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--- art_in_the_kitchen [2018-03-09 14:41] – rasa
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 **How to be a teacher**
--__Don't be a teacher__. Remember you are standing in from of the class or group only because you want to share something that you __might__ know better. Keep in mind there are children that can be even better in something than you are or know more about something than you do. You can't make someone learn things. You can only invite them to observe and try out. You can hope they get inspired and will continue searching for ways to satisfy their curiosity. Sharing your knowledge rather then teaching is always more rewarding. I always think that i only propose some tasks or framework and let the participants to fill in the content. This way i get surprised by different input and ideas, and develop my methods further.
+-__Don't be a teacher__. Remember you are standing in front of the class or group only because you want to share something that you __might__ know better. Keep in mind there are children that can be even better in something than you are or know more about something than you do. You can't make someone learn things. You can only invite them to observe and try out. You can hope they get inspired and will continue searching for ways to satisfy their curiosity. Sharing your knowledge rather then teaching is always more rewarding. I always think that i only propose some tasks or framework and let the participants to fill in the content. This way i get surprised by different input and ideas, and develop my methods further.
 -__Be prepared.__ Make sure you have all the material and enough of it for every participant. Display needed objects before children enter the class. Hide anything that is not needed to keep the concentration only on the activity. If material to be shared by several participants make sure they know where it is and it is reachable (some children are smaller than others and might feel left behind if they cant reach one or the other thing). If you are trying some new techniek or activity, try i out for your self before hand. This way you will know where the difficulties lyes and estimate better the duration of the activity.
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 -__Look at the results together.__
+-__Be not afraid of wildness.__ Sitting still and quiet for children often feels like a punishment. When you invite them to explore and create be aware of the level of excitement in the group. Mostly it is really fun to create! Therefor you can't expect kids to be quiet and passive. It helps to make an agreement at the beginning of the class on how much noice we can all make/tolerate without making losing the respect for each other and disturbing the building. Playing fun but soft music ( this is my personal favourite and works very well in the class https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/thetoyboats )is another great way of creating amiable atmosphere and keeping shouting away.