Somethings I teach the children about are easier than I think it is going to be. Part of the lesson today was going on a walk and looked for things that have shadows.
The children enjoyed the walk looking for shadows and what shadows they seen. Of course they seen their own shadows,also we found shadows of buildings,trees and even the dog that walked by us had a shadow. I found out that when we get to do part of the lesson plan outside. It gives the children a opportunity to spend some extra time outside and it is kind of a treasure hunt for them and they really enjoy that.
You can try to explain how shadow are formed in a scientific explanation but how the children explain how shadows are formed is cool. Their explaination was "The sun hits something and that makes a shadow sometimes it is a big shadow sometimes it makes a little shadow." I guess the simplier the explanation is the better it is.
When you work with children you get to know what kind of things they enjoy doing and it makes it easier to teach them. If you add thingsthey like to do in your lesson plans you are able to grab their attention easier and you get to teach what you need to teach with out them getting distracted as easy. When you have children with ADHD inyour classroom keeping the children focus can be quite a problem when some of them have a hard time paying attention for any length of time.
If you can make the learning fun for the children it is easier to teach your lessons with out them being distracted as much as if you just teach them with lesson worksheets. If the learning is interactive for them. They also learn better when they are doing it for themselves.
