Lvl 2: Teaching Beginners/Kids Instruction

Question 1

What variables determine how, and in which order, concepts are presented to beginners?

Question 2

Describe the different types of snowboard rental equipment available to beginners at your resort.

Question 3

Explain some of the benefits and characteristics of effective posture.

Question 4

Sequence the basic skills you teach to beginners. Relate the order of this sequence to terrain.

Question 5

Explain important lift operating procedures at your resort.

Question 6

Why is it important to ride up the lift after your group members have loaded ahead of you?

Question 7

What special safety precautions do you take in regards to beginners?

Question 8

What are the most important things beginners should walk away knowing?

Question 9

What kind of train does your mountain have for beginners, and how do you use it to benefit their learning environment?

Question 10

Explain the CAP model. Why is it an important consideration in children’s instruction?

Question 11

In terms of the CAP model, how would a 6yo’s lesson differ from a 10yo’s lesson?

Question 12

What are Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development? Relate characteristics observed in students.

Question 13

In terms of Piaget, how would a 4yo’s lesson differ from a 9yo’s lesson?

Question 14

Why is it important to know where a child is in their cognitive development?

Question 15

How do the processes of reversibility and directionality affect a child’s ability to follow directions?

Question 16

Discuss the use of visualization when teaching children.

Question 17

Explain why playing games is so important in a child’s lesson.

Question 18

Describe 5 games/activities you like to use with children and why.

Question 19

Explain how a child’s center of mass (com) changes as they mature. Why is this an important consideration when teaching children of different ages?

Question 20

Explain why a young snowboard likes to bend at the waist so much.

Question 21

How does the development of movement skills affect how a child will be taught?

Question 22

What does laterality and upper-lower body separation have to do with teaching children snowboarding?

Question 23

How can laterality and directionality be confusing to a child in a class situation?

Question 24

Identify Gardner’s 7 intelligences. How can you identify intelligences in children?

Question 25

Explain some ways that different dominant intelligences can be addressed within the same lesson.

Question 26

Explain or draw Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Question 27

Why is it important to address Maslow’s hierarchy in a child’s lesson?

Question 28

How would you go about addressing Maslow’s hierarchy in a child’s lesson?

Question 29

How would you go about giving feedback to a child?

Question 30

How would you go about debriefing a parent on a child’s lesson?

Question 31

Ask 10 of your friends what a child thinks is the most important part of a child’s lesson.

Question 32

Ask 10 of your friends what a parent thinks is the most important part of a child’s lesson.

Question 33

What is the difference between “I” statements and “you” statements? Why is this important to teaching children?

Question 34

What is the policy at your resort concerning:
A)sick child B)Hypothermia C)accident/injury D)Wet pants
E)Lost child F) End of class/returning child to parent

Question 35

Explain why guided discovery is an important tool to use with children.

Question 36

For which type of lesson or child would direct instruction work best?

Question 37

Discuss special considerations that need to be addressed in terms of children’s snowboard equipment.

Question 38

How do the principles of Learning Theory and Behaviorism apply to teaching children?

Question 39

Explore the impact of positive and negative reinforcement. What works and why?

Question 40

Describe successful methods used for motivating children.

Question 41

Give 4 examples of motor response development.

Question 42

What are important communication techniques when teaching children?

Question 43

How can you modify a presentation to children who may be having trouble?

Question 44

What is a prepared environment?

Question 45

What are teaching aids? List teaching aids commonly used in snowboard instruction.

Question 46

Why are stationary exercises useful?

Question 47

How can you help instill Your Responsibility Code in children?

Question 48

What are components of successful kid’s class organization?

Question 49

How can slalom poles be used effectively? Give examples for several levels of snowboarders.

Question 50

Give an example of an activity or game, what movement it promotes, and for what age it is appropriate.

Question 51

What is animism?

Question 52

List your 3 favorite teaching exercises. Modify each to meet the needs of groups of different ages.

Question 53

Describe your favorite teaching terrain for beginner children.

Question 54

Explain safety considerations when bringing a class of advanced 7yo’s to steep terrain for the first time.