How to get children to participate in class

If we want to have a participatory class, it is clear that we must encourage children to participate as children and the first space to encourage participation is the family followed by the school. For many children having to participate in class activities, or out of it, and being the focus of atte

If we want to have a participatory class, it is clear that we must encourage children to participate as children and the first space to encourage participation is the family followed by the school.

For many children having to participate in class activities, or out of it, and being the focus of attention, either because of their shyness or for other reasons, generates a lot of anxiety and nervousness, therefore, the best way to do that they participate and also have fun, it is through the games since the attention is diverted on the whole group.

Tips for creating a participatory class

I think that if the teacher at the time of teaching their classes, creates a positive atmosphere and a climate of trust, or what is the same, makes children feel calm, loved and knows assess their effort when they do things well, surely communication and participation will flow more normally and will have a lot of livestock.

If you also listen and pay attention to the comments made by less participatory children, you will know the topics that interest them the most and you can use them to motivate them and positively reinforce the students.

Even so, there are always more timid children who have a hard time speaking in front of their teacher or their classmates and have a really bad time when they are asked, so, use the games to participate as learning tools can be very effective.

- It must be done in such a way that the participation of all is indispensable and, much better, if the teacher or the adult supervising the games can be kept a little apart (although always attentive in case they need help) to leave that they are the ones who carry out the activity, that is, that the children themselves ask or involve the playmates in the different activities.

Game to get children involved in the classroom

Imagine that students are studying vertebrate animals.

The game will consist of making a circle or a row and saying aloud the name of an animal. The first child will say his name and make a small imitation, and then pass an inflated balloon (it may be a ball or something else previously agreed) to the next child, who must continue with the game. It will be made clear that all children should participate and put their two cents in our zoo. We can extend the game with all the contents that come to mind. With this activity the laughs will be assured.

The game is an essential tool in the learning of our little ones. With this type of activity children, little by little, will be gaining self-confidence, which means that they will increase their self-esteem, they will know what freedom of expression and gender equality is, and we adults will have the opportunity to know how our children really are. Finally, I leave you with a sentence by Rudyard Kipling: "Words are the most potent drug that humanity has invented"