A teacher is not a comedian; his job is to teach, educate and motivate students. Therefore, it is recommended that he ought to have a sense of humor to improve the learning process. Nevertheless, he must determine lucid rules when he intends to apply humor. Such rules will protect him from falling into embarrassing mistakes and facilitate to reach his goal. One of the rules is knowing his students very well. Knowing their age characteristics, interests and what amuses them. Telling a joke is not appropriate in some contents, and telling them all the time is unacceptable, too. So, a teacher should see when it is a good time to use humor and how often he can do it (How to Use Humor in Teaching, n.d.).
Laughing is a development trait that children naturally apply most of their day. The teacher should be part of the development process and encourage them to have it and do it in the right time. Numerous things can make them laugh, for example, imitating a clown, satirizing a monkey or any silly tricks. They get simple jokes and enjoy funny stories and movements and that engaged them more to the teacher and the subject he presents (D'Arcy Lyness, 2012).
Using humor in a kindergarten’s classroom is not only to keep the children’s attention, but also it has a long term goals. In the beginning of a school year, new kids want to feel that they are part of the community. Hearing or seeing something funny and laughing about it as the other kids will make them more comfortable and welcomed. Humor builds a good relationship between them and their teacher. However, it shows them how to insert it in seriousness to make learning better.
Learning is not fun, and most of classes are boring, but there is no need for clowning or rudeness to apply comedy in kindergarten classes. A smart teacher with a wise sense of humor could make it amusing, enjoyable and memorable.
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