if not, stickers). My problem here is that I don't know what to do for the "Trick" cards. Maybe they can switch the direction we ask questions in? Or their question immediately goes to another team? Or maybe it just straight up steals one of their treat cards and gives it to another team. Do you guys think this is engaging enough? I feel so bad at planning entire lessons that actually involve learning something and aren't just games. Any ideas for the Trick or Treat game? Or any other halloween games you have had success with? I like the game ideas. For the "Trick" card, maybe it's a skipped turn? Or maybe they have to play Rock-Paper-Scissors with you and if they win they get to draw again? If you win you get to steal one of their treat cards, or they have to skip the turn. Thanks for your input!
I'm thinking I'll change the Trick or Treat game just a little. - Instead of going in a circle and getting each team to pick a card, I'm going to ask the questions and the first team to put up their hands and get the answer correct gets to choose a card. Just to keep them all engaged so they don't switch off while another team is answering a question.
I really like your rock paper scissors idea for the trick card! I was thinking I would roll a dice and the team whose number corresponds with the dice roll would get a chance to steal a Treat card from the team who pulled Trick. - Maybe I could do that but incorporate Rock Paper Scissors so they have some chance of keeping their cards.
I also changed the halloween story to being the same general idea but using a video from youtube about the origins of halloween that's designed for young kids - so I think should be an okay English level for them.
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Post by Aqua on Oct 19, 2020 15:34:12 GMT 9
Questions-wise I'm thinking a mix.
Maybe some grammar sentences where they need to choose the correct verb tense (and try to make the sentences kind of halloween-y), and some straight vocab questions - show a picture and ask what the thing is etc. I might also bring some stuff back to the video I'm showing for the activity before to see if they were paying attention.
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Post by Momij-komoreboy on Nov 19, 2020 11:31:26 GMT 9
Hi I'm having trouble thinking of corona TAISAK appropriate games and I'm finally going to be restarting my preschool/kindergarten visits next month
So far it's two wildly different group sizes as well. One school of about 18 kids total and 4 schools where the nencho and nenchuu are separate and each level is about 50-100 kids.
any brainwaves would be very appreciated
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Post by Miscreative on Nov 19, 2020 11:56:49 GMT 9
Hi I'm having trouble thinking of corona TAISAK appropriate games and I'm finally going to be restarting my preschool/kindergarten visits next month So far it's two wildly different group sizes as well. One school of about 18 kids total and 4 schools where the nencho and nenchuu are separate and each level is about 50-100 kids.any brainwaves would be very appreciated do you have to find an activity for that many kids in one go?? |
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Post by thelatter on Nov 19, 2020 12:00:23 GMT 9
Hi I'm having trouble thinking of corona TAISAK appropriate games and I'm finally going to be restarting my preschool/kindergarten visits next month So far it's two wildly different group sizes as well. One school of about 18 kids total and 4 schools where the nencho and nenchuu are separate and each level is about 50-100 kids. any brainwaves would be very appreciated I do this game called four corners. You choose four colors (or symbols, or whatever) and post them at each corner of the room. One person stands in the middle and counts down from 10 while everyone chooses a corner. After counting, the counter chooses one corner, and everyone there is out. Goes on until there's one person left who becomes the new counter. The preschools I do it at thought it was juubun taisak, so maybe that would go well at your visits? I also do simon says and whatnot. |
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Post by Momij-komoreboy on Nov 19, 2020 13:27:56 GMT 9
Hi I'm having trouble thinking of corona TAISAK appropriate games and I'm finally going to be restarting my preschool/kindergarten visits next month So far it's two wildly different group sizes as well. One school of about 18 kids total and 4 schools where the nencho and nenchuu are separate and each level is about 50-100 kids.any brainwaves would be very appreciated do you have to find an activity for that many kids in one go?? yeah last year it was stuff like competitive head shoulders knees and toes or a giant duck duck goose circle or like tag or fruits basket kinda things Hi I'm having trouble thinking of corona TAISAK appropriate games and I'm finally going to be restarting my preschool/kindergarten visits next month So far it's two wildly different group sizes as well. One school of about 18 kids total and 4 schools where the nencho and nenchuu are separate and each level is about 50-100 kids. any brainwaves would be very appreciated I do this game called four corners. You choose four colors (or symbols, or whatever) and post them at each corner of the room. One person stands in the middle and counts down from 10 while everyone chooses a corner. After counting, the counter chooses one corner, and everyone there is out. Goes on until there's one person left who becomes the new counter. The preschools I do it at thought it was juubun taisak, so maybe that would go well at your visits? I also do simon says and whatnot. that's a good idea! that should work perfectly! thanks c: |
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I'll prolly try a few before settling on one, see what the kiddos like.
