[yami_kitsune]

I'm starting my teaching practice the next week, and i'd like you to help me with some activities related to greetings and introductions.
the students are around 6-7 years
they are beginners

[mesmark]

greetings and introductions go really quick with young children. They don't ever do introductions in real life at that age, so it's a little awkward.

I like to use a puppet. I introduce myself to the puppet and then the puppet introduces himself to the group. Then the puppet just asks the kids their names.

You can use the puppet to model a greeting and exchange with yourself if you'd like the kids to do it.

The puppet can just be an old sock (clean) with eyes drawn on it. Kids don't care.

[jenniferp]

I started new classes a few weeks ago with 6 & 7 year olds. My main idea was just to try and get them to feel comfortable around me and not stress them with talking too much English but also to see what they did know and could say.
Mesmark is right in that introductions at that age aren't part of regular conversation, my classes had all been taught the formulaic response to "How are you?" - "I'm fine thankyou and you?" so I played a silly mingle game where we all walked about introducing ourselves and shaking hands. They actually found this quite amusing and it helped to stop that first effort at speaking being too awkward.
You could take a beanbag or soft toy and try out the "My name is --------" activity, passing or throwing the toy to another student getting them to use the language.
I would also take lots of flashcards and objects to try and get them to open up. With one class (not this teaching year) for the first few weeks I found myself being accompanied by soft toys as the kids were so young and petrified of me that it helped to have something cute and cuddly to play with and build a bridge with them.
Good luck. It's going to be really fun!

[yami_kitsune]

Thank you all!!!

[yami_kitsune]

thank you

[jenniferp]

Good luck, have you taken the classes yet?
Let us know how you get on!

xx
jen

[yami_kitsune]

yep
it was great
i have some worksheets that I made, but I just still do not know how to put'em on the site.

[mesmark]

Quote yami_kitsune

yep
it was great
i have some worksheets that I made, but I just still do not know how to put'em on the site.

If they are eslHQ worksheets, you just need to choose to have the worksheets 'public.' Then they will appear in the worksheets section.

Good to hear that the class is going well.