| Students will lose interest in preschool lessons if | | | | write the alphabet, learning to tie their shoes, or |
| they are not direct and focused. Lessons should | | | | memorizing their home address. These individual |
| have a clear purpose, and teachers should remind | | | | activities challenge students but will not interfere |
| students of the lesson multiple times. Just as in | | | | with a teacher's lesson for the class at large. |
| speechmaking, teachers should tell students what | | | | Teach Right and Wrong |
| they are going to learn, teach them, and then tell | | | | Preschool Lessons are a great place for teachers |
| them what they learned. | | | | to bring in the ideas of right and wrong. Because |
| By repeating preschool lessons multiple times | | | | students will probably be reprimanded for |
| throughout the day or over a series of days, the | | | | inappropriate behavior or speech, teachers should |
| material sinks in better for students and | | | | strive to impart these lessons explicitly for |
| encourages retention. By forcing the lesson to be | | | | students. By including components of social values, |
| repeated, it also helps the teacher focus on the | | | | customs, and appropriate behavior, teachers help |
| most important aspects of the lesson. | | | | students grow into fully-functioning members of |
| Age Appropriate | | | | society. |
| There are some lessons that are simply too | | | | Including lessons of right and wrong is not hard |
| advanced for preschoolers because of the | | | | for an everyday lesson. If teachers are telling |
| abstract quality of the material being presented or | | | | students about nature, they can include a |
| the detailed data required for understanding. | | | | sentence or two about the importance of keeping |
| Teachers should always take into account the | | | | nature clean and preserving our resources. While |
| maturity of their students and their cognitive | | | | talking about holidays, teachers can show |
| development. | | | | customary greetings for that holiday and how to |
| However, this does not mean that teachers | | | | respond when someone says something to you. |
| should hold back on educating preschoolers. | | | | Preschool lessons must be specifically tailored to |
| Teachers should always push their students | | | | the needs of young students. Teachers should |
| forward, encouraging them to learn and grow | | | | make lessons interesting, focused on a specific |
| through preschool lessons and other activities. If a | | | | topic, and repetitive. By repeating the point of the |
| teacher feels that the class is beyond preschool | | | | lesson, teachers give students more chances to |
| lessons, they should introduce more advanced | | | | absorb and truly understand the material |
| concepts, similar to those taught in kindergarten. | | | | presented. |
| If a teacher is dealing with one or two students | | | | Preschool lessons should also challenge students at |
| who are clearly more advanced than the group, | | | | their own level. Advanced students can have |
| the teacher should consider additional activities for | | | | individual projects to work on to help keep them |
| those students. Such activities should be individual, | | | | interested, and teachers can include lessons of |
| so the students can still participate with the class | | | | right and wrong to help all students understand |
| but be challenged on their own level. | | | | proper social behavior. |
| Tasks for such students could include learning to | | | | |