- Music: What kind of environment can I create for kids with music?
- Relationships: How can I work the room relationally to help the kids start out the day right?
- Avoid Pet Peeves: How does my teaching style irritate my kids?
- Do I know the material well enough to not need visuals?
- How relevant are my visuals, and how quickly do my visuals change?
- Have I prepared my visuals in advance?
- Are the students engaged with my message or just my visuals?
- Use pictures to create as much effect as possible.
Message:
- Choose a memorable headline! We teachers call this a learning objective. I want my headline to stick with the kids. Could I tweet my objective in a 140-character Twitter message?
- Can I logically come up with three points that I can emphasize in this lesson today?
- Repeat my headline frequently!
Pacing:
- Are my kids lost or bored?
- Am I under or over gradually releasing?
