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 "30 TECHNIQUES TO QUIET A NOISY CLASS"

I find this article is very, very helpful. Some of their ideas are amazing and after reading this, I'm sure I'll apply some of them. It's very interesting to see the different techniques you use with different ages. I love the idea of putting classical music when the students enter in the classroom. I'll try it in the first time I'll need to catch the attention of them!!! Apart from the article, I've found some sensational ideas from other teachers when they give their opinion about it.

DO YOU WANT SING WITH ME?

Today's update is dedicated to highlight the importance of foreign language in early childhood education. Is essential to work other language in early age because they have greater facility for acquiring languages. That is why we must use the potential with the students because they learn it without realizing because they are very receptive.

It is important to note that more and more early childhood education professionals who are concern concerned to innovate and introduce a second language. I leave you a song that can be useful for teaching body parts to our students.

CHILDREN BORN PURE , NOT POLLUTE ...

-THE CHILDREN SEE, CHILDREN DO ...-

"How come the kids are being so intelligent, most of the adults are stupids?  The result must be... " learning by imitation.

One of the main processes by which we learn is imitation. According to experts we are born not knowing imitate and during the first months , while we learn new behaviors we learn to imitate. As we grow , we continue to refine this ability ; imitate more and better.

With this, it is clear that any behavior ( good and not so good ) sees the child 's parents will be likely to be imitated. Not only parents will be role models for the rest of his family , the circle of closest friends, school, television, ... be a potential source of behavior to imitate. It can be deduced that the behavior of children and in the future, the adult may have had its origin in the imitation of a previously observed behavior.

Adult behavior à The child imitates à Reinforcing behavior by the adult (the more it resembles the adult) à Repeat behavior by the child

FIVE RECOMENDATIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE HABIT OF READING

1. Do not force reading. Like every activity, reading requires time and constancy to turn, gradually, in a habit. The most important is that reading, little by little, ends up being part of leisure time, as well as other activities.

2. Daily habit. Habits are acquired by repetition. If it is really used as a way to spend time, to discover puzzles, characters, curiosities, looking for those that entertain them and discarding those that do not attract their attention, because the main purpose is to encourage their interest by having fun.

3. Suit their likes. Each child has his own preferences and likes. Therefore it is very important that books we pursue them are to their liking, that we make sure that they like them.

4. Shared reading. There are enough investigations that have shown that shared reading it’s a formula that helps and encourage reading with others, siblings, classmates or adults. Shared reading allows children to enjoy reading together.

5. Make reading an essential activity. It consists of using the book as a way that brings us to solve multiple solutions and curiosities. The book contains answers and orientations that help us to do other things, to solve doubts, etc.

THE BUTTERFLY CIRCUS

Today I would like to share this short film I've seen many times and each time I see it continue to excited me. 
On it, I see a message of hope, motivation and challange. 

"Althougt the road is difficult, we can always achieve our objectives, if we believe it is possible."