Teaching a toddler is a very different ball game from
teaching Junior or Senior children because of the amount of energy toddlers
have! Knowing how to channel this energy, or when to ‘stir' and when to
‘settle' toddler will help a teacher to achieve balanced lessons without
children becoming over-excited on the one hand or bored on the other.
A teacher must understand all the factors to be
taken into consideration when planning for balanced activities in order to
achieve all round development of the toddlers. Following issues need emphasis:
1. Settling
down activities should be designed to calm
students down and settle them into a routine.
2. Basic
classroom management and routines are essential to establish as a pre-requisite
for learning.
3. Making
sure toddlers know what the routine
is when they arrive in class e.g. identifying their lockers/desks, keeping the bag and
the water bottles in their respective places. Activities such as - Introduction
session, story-telling, free hand drawing and colouring help a child to settle
well in the class.
4. Teachers
need to be aware that toddlers have a much shorter
concentration span than adults and this will affect the number of different activities we need
to plan for a single day.
5. As
educators we need to take into account the learning
styles of the different children in the class. Different types of
activities more suited to visual/
auditory/ kinesthetic /tactile learners should be planned.
Rupa Chauhan
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