I�m writing because I need help about how to motivate three very young children, being one 7 and the other two 4. The thing is that they have started to misbehave and mess around just for a couple of months and I�ve started to think that something is wrong with my lessons. I think that the problem is that I�ve been teaching two of them for two years now. They are brothers and they are simply brilliant. This year, a new boy has joint the lesson. He is slower, more absent-minded than my first pupils, who are very clever and learn amazingly quick!!!! so, I occassionally have  to introduce vocabulary to the new boy, which have already been worked with the others and I think it is the moment when they start to misbehave stopping the new boy to learn properly. What could I do? What kind of activities could do with them to have all of them engaged? I usually start my lesson with flashcards of a certain topic (food, classroom objects, animals, weather, jobs, clothes, etc) and we play different games (go fish, bluff, Simon says, etc) to encourange them to speak, then they usually do some craft (the youngest ones as they can�t write yet) or worksheet (for the eldest one) and finish with some sort of board game or a bingo, which they love so much! Sometimes, I read a tale. I would like to use videos or songs but unfortunately I haven�t got a computer available, so the options are a little bit limited, any ideas, please?

Thanks in anticipation,

Maribel.

Try also miming, sounds...

You won �t be able to control them and get satisfied with your achievements.

 

That slow boy need simpler activities than the two intelligent boys. It �s some how difficult, but I know you are able to get things on the right track to fulfil your target.

 

Reading and you have said most of the nice games and strategies, thank you!

 

 

 

 

You may subscribe in this nice site and get newsletters on some strategies and nice games.

 

Please, if anyone of you have different games or new strategies for 26 pupils in a small class, send them to me, because I am in need of new things to get  my students involved and enjoy the lessons.

 

Good luck and thank in advance!

 

Suha

Thank you very much for your contribution, which is, no doubt, very useful. I will try to apply these tips because as Suhakhader has said this lesson has become a really challenging one!!!! and they are only three....I can�t imagine 26!!!!! 

I will check the website you recommended me. Meanwhile, I will give you the links of other websites that can be useful for you both,

http://www.kizclub.com/ (I use this mainly for paper crafts for very young children, they loved them!!!! The problem is that there are aren�t too many!!!!!)

http://www.mes-english.com/ (for me, it�s the most useful website for kids, you have everything in it, flashcards, games, worksheets and there are a great variety of topics and you can make your own games if you like , other ones are ready to print, it�s fantastic!!!)

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/ (beautiful tales and useful resources)

http://www.barryfunenglish.com/index.php (this is wonderful as well, but you have to pay a small fee to use the best resources)

http://www.esl-kids.com/worksheets/worksheets.html (this is very useful and easy because of its simplicity. If you click on "games" you will have a list of tips for games in alphabetical order that other people have done in class, there�s plenty of them!!!)

 

I hope it works.

 

Maribel.