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If you don't like to spend much time with a class of little kids simply don't consider teaching young learners. If you enjoy their company then you'll naturally fit in and they'll most probably enjoy your teaching. Learning from experienced teachers in the field, here are some tips for effective teaching that I would like to share with you.With young learners you need to be punctual so that the learners are not left alone. Also, you will need to be organized and have a well-planned lesson. It’s essential because particularly with that age group you need to be in control of the class at all times and get them engaged in learning activities. That helps you maintain discipline. The worst thing is to have your students with nothing to do but teasing each other or making trouble and noise.Exploit your students’ knowledge of the world, interests and experience. It's important. Try to find out what your students are interested in and feed the content of your lessons with topics and activities that meet their interest. Watch them while they’re on the internet and find out what they like to do and talk about.Be yourself, be natural but keep a measured distance of respect. Respect is always important, to achieve that you will need to decide on and enforce clear ground rules. Keeping that in mind, you’ll need to strike a balance between humor and seriousness. If you're serious all the time your students will never relax and most probably will be intimidated by your presence.You need to consider each student’s needs and abilities. Some students will like activities that involve motor skills more than others so they will participate in certain activities while others will prefer to observe. You will need to plan how to occupy hose observers by assigning them appropriate roles such as voting for the best performance. That should motivate those observers to take more active part in future activities