Sunday, 30 September 2012

My first day in the Kindergarten

My first day as student teacher in a new school which is Al Zayediyah Kindergarten was good however I was little nervous especially that nobody of my colleagues with me. I start my day with greeting the principal and introducing myself to her and to the teachers. They were very kind with me and welcomed. Moreover, I met Ms. Vivian the head of English teachers and she introduced me to my MST Ms. Jeanette she seems very good teacher, kind and helpful. She explained everything that I may need for the next week and I explained for her what I have to do as well. In addition, there are some things that I'm concerned about which is my teacher let the Arabic teacher explain everything that she says and I can't blame her because they are second language learner but I'm worry that the students will get used to have an explanation in Arabic and they will be always waiting for that. Furthermore, they are using lots of worksheets which are good and they contains good activities however it's different than my previous experiences. In addition, the big issue that I'm thinking for a solution for it is the size of the classroom which is very small and there is no space for the children to move freely. Finally, I enjoyed my day sitting with the children and try to interact with them to get used to me.

4 comments:

  1. Any suggestions for making a space for the children in the classroom?

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  2. I think the small size of your class may prevent you from doing physical activities inside the classroom, you can take them outside the class and by that you will find the space to do the activities and they may be motivated in the new place .

    Here you can read an article about (The Advantages of a Smaller Classroom Size)


    http://www.ehow.com/list_7661033_advantages-smaller-classroom-size.html


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  3. Thanks Marwa for your suggestion and for the website.

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  4. Like you, I too am concerned about the students having all their English translated into Arabic. Try to see if you can explore this and let the students actually listen meaningfully to the English.

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