Today I under-prepared for my 6 year old class. I have a 6 year class and a 7 year class back to back, the 6 year class is very small, the 7 year very big. So I always seem to have under-prepared for one and over-prepared for another.
After teaching my director was asking how my classes have been going (she is always very supportive, and checking on me as a first-year teacher). I told her that I had played a lot of review games in my 6 year old class (I have found you can make nearly any dance game a review game!). She asked why. I told her I had originally planned this day as a review day, meaning I didn't plan to teach the girls any new steps, but quickly realized in the middle of class that this left me under-prepared for this super fast class.
Then she asked me a great question "So what are you going to change?"
I'm really glad I have a director who asks me the questions I should be asking myself. Since then I've planned next week and I highly doubt it will be under-planned. If so, then I'm going to have to start teaching these 6 year olds the same curriculum I am teaching my 7 year olds.
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