Lots of space, plenty of room to move around and breathe. Our class sizes are much smaller too, than at main school, of course. We take up to about 15 pupils in a class, so that contrasts starkly with many schools where there are perhaps up to 30 in a class, or more in other countries. Well, the younger ones love play and physical activities. There are action songs and stories which are good for memorising language, developing listening and concentration and learning pronunciation and rhythm.
Actions help children memorise because they have to do something physical.
That's a classic song, yes, which always works very well for teaching parts of the body. I'm very interested in developing children's listening skills and their concentration and attention spans. As they listen they have to do something, for example, listen and draw something or complete a drawing or listen and colour, or listen and write. This helps to focus their attention. Either the teacher speaking or a pre-recorded cassette of instructions, descriptions and so on.