Comments on: I taught Sunday school http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/06/i-taught-sunday-school/ Blogger, mother, dreamer, swimmer, biker, runner, coffee-drinking mistress of silliness... all in exciting Kitsap County! Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:43:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC3 By: Bubba's Sis http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/06/i-taught-sunday-school/#comment-67247 Bubba's Sis Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:36:38 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1228#comment-67247 As one who taught that age group in VBS and Mission Friends for many years, here are a few more tips: - In a preschooler's mind, if a little glue is good, a LOT of glue is even better! - If you let one sit on your lap, they will ALL want to sit on your lap! - NO attention span. None. Best not to fight it. - I can't remember anything else because I think I had to take some Xanax and go to my Happy Place when I got finished. Just let me say that it's all SO worth it when they wrap their little arms around your legs and tell you they love you, or when you see them in the grocery store and they get SO excited, like you are a celebrity or something! And when their parents tell you that their kid really enjoyed the class and talked about Daniel in the lion's den all day long. Yeah, you may not think so, but they are listening. As one who taught that age group in VBS and Mission Friends for many years, here are a few more tips:

- In a preschooler’s mind, if a little glue is good, a LOT of glue is even better!

- If you let one sit on your lap, they will ALL want to sit on your lap!

- NO attention span. None. Best not to fight it.

- I can’t remember anything else because I think I had to take some Xanax and go to my Happy Place when I got finished. Just let me say that it’s all SO worth it when they wrap their little arms around your legs and tell you they love you, or when you see them in the grocery store and they get SO excited, like you are a celebrity or something! And when their parents tell you that their kid really enjoyed the class and talked about Daniel in the lion’s den all day long. Yeah, you may not think so, but they are listening.

]]> By: jennielynn http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/06/i-taught-sunday-school/#comment-67240 jennielynn Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:52:27 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1228#comment-67240 EEP! How did you get roped into Sunday School? EEP! How did you get roped into Sunday School?

]]> By: evil chef mom http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/06/i-taught-sunday-school/#comment-67239 evil chef mom Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:09:56 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1228#comment-67239 if i wanted to be a bouncer, i would've worked at a bar. that's too funny... and how i feel about little kids in general, including my own. if i wanted to be a bouncer, i would’ve worked at a bar. that’s too funny… and how i feel about little kids in general, including my own.

]]> By: D... http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/06/i-taught-sunday-school/#comment-67238 D... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:21:01 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1228#comment-67238 Amen! Those 2-4 year olds are a handful. I used to really love working with that age group. Then I started working with the older kids. I must have been insane when I was with the babies! Good luck next week! Amen! Those 2-4 year olds are a handful. I used to really love working with that age group. Then I started working with the older kids. I must have been insane when I was with the babies!

Good luck next week!

]]> By: myra http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/06/i-taught-sunday-school/#comment-67235 myra Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:19:01 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1228#comment-67235 this is so funny! i feel the same way! i remember going to my son's preschool last year and thinking there is no money in the world that could be enough to compensate his teachers. and they seemed to love it. i am so not cut out for the pre-k set. i'd take teens any day, and that's saying alot. this is so funny! i feel the same way! i remember going to my son’s preschool last year and thinking there is no money in the world that could be enough to compensate his teachers. and they seemed to love it. i am so not cut out for the pre-k set. i’d take teens any day, and that’s saying alot.

]]> By: jubilee http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/06/i-taught-sunday-school/#comment-67234 jubilee Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:07:32 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1228#comment-67234 May I add my two cents? Bring lots of goldfish crackers and animal crackers. "Normal" classroom discipline doesn't work at Sunday School, you are so right about that. I haven't figured out what does work except to give in and let them roar until they wear themselves out. And when I teach, I only pull out the playdoh if I am absolutely desperate! May I add my two cents? Bring lots of goldfish crackers and animal crackers.
“Normal” classroom discipline doesn’t work at Sunday School, you are so right about that. I haven’t figured out what does work except to give in and let them roar until they wear themselves out.
And when I teach, I only pull out the playdoh if I am absolutely desperate!

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