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ENTER THE CHILDREN’S WORLD!

Filed Under (Kindergarten) by neslihandurmusoglu on 21-05-2010

‘The end of childhood is when things cease to astonish us. When the world seems familiar, when one has got used to existence, one has become an adult.’ Eugene Ionesco

‘Little Prince’ is one of my favourite books that was written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This is the story of a little blond boy that meets an adult with who he will become friends, somewhere in the world.He discovers adults’ world and life on Earth during his trip. Have you ever read ‘Little Prince’? If not, it will be a nice journey to discover the differences between children and adults.
Every child is a world. I prefer more than looking at children theoretically working with them personally and using my insight to try to understand their world.
WHAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT CHILDREN SO FAR:
*Don’t hurt their feelings.Never say you can’t do that, always give positive feedback.When they do a thing better than usual, praise them. On the other hand, we shouldn’t spoil them too much.
*We shouldn’t invent new things for them. Children have great imagination and they should create their own ideas. We should support them to use their imagination and let them think and create. Give kids a voice and a reason to use it.
*Don’t punish children and just try to correct their behaviour. Correction should motivate them to think about their errors.
* Children are highly motivated, if they’re having fun.Enter the children’s world to make teaching meaningful for them. Learn their interests, keep up with them.The aim of teaching is to create a pleasant and secure place for the children’s social and educational development. We will encourage the children to develop to their full potential with well equipped environment, playing area, art and crafts activities, audio and visual supports. We should be more sensitive to children-sensitive not only to what they learn, but how they feel about what they learn.
‘And no grown-up will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance’.Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEM!

4 Responses to “ENTER THE CHILDREN’S WORLD!”

Barbara Sakamoto Says:
May 23rd, 2010 at 5:50 pm
What a wonderful post, Neslihan! Thank you so much for letting me know about it. The Little Prince was one of my favorite books, too. I love how you’ve drawn parallels from it with teaching children.
Eva Büyüksimkeşyan Says:
June 11th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Great post Neslihan. I love it. I really wish all children could have a chance to have a teacher who won’t hurt their feelings or who won’t stop them to create.When we demotivate them in primary school, we lose their interest, we lose them…
I see your students are lucky to have you.
Eva
Araz Says:
January 4th, 2012 at 10:32 pm
Dear Neslihan
i would like to compare le petite Prince with the little black fish by Samad behrangi, do you have any idea?
Sag ol
neslihandurmusoglu Says:
January 5th, 2012 at 8:57 am
Hi,
I love both of them. Check out Black Fish by Samed Behrangi on my blogroll (e-books list). Btw I haven’t seen any comparison about them before. It’ll be nice to read an article about it.Please share when you finish. My twitter ID @neslidrmsgl
All the best