First day of Sunday School

[saifai]

Had my first day today. Not actually teaching lessons, but I did hang out and get an idea of how things are done.

It's surprisingly well organized from what I remember of it last time, and as I understand it it's rather new for them too. I'll have an army of leader-type people and other helps if one of the kids have issues (though there's only three of them in my class). Their class time is split between two sessions over a two hour period. I've only actually got a 20 or 30 minute window to teach them. Not too bad overall.

Coolest thing, especially for my budget, is that I have access to the church library and it's resources for any lessons and projects I come up with. TVs and media players, pictures, craft items... you name it they got it.

My three little students are a little high strung at the moment, but they've not had a regular teacher in some time.

Going to get started on looking over my teaching manual and next week's lesson. Hopefully I can come up with something to keep the little darlings' interest piqued.

Comments

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I am sure you'll be crackerjack, hon!


Gabrielle

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the vote of confidence! I've been having a lot of fun so far going over the lessons. I'm rather looking forward to it. :)

[suki-blue.livejournal.com]

Sounds exciting!

[saifai.livejournal.com]

I really rather was. I had a lot of fun with the kids. :)

[fantomeq.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it will be fun! I think a lot of teachers start with messy craft projects in the beginning weeks and start lesson plans once the kids get settled down.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

It really was rather fun working with the kids. The lesson manuals, as it turns out, are surprisingly comprehensive. The program has had a major overhaul recently as it turns out. They go into quite a bit of detail on suggested activities to get the kids interested depending on their age. So far so good, but I guess the true test comes next Sunday when my first class comes up.