I was back on Sunday School duty today and for the rest of the month. It's always pretty fun to teach Sunday School - I have a cool class (the youngins) and they always crack me up when I see them. It's quite easy to get a laugh out of the little sausages - the same jokes are always used and now even expected by them and it's great to see the kids in Sunday School have fun, have a laugh (or ten) and have a good time while learning at the same time.
I was really impressed today when all of them memorised their memory verse too. Usually it's like trying to get blood from a stone but I think the previous teacher really drummed it into them. They ALL did it and it was word for word correct! I should have recorded them saying the verse cos they sounded soooo cute! hehe.
The Sunday School kids often make me reminisce about the days when I was a little tike growing up in church and going to Sunday School. It's funny how some things never change. One of the girls once told me whilst smiling proudly ' I memorised the verse in the car on the way over here'... As I had a chuckle to myself, it brought back memories of me and my bro trying to memorise our memory verses in the car on the way to church too - I remember when we got to the end of Bombard Street and turned up toward Ullapool Road, that was the point at which I either felt ready or started panicking (usually the latter) and started REALLY trying to get it right before the car engine stopped and it was time to face the Sunday School teacher.
Certain teachers were real sticklers when it came to memory verses and wouldn't really give hints, whereas other Sunday School teachers gave hints too liberally (I used to want to tell them that I was smart enough and didn't need the hints - but I never had the guts). I like to think I am a bit in the middle - though with the bigger kids who have it all under control, I like to play the Memory Verse Nazi and ensure that the verse is recited to the exact punctuation marks etc too. hehe I know... But through emotional scarring, one grows to be stronger :) hehehe
Today I had no materials for my class which was a bit of a challenge. I kinda realised late last night (which is bad, but a reality in my tendency toward forgetfulness) that the materials that I had been given had been finished in May and I was told this morning that the new materials hadn't arrived yet (bum-bowm!). So I had to wing it totally. I spent the first part doing attendance (tried to drag that out a bit by mucking around with their names) and then I had a bit of a celebration with them (one of them mentioned they didn't have to go to school tomorrow and I promptly advised them that I didn't have to go to work and high fives were had all over). So that was the first 10 minutes. I still had about 50 minutes to use up. So it went a bit like this from hereon in:
Me: Ok guys... we don't have a story today
them: no story??
Me: yep no story. So uh... what is your favourite story in the Bible anyway
them: Jesus
Me: ooooo ok... what about Jesus?
them: Noah's Ark!
Me: *thinking* [did I miss something?]
them: Noah built the ark, and the rain came down so much, and all the animals were inside the ark, and then there was a rainbow
Me: Yeah that's right, what do we learn from Noah's ark?
them: rainbows... and Jesus!
Me: Ok... [*thinking* did I miss something?.. man these kids are random] what does the rainbow mean?
them: God made a promise to Noah.
Me: [finally!!] yeah that's right! Was God happy with Noah?
them: yes
Me: Why was God happy with Noah? Was he good or bad?
them: good!
Me: how about the people who lived in Noah's time? were they good or bad?
them: bad! They killed people and wrote things on the wall..
Me: [what??] yeah... So what do you think God wants us to be?
them: good!
Me: [ok.. that will do - there's a lesson there already!] Alrighty then, how bout we draw Noah's Ark?
OK it was pretty dodgy, but I had to think on my feet alright - and I didn't feel really well either so that's the best I could come up with! Hopefully, there will be material for next Sunday (I seriously won't take the Sunday School material for granted from now on!). But yeah, as you can see, it's pretty fun to teach Sunday School - the kids are always good for a laugh and it's great to see them really enjoy themselves at church too! I would encourage anyone out there to have a go at teaching Sunday School - there's always room for more teachers and assistants. You can learn a lot from the youngins and you will also have a great time too! :)
I was really impressed today when all of them memorised their memory verse too. Usually it's like trying to get blood from a stone but I think the previous teacher really drummed it into them. They ALL did it and it was word for word correct! I should have recorded them saying the verse cos they sounded soooo cute! hehe.
The Sunday School kids often make me reminisce about the days when I was a little tike growing up in church and going to Sunday School. It's funny how some things never change. One of the girls once told me whilst smiling proudly ' I memorised the verse in the car on the way over here'... As I had a chuckle to myself, it brought back memories of me and my bro trying to memorise our memory verses in the car on the way to church too - I remember when we got to the end of Bombard Street and turned up toward Ullapool Road, that was the point at which I either felt ready or started panicking (usually the latter) and started REALLY trying to get it right before the car engine stopped and it was time to face the Sunday School teacher.
Certain teachers were real sticklers when it came to memory verses and wouldn't really give hints, whereas other Sunday School teachers gave hints too liberally (I used to want to tell them that I was smart enough and didn't need the hints - but I never had the guts). I like to think I am a bit in the middle - though with the bigger kids who have it all under control, I like to play the Memory Verse Nazi and ensure that the verse is recited to the exact punctuation marks etc too. hehe I know... But through emotional scarring, one grows to be stronger :) hehehe
Today I had no materials for my class which was a bit of a challenge. I kinda realised late last night (which is bad, but a reality in my tendency toward forgetfulness) that the materials that I had been given had been finished in May and I was told this morning that the new materials hadn't arrived yet (bum-bowm!). So I had to wing it totally. I spent the first part doing attendance (tried to drag that out a bit by mucking around with their names) and then I had a bit of a celebration with them (one of them mentioned they didn't have to go to school tomorrow and I promptly advised them that I didn't have to go to work and high fives were had all over). So that was the first 10 minutes. I still had about 50 minutes to use up. So it went a bit like this from hereon in:
Me: Ok guys... we don't have a story today
them: no story??
Me: yep no story. So uh... what is your favourite story in the Bible anyway
them: Jesus
Me: ooooo ok... what about Jesus?
them: Noah's Ark!
Me: *thinking* [did I miss something?]
them: Noah built the ark, and the rain came down so much, and all the animals were inside the ark, and then there was a rainbow
Me: Yeah that's right, what do we learn from Noah's ark?
them: rainbows... and Jesus!
Me: Ok... [*thinking* did I miss something?.. man these kids are random] what does the rainbow mean?
them: God made a promise to Noah.
Me: [finally!!] yeah that's right! Was God happy with Noah?
them: yes
Me: Why was God happy with Noah? Was he good or bad?
them: good!
Me: how about the people who lived in Noah's time? were they good or bad?
them: bad! They killed people and wrote things on the wall..
Me: [what??] yeah... So what do you think God wants us to be?
them: good!
Me: [ok.. that will do - there's a lesson there already!] Alrighty then, how bout we draw Noah's Ark?
OK it was pretty dodgy, but I had to think on my feet alright - and I didn't feel really well either so that's the best I could come up with! Hopefully, there will be material for next Sunday (I seriously won't take the Sunday School material for granted from now on!). But yeah, as you can see, it's pretty fun to teach Sunday School - the kids are always good for a laugh and it's great to see them really enjoy themselves at church too! I would encourage anyone out there to have a go at teaching Sunday School - there's always room for more teachers and assistants. You can learn a lot from the youngins and you will also have a great time too! :)On another note: a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Carinesky! Love ya heaps babe! :D
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