Yes! So much of early learning is developmental and each child will learn at a different pace. As long as we are moving forward, we are moving. Don’t measure success by completion, measure success by growth. As long as you are consistent and they are growing, you are doing your job.
You can’t make a child do what they are not ready to do.
Don’t be hard on yourself as the teacher. Time to learn, process and most importantly GROW. The greatest gift we can give them is TIME. We need to have the same understanding for the needs of young learners. People train for months to just complete a marathon. Ha! You have to train your body for success and not just for a week. If you were training for a marathon, would you force yourself to run the entire distance the first time you ran? Well, no! You may pass out. They need to SEE what it’s supposed to look like. First, you need to model your expectation so students know exactly what to do. I know that doesn’t seem like much but you are building a foundation for success. It’s okay to start with a one minute goal. If your goal is to have your children reading independently for thirty minutes by the end of the year, back it up and divide the amount of time out to set weekly goals. How can you help build a child’s stamina? The same thing is true for expecting a child to read at their seat quietly and independently when this is something they have not practiced or built stamina for. They have most likely not built the stamina to do that yet. We can’t expect a five year old to come into class the first week of school and sit on the carpet for a ten minute lesson, holding their attention without interruption. As a teacher, it is unfair to expect students to do something that they have not been taught, seen modeled, and practiced. Everything we do is affected by stamina.Ī child’s ability to do anything for a long period of time absolutely affects what they are able to learn. Just like you build the stamina to run long distance, you also need to build stamina to read, write, listen, and even sit. Why is stamina important to teachers and for students? Stamina is the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort. Why is building stamina in young learners important? What is STAMINA?
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