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Professionally the most successful experiences to me are those teaching and learning situations where the whole group is working enthusiastically and the spirit is good. I can also feel the flow with small pupils and that flow strengthens also the teacher in an amazing way!
I work as a Finnish school teacher and I have ten eager pupils at the age of 3 to 5 years. There are speed and happening with them! To get everybody to concentrate to the same thing at the same time, there has to be speed and changing situations on the lessons. You can´t stay at one thing too long time, or otherwise you notice that the kids are drawing their workbooks full, scramble on the floor or hanging on teacher´s neck… What can be done during the lessons? A small teaching moment and straight after that some play to prevent getting bored. And between that moments, songs, jokes, fairy tales, theater, foolishness. And to every suitable situations “heavy” staff, connected to the kids own life. Only the sky is the limit what can be done at school or kindergarten! And what is the best, you get instant feedback how successful the lessons are! If they are having fun, the eyes sparkle and they can´t sit on their places. If it is boring, they tell that honestly straight to you also. This honesty and genuinity is the best working with kids that age!