I have been teaching English to children from2 and 5 years old for twenty years. My classes are daily classes and thirty minutes every dayfor each group. I usually have different topics for each term. For instance in the first term my children learn about Colors, numbers, School, autumn, parts of the body and Christmas. In the second term they learn about winter, the house and the family and spring. In the third term they learn about animals, transports, food and summer.
I don �t have a book. In my school teachers prepare all the stuff. I prepare all my song, worksheets by myself. There are a lot of sites where you can find different stuff.
For each topic they usually learn:
- Vocabulary. I usually use flashcards. With these flashcards they can see the objects and the words. You can play with the flashcards too. You can say the word and they have to touch the object, etc. You can use your imagination.
- A song relating with the topic. For instance if your teaching colors. They can learn a song about colors.
- A short story or a tale relating with the topic.
- Worksheets.
- Games relating with the words the have already learned.
- Posters
I usually make posters where they have to draw or bring from home objects, pictures or photos relating with the topic you are teaching. They love making posters and stick objects up on the paper or on the wall.
I read tales and we make a big poster whith the stoy and the pictures. Here they can draw the stoy and the eldest can write them if they can how to write, or you can print the story in black and white and they can color it and write. Imagination is free.
You have to think that children of 2 years are different from children of 3, 4 or 5 years. Many children of 2 years cann �t speak, they can �t write , so on. With children of 2 years I usually use flashcards and songs, but songs where they have to dance, to move. Action is involved. With flashcards I use them every day because if your take some minutes in pronouncing and showing by flashcards all the words they have learned, these words remain in their minds and they don �t forget.
I hope this help you. If you need something tell me so.
Have a nice day
Arancha
