I am a teacher of English and have taught all ages for the past 31 years. I have been struggling with a 7-year-old student, Konstadinos, who does not stop moving around during our lesson. Do you have any advice?

It’s wonderful that you are teaching Konstadinos a second language! It sounds like Konstadinos is a kinesthetic learner and likes to move a lot. You can use his affinity for movement to try to get him more engaged with learning the new language by playing a game using verbs in the second language. The games “Simon says” or “charades” are great ways to begin playing with words in a new language. Be sure to incorporate a lot of movement into your lessons, such as singing songs with movement, perhaps rolling a ball to knock down paper towel ‘bowling pins’ with words written on them, or any other game that you two create together that involves the secondary language. Be sure to avoid long periods of sitting, listening, reading or writing to best keep Konstadinos interested in the new material.