Save the moments in your class

 Are you taking pictures during the class?

Give me your opinion in the comments, and let me tell you what I think.

In fact, I love taking pictures a lot, not for the purpose of publishing, but only to save beautiful memories that may not come back again, and put them in the happiness archive.

Me and my students, we shoot a lot of pictures and record videos, and at the end of the year I make a long video that collects all these memories, and we show it at the final ceremony, then send a copy for each student to keep.

I see a great impact of this thing on the hearts of students and parents as well, and then they feel gratitude for every picture we took in the classroom, and for every smile that was made on a child's face.

I apologize for including pictures from my class in this post but I recommend this to try ♥

Nevmekan

 Do you prefer to study at home, or in the library?

Personally, I prefer to study at home, unless the library is like NEVMEKAN, where you can find a unique atmosphere. 

Let me tell you a bit about this wonderful library, it is one of the important places for Istanbul culture and the art of living in Istanbul, It was first opened in Bağlarbaşı in 2016 with the restoration of the old IETT garage, is also one of the best examples of the idea of the National Coffee House.

It's founded by Üsküdar Municipality Mayor Hilmi Türkmen with the vision of presenting a new symbol to the culture of Istanbul, serves Istanbulites and world citizens on the Üsküdar coast with its library of 50 thousand books, exhibition hall, art and cultural activities.

This library is open 24 hours, receiving students and those who want to enjoy studying in a calm atmosphere with the sound of the waves and the smell of books, and also the food and drinks in it are very delicious, and good service. So if you like books, you will enjoy the experience of eating gourmet food in a fancy library.

Address: Aziz Mahmut Hüdayi, Şemsi Paşa Cd. No:2, 34672 Üsküdar/İstanbul 

Class Theatre

 We used to watch the video of the week in our classes that students wait impatiently, and enjoy watching a lot. I usually choose silent animation films, and after watching the students start choosing funny names for the characters and then acting them.

The homework should be to write a story about this video, and what's the moral lesson of the video.

Thus their linguistic production greatly improved, and that's my main goal.

I really advise you to try it at your classes. Here's one of these video, and you can find more on YouTube.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWDIoW7f6js&ab_channel=Filmbilder%26Friends 

My experience in making curriculums

 My story began with the curriculum only two years ago, when I moved to Turkey and started teaching Arabic to non-speaking children. One of the biggest challenges that we faced was choosing a curriculum that was appropriate to the school’s orientations, with a nice Islamic character.

Sometimes, I wrote some stories by myself  and I did some exercises that were appropriate for the purpose and grammar, until the administration encouraged us to create our own curriculum, and after reading a lot in this field and seeing the international standards in teaching the second language, and the topics that should be addressed in this age (8-10) such as SEFR and ACTFL standards, and started actually producing the first and second level book, and currently we are working at the third level with a team of professors and experts in this field.

I hope this book is a good start in the field of writing curricula for kids.

Your classroom reflects your personality

 What does your classroom look like when you enter it?

  How do you encourage and motivate your students in the classroom?

Here are some pictures and ideas from my class. I teach Arabic to non-speaker kids.

From the first day in school, we started decorating the classroom and writing important verbs, prepositions and everyday vocabulary

Students enjoy writing these papers and putting them on the wall, and it helps them a lot remember vocabulary and make sentences.

And do not forget the educational and entertainment trips out of the class, they will have a lot of fun as well as you.

A lesson in the Café

Have you ever tried to give a class in a café?

 Before the corona came to this world, in one of the lessons I felt that the students were tired of the class and the seats, I thought of a nice way to make them enjoy more and accept studying.

And I decided to give the lesson in the café, and I actually asked the parents for permission on the phone, and they were very happy

Then the students and I went to a café on the beach, the lesson was very cool, even the owner of the café liked us very much, and he offered us juice and dessert for free, he was very nice

Until now, the students have not forgotten any word of the lesson we took in the café,

I hope that the Coronavirus will end soon and we will return to schools on ground, because education in schools is more beautiful and enjoyable.