Students Becoming Teachers!
I am continually delighted by the self-pride and self-confidence my students quickly attain when being taught using Phonetic Reading with Silent Elephant “e”! It shows up in all parts of their lives.
One of the powerful components of Silent Elephant “e”’s program is its home-school connection.
The children teach each lesson to their parents as soon as possible after tutoring. This teaching mode is much different from the learning mode they just left. When they are the “teacher”, they have to clearly express what they themselves have just learned in a way that another person can understand it and learn it. This teaching mode integrates their own learning to a much deeper level.
To support this powerful component, Silent Elephant “e” provides parents with:
· Lesson material explaining the goals and objectives of each lesson
· The teaching vocabulary specific to the lesson
· The content of the lesson
· Questions to ask their child to guide their child to successfully teach the lesson to them at home
It’s no wonder that after a child has successfully taught their parents each lesson at home, they are perfectly comfortable teaching others.
They actually speak up in their classrooms and offer to teach their teachers and classmates what they have learned with Silent Elephant ”e” and me.
In my next blog posts I will share examples of my students becoming teachers in their classrooms. I’m so proud of them! My buttons are popping!
If you have further questions about partner work and the home-school connection in Silent Elephant “e”, feel free to contact us.