Joyce Herzog's Teaching Philosophy - Page 2

Children at different ages need different styles of presentation.
Different children mature at different ages.

Very young children (ages 2 through 5) love repetition, color, sweet voices and attitudes, movement, music and physical involvement and need someone to see what they're doing.

Young children (ages 3 through eight or nine) enjoy rhyme, repetition, color, a variety of voices and attitudes, movement, music, physical involvement, and need someone to know what they're doing and appreciate that it is done.

Older elementary children (ages nine through 12) need fresh topics; a variety of presentation methods; expression of their own questions, talents and unique traits; a more mature voice and attitude; and need someone to share their questions and excitement of learning and care about who they are becoming.

Maturing young adults (ages 10 through 15) need respect for their growing independence; not to be "talked down" to; to participate in discovering and proving that they have learned or mastered a topic; options of how to practice, prove mastery, and what to study next; and appreciate someone who recognizes their growing independence and provides opportunity for their growing skills to be utilized and recognized.