How to Give a Kid's Fishing Seminar

Giving a seminar to an audience of children can be more daunting than talking to a roomful of adults. Children have shorter attention spans, and you have to work much harder to maintain their interest. When talking to kids about fishing, most will be attending the seminar because they are interested in learning how to catch more fish, so it will be less of an uphill battle to keep them engaged. But it is still important to follow a few ideas to keep them excited about the topic.

Instructions

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      Practice your speech out loud, and listen to how it sounds. Don't speak in monotones. Instead, make it sound like you are excited about the topic and the excitement will be contagious. The children will listen to your words rather than let their minds wander.

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      Use short, easy-to-understand words. Don't talk down to the children, but keep in mind that they don't yet have an extensive vocabulary. If they don't understand what you are talking about, they will stop listening.

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      Break the seminar into sections. If you have a lot of things to say on the topic, break it into shorter, easily digestible components. Fully explain one topic, such as differences in lures, or rods and reels, before moving on to the next one. Let the children take a five-minute water or bathroom break between sections, if they look restless.

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      Bring props. Many people are visual learners, some are auditory learners, and others best learn by doing. Reach as many people as possible by combining your speech with props, such as photographs of types of fish, lures that they can pass around or look at, or mounted examples of what they might catch.

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      Keep the children involved. Don't just tell them information, ask them questions. Or make the seminar interactive by playing games. The children will be excited about knowing the answers, and will pay more attention waiting for a chance to answer the next question.

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      Give them treats and related items. Give out gummy worms, cheap lures, small rubber fish, or another small fishing-related trinket. The children will like getting something to take home, and the trinket will remind them of the seminar and give them a link to remember what they were taught.