liquidfeet
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
For teaching the littlest ones, 3 and 4 year old never-evers, follow an instructor around who has done this before. Shadow. If your SSD doesn't want to pay you to do that and won't allow you to do it clandestinely (since the law says you have to be paid for that), stand and watch when you are unassigned. That's the best way to learn this stuff.
I hope your ski school rotates those kind of assignments around so one person doesn't always get stuck doing the lean-over work. Little kids are fun to work with on a limited basis, but getting short to work with them at their level is quite tough on the older instructor's body.
One other thing about your gear. Use your shortest skis for those kids. That way you can get closer to them. And keep your poles so you can hold them out behind you and let them grab the grip - that way you can pull them along behind you which is much more fun for them than trying to walk or skate. Also, you can ski in front of them backwards with your poles (or pole) held horizontal, and have them ski towards you, grabbing your poles. You can also ski beside them with a pole held out to the side so they can ski next to you while holding onto it.
I hope your ski school rotates those kind of assignments around so one person doesn't always get stuck doing the lean-over work. Little kids are fun to work with on a limited basis, but getting short to work with them at their level is quite tough on the older instructor's body.
One other thing about your gear. Use your shortest skis for those kids. That way you can get closer to them. And keep your poles so you can hold them out behind you and let them grab the grip - that way you can pull them along behind you which is much more fun for them than trying to walk or skate. Also, you can ski in front of them backwards with your poles (or pole) held horizontal, and have them ski towards you, grabbing your poles. You can also ski beside them with a pole held out to the side so they can ski next to you while holding onto it.
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