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Monday, July 28, 2008

Problem 1: I do not know how to start a conversation with the child?

Potential Solution 1: Introduce yourself and ask the child to introduce himselfTell him the purpose of this session and ask him what he expects to learn

Potential Solution 2: Make up an imaginary reason or excuse for the meeting. It could be a fun thing. This will definitely make the child smile if not laugh). That is always a good start. Remember – a smile is the shortest distance between two people. You are basically asking how do I reduce this gap / distance. Create smiles as you can during the meeting.

Potential Solution 3: Play the game “dumb charades.” Tell the child that you will enact something (a simple action word such as the action of - flying) and the child will have to guess the right word. The child can guess in any language. You can ask the child to say it in “English.” Help the child in finding the right word. Then, make the child do the same thing – enact a word and you guess it. Make mistakes and let the child teach you.

2 comments:

Dr. Shrikant Atreya said...

Oh!! I have tremendous fun teaching children and to learn from them.I enjoy playing with kids. this is the best de-stessing mechanism. I recommend all to try this atleast once in their lifetime.

'S' said...

Hey Shrikant,

It would be great if you could share what you do with the kids....it would help us all the plan our sessions...