Teaching a 5 year old?

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Anonymous

#362326 Wed, 09 May 07 02:44 AM

Hello,

Can anybody give me advice on how to teach English to a 5 year old. Once a week for one hour? I have noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo idea!!!

Thanks!

Anonymous

Conchita57

#362449 Wed, 09 May 07 11:07 AM

I'd suggest lots of playful activities like arts and crafts, games, songs, nursery rhymes, story telling (or reading). Speak only English to the child and make sure some of the activities require movement. It should be fun for you too (this is extremely important if you ask me).

Good luck!

Conchita57

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Anonymous

#364621 Mon, 14 May 07 10:00 AM

Thanks for the advice, Conchita.

I heard that I should change activities every 10 minutes! Oh my gosh! I don't know how to handle it. Obviously, she is too young to read.

So, I guess make a lot of flashcards? Any ideas as to where to start?

i.e.

Class 1: colors / shapes

Class 2: numbers

Class 3: animals

Is there a website with good lesson plans? This is hard!

Anonymous

Numbers

Conchita57

#364654 Mon, 14 May 07 12:26 PM

The reading is to be done by you, of course.

Here are a couple of useful links (you'll find many more on Google):

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Conchita57

Anonymous

#484093 Sun, 02 Mar 08 04:24 PM

HELLO,

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM

Anonymous

#518218 Sat, 24 May 08 02:46 AM

HI!

I have a problem with my 5 year old in learning numbers and alphabet. Maybe this site will help.

Literacy Center Education Network - Play & Learn English

Anonymous

Learn English, Numbers

Anonymous

#519143 Mon, 26 May 08 03:29 PM

I would recommend you to read books in english to your children and let your children watch movies in English (cartoons). These recommendations is no doubt the best since children have to be learnt and at the same time having fun.

Sorry for my bad English. English is my foreign language. (Correct my grammatical wrongs please)

Anonymous

shine_core

#526059 Wed, 11 Jun 08 10:43 PM

Teaching a 5 year old kid English language has a positive and negative results. Positive because they can be easily corrected once they have an error in English pronunciation or understanding vocabulary, unlike adults who are stubborn in some ways. Negative too because once you as a parent or teacher who have no idea what startegy to use to teach, your in big trouble.

So...I suggest that you use colorful images, one with cartoons on it showing an action then explain it in English. Then use music and sing along with it together with an action, this could develop their listening ability too.Lastly try ESL for kids site [link] this one is free I spent an hour exploring and indeed I think this might help worried parents and teachers.