The importance of teaching English to children

The importance of teaching English to children


It is needed to teach English since Preschool, because at this grade the children are very receptive to knowledge. Several theorists like Montessori said that at an early age, the kids are like sponges that absorb everything from the environment. Besides Piaget and Vigotsky, highlight the influence of the external stimulation and interactios on the learning.

According to this, it is really important create an English environment for preschool and elementary students, with the purpose of get the students used to the language, making more familiar for them the English sounds and pronunciation, through words and expressions; improving gradually their interaction with the foreign language and making it more easier to be learned in the future, with the complexity that arise, like grammar structures and skills development.

Providing a "Natural" learning of the English by creating a natural environment since Preschool, with joyful and entertain English activities, motivate and get involved the students in the learning process. Those activities can have reading and speaking tasks according to the level, grade and age of the students; can be brought different and useful topics and assessments to teach English to children, through materials like storybooks, toys and many things which the kids feel attracted to.

Worksheets

Working with worksheets



The worksheets are  necessary in the elementary and high school, because allow the students to put in practice their knowledge. The job of the teacher is create an effective and objective worksheet, according to the class and the subject.
Some rules to create a worksheet are:

1. Target: Take account the level and ages of the students.

2. Purpose: Define the purposes that you want  aacomplish with the worksheet.   

3. Visual: The students at young ages, are very distracful,the teacher have to get their attention with an attractive activiy, with images and colors.

4. Practical: Try to do different exercises, not all the same becauses it gets boring for the students. Have on mind the purpose,  be practical with the extension of the worksheet and the distribution of the space for each exercise.

5. Clear instructions: The rules help to aacomplish the worksheet as is expected. Try to be clear , not cause troubles the students with the instructions to resolve the exercises.

6. Modeling: The grammar and writting rules in the worksheet have to be very good and without mistakes, everbody make mistakes but try to not confuse the students. Also, try to give examples , in that way the students will understand more easier what they have to do.


You can create your own worksheet or use a public worksheet, but as a teacher is really important to know how to make one.




I made a worksheet for the next video, trying to apply all the rules that the teacher have to take account in the construction of a worksheet for young students. I tried to be very clear, my focus is elementary students I suggest to have coherence  in the content of the worksheet, my purpose is make the students identify and learn some products of the supermarket, that is why I only use the specific words that I chosen to be learned in all the exercise. Take a look.


My Peppa Pig's worksheet:









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