Chapter 4 - Teaching Children

Question 1

3 Fundamentals of children’s lessons?

Answer 1

Safety, Fun & Learning.

Question 2

Useful hints for effective class handling?

Answer 2

• establish class rules
• practise effective communication
• make eye contact with each child frequently
• establish team bonding
• instructor should go first
• have a plan when someone falls
• have a plan if someone gets lost
• teach children to stop below the group
• always be in the line of sight of your class
• always count your children
• encourage spatial awareness
• teach kids to recognise you in a crowd
• what, when, where, why and how questions at the end of the day

Question 3

Spider Webbing - explanation?

Answer 3

An imaginative way of connecting words via association and evolves over the lesson through input from the group. Develops a library of words to relate with their interests.

Question 4

CAP - children’s development through 3 areas:

Answer 4

COGNITIVE - how children think and process information.
AFFECTIVE - how children develop emotionally and how this dictates their overall emotional state.
PHYSICAL - how children move based on the stages of their physical growth.

Question 5

The 9 Essentials for Children?

Answer 5

1. Introduction
2. Identifying the children
3. Planning the lesson
4. Presenting information
5. Demonstrating
6. Practising
7. Movement analysis
8. Correction and feedback
9. Lesson summary

Question 6

(1) Introduction Explained?

Answer 6

Names are key - use THEIRs and YOURs.

Question 7

(2) Identifying the Children Explained?

Answer 7

Find, out their interests, goals and determine their development level.

Question 8

(3) Planning the Lesson Explained?

Answer 8

Learning Through Play (CEP):
Cognitive Play (problem solving)
Social Play (role playing)
Physical Play (challenge and testing)

Question 9

(4) Presenting Information Explained?

Answer 9

What will you be teaching?
- eg. first timer, today we will learn how to stop.

Why are you teaching this?
- eg. because we want to avoid hurting ourselves and we want to explore more of the mountain.

How are they going to attempt it?
- eg. we are going to spend some time here on the flatter area and practice a side-slip.

Question 10

(5) Demonstrating Explained?

Answer 10

Demonstrate correctly and often. Kids learn best by seeing, not listening. Adapt technique to match kids and the physical distances.

Question 11

(6) Practising Explained?

Answer 11

Repetition is important. Very the games and images used to teach to help consolidate their skills.

Question 12

(7) Movement Analysis Explained?

Answer 12

Avoid lengthy one-on-one explanations. Examine the 4 skills of snowboarding.

1. STANCE
2. ROTARY
3. EDGING
4. PRESSURE

Question 13

(8) Correction & Feedback Explained?

Answer 13

Common Corrective Exercises and Analogies:

Balance/Stance (Beginner):
- Ride very low, then very tall (tall as a mouse, small as a house).

Rotary (Beginner):
- Falling leaf (like a plane)

Edging (Beginner):
- Edge sets toe side (Michael Jackson)

Pressure Control (Beginner):
- Counting throughout the turns (can you move as slow as me?)

Question 14

(9) Summary Explained?

Answer 14

Make sure all the children leave with a smile on their face.