REVIEW today and tomorrow for 4th Long Test! I just used class-yes, taught classroom rules and followed the basics in whole brain teaching. I saw how my kids got excited. I even notice improvement when it comes to classroom management. We just had difficulty doing teach-okay with my kindergarten class. Is it just normal to feel very tired at first? How long is the adjustment period?

I have been using WBT for 2 years now with my kindergarten students. You bet it is tiring at first, but do not despair. Keep practicing and they'll soon get it. Try to break your points into small chunks in the beginning just to get them comfortable with "teaching" their friends and to overcome shyness. In the beginning it is alright even if they are just repeating your sentence over and over to their friend. After a while you will see them getting more creative with their "teaching", coming up with their own words and ways of conveying the points to their friends. ...and they love their "Uh Oh! SWITCH!"

Hayz... so happy to hear that everything's just normal... Thanks!

So excited to know more about WBT... keep on reading it day and night... haven't tried yet mind soccer but i think it's gonna be fun...

You will love mind soccer, my kids can't get enough. We even play against another class who uses WBT. Tell us how it goes, have fun.

I will thanks...

Guro,
With Kindergarten, instead of "Teach, OK" it is often easier to start with "Tell your neighbor". Once they learn to talk to their neighbor, it is an easy transition to "Teach, OK".
Also, remember that in Kindergarten, we practice everything REPEATEDLY. They learn procedures through practicing them the correctly. Have fun!

Hope this helps.
Deb Weigel

Notice the difference in what KIND of tired it is too. When I started at first I noticed I was tired, but I also realized it was not the emotionally and mentally worn out kind of tired, it was much more that I had had a bit of a work out moving around during the day. The stress from the day was much lower though.

I am an education student and when I first tried WBT with my Grade 10 class during my student teaching placement I was exhausted because, with the older students, I found that I was being overly enthusiastic in order to get them excited about the idea. But I completely agree with Jeff, before I was emotionally exhausted because of the constant redirection and discipline that would happen in the classroom where as after I was physically tired from being overly animated during my teaching. It is definitely better to be physically tired than emotionally tired.
I did get used to it after time though!
Best wishes

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Glad to hear that you are beginning WBT! I was tired and still am at the end of the day!!!!! But, when I think about how boring my class used to be... I would rather feel tired than feel like I cheated the kids...Just a thought. Keep reading and try Mind Soccer

My husband teaches music after school and he just started a prek class. He said, " I feel like I just completed a small workout" after his first class using WBT. LOL


Roxi,
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I wasn't able to leave any comment this week but I still visit this site whenever there's a chance. The site that comes first into my mind whenever I'm online is powerteachers.net. I feel like I'm at home here. So glad to meet a lot of educators who are generous enough to share their own experiences. I just finished doing my super improvers wall the other day and the class is so excited to start using it next week (unfortunately we only have few weeks left before vacation here in the Philippines!) Anyway, I'll use the remaining weeks to practice so that next school year I'm ready enough with my improved WBT lessons and materials. Studying WBT more and practicing it in class...