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Is this too difficult for children who are learning prepositions of place?
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blunderbuster
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Is this too difficult for children who are learning prepositions of place?
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Removed the pic @22:19
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26 Mar 2010
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Begogzp
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I think is ok some months ago I gave this class with some pictures but taking about where are the mice? a nice activity for them
Bego�a
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26 Mar 2010
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izulia
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I normally teach �among � a little bit later, after teaching in, on, under, next to, near, in front of, behind and between. Young children find it a bit hard to understand the concept of �among � from my experience. I also wouldn �t choose the word �hydrant � when introducing prepositions for the kids, but it depends on how old the children are of course.
Best of luck :) |
26 Mar 2010
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blunderbuster
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Hi,
Thanks, Bego�a and Izulia! Well, I guess that card "among" could be left out then. Is the word "hydrant" really a problem? Don �t most languages use exactly the same or a similar word?
Kind regards
Regina
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26 Mar 2010
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juliag
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Hi Regina,
Hope I can help, too. Love your drawings by the way.
Well, I �ve been living in Japan for over 10 years now and I �m still not sure what the word for hydrant is!! So maybe it �s just a word that isn �t used so often, which would make it less suitable for teaching kids I feel.
When teaching kids prepositions of place I tend to use words that I know they will encounter in their everday lives and be familiar with, so, for example:
classroom objects: board, wastebasket, desk, chair, pencil case etc.
house objects: sofa, armchair, bed, table, lamp etc.
nature objects: tree, flower(s), lake, mountain etc.
other objects that they may be familiar with: car, hat and other clothing, various stationery. and so on.
Hope it �s useful for you. Have a great weekend.
Yours
Julia |
26 Mar 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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Why shouldn �t we have our ss learn a word which they would usually not know at such an early stage? I wouldn �t delete the words "hydrant" and "among", why?? Just imagine how proud kids are when they are able to surprise their parents with something new and especially a word that their parents have to look up in a dictionary!! 
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26 Mar 2010
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Pinky Makus
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I love them. I can �t wait to download them.
Pinky
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26 Mar 2010
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stexstme
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@"topolina" : ...because having them use a sentence like �the cat is next to the chair � is a lot of work - already...If the new words are prepositions, no need to add more with words they do not know ( eg Hydrant ), or else, they �ll be lost...& it is not our aim, is it ? I agree with juliag on that point.Learning/teaching prepositions seems easy, but it is not : For example, �on the left/ right � is always is problem! Same with behind & in front of : Some kids don �t see the difference...esp on a piece of paper. They can actually guess what is behind or in front of them, but on a sheet it �s a different matter!
Maybe I �m a little biased because I teach Special Needs........which I love doing.
Once, a class of 11-year-old ones was taught that a man was a human being because he actually could move, & a book was an object because it couldn �t either move or think...( not adding details : I �m tired ie : end of week!!!!!) Then, they came up to me & told me a bike was a human being because it could move... :o)))) ( they obviously did not keep the thinking bit ;o)
Sylvie
To blunderburster : If you do not mind, I �d say your pic is too big ... |
26 Mar 2010
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janeausten8
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Hey Regina,
Are the cards for elementary school students (because you said very young students)?
If the preposition "among" is not in their vocab unit or grammar guide I wouldn �t use it, but I think "hydrant" is fine. That way most of them will even learn the German word as I �m pretty sure most of them have never heard it before 
Sch�ne Ferien (if they haven �t already started for you)!!
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26 Mar 2010
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libertybelle
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Keep to the box -
over (the box)
under,
next to (or beside)
in,
behind,
in front of
above
between
Among is too advanced.
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26 Mar 2010
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refis24
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Hi
I have taught this lesson to an Entry 1 class. The way I taught it was to have a box wrapped in wrapping paper. I put the present on the table, under the table and next to the table etc. It worked well and I was able to elicit most of the vocab from the students.
Good luck. |
26 Mar 2010
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