Although I have not posted since 2015 (when I stopped sitting in with kindy classes for whole days at a time), I have continued teaching & creating activities/content for & with kindergarten/preprimary children.
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| The Secret Kindy Kid - outed! |
The children I originally shared kindergarten classroom with when this blog was conceived are already at university! Do I feel old?! Parents are friends, little brothers & sisters are already taller than me. Encho-sensei retired, and our contract with one school was lost to - an app, for crying out loud. Apps don't share moments, give hugs or take up the slack when the teacher is overloaded...I could whinge for a long time on this topic.
Resurrecting the blog will be a slightly different focus - more on the how classes are taught, materials delivered, and the methodolgy underpinning the successful outcomes from the front of the classroom...as a teacher, no longer the ghost in the room (but still not the expert!)
I want to highlight the 2026-7 English class journies I will have with about 100 students, in three age groups.
The youngest groups (two classes) have never had any English classes before, and each class is a stand alone event (no text book), though there is an underlying current of joined up themes week to week, varied activities from week to week. It's an exciting adventure to make 30 minutes with very young learners fun, memorable, creative and rewarding.
The older two age groups have adopted texts, and my task (self-imposed!) is to try to cover the content in the 30 or so 40-minute lessons I have over the year. It's not comprehensive, nor is it flawless - in fact, loads of "oops" & learning opportunities along the way. I hope you'll follow the bread crumbs, not be too critical, and join me & the "chibbies" (little kids in Japanese) as we grow this year.
