tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563190581050744599.post7748571781266945962..comments2023-10-31T12:27:18.655-04:00Comments on KinderGals: Reindeer FunKim and Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16856036647758322972noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563190581050744599.post-21372589935252779942016-12-12T03:15:17.642-05:002016-12-12T03:15:17.642-05:00Great post! Wish my boss would read it! LOL!
A ye...Great post! Wish my boss would read it! LOL!<br /><br />A year ago my boss yanked my wings off saying "no more arts & crafts!" I saw my entire year fall to pieces! Let me translate first what boss considers to be "arts & crafts": anything that involves cutting, pasting, coloring, etc. <br /><br />The result was a disastrous year with the year before kids begging me to do hands on work and the new ones bored to tears. Oh! I could so understand them! I was frustrated, angry and had no help as to how to move forward. Let me add that I am an EFL teacher and work in a small center as "after school" classes. Tough year indeed!<br /><br />Through the summer, I tried to find a solution to this and reached the conclusion that I was going to put "hands on" back, but this time I would, for the most part, do it differently. I would use INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS!!! I would also use the regular hands on, but less than my first year and I would definitely go back to arts & crafts on holidays! Kids love doing crafts and in my case, they have very fond memories of doing them in past years. <br /><br />On the other side of the scale, I would do things more like boss wants. I would still use my imagination and instead of boring questions and answers and even more boring conversation subjects, I would take on role playing, reading strategies like summarizing or retelling, story telling,task cards,and a bunch of other things that would comply with boss, but more so, with my kids!<br /><br />This would give me back my wings, serious learning for the kids, and best of all: a happy boss. And yes, cute is definitely a part of it!Carol21463https://www.blogger.com/profile/12432271377591643043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6563190581050744599.post-58573092028374260672016-12-11T22:57:53.861-05:002016-12-11T22:57:53.861-05:00Great post Kim!! Love! Great post Kim!! Love! Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05257509117216808339noreply@blogger.com