suggested at dinner that I should let the kids watch more T.V.
"Because if we watched more T.V. then we wouldn't play as much and make so many messes so we wouldn't have to clean up all the time."
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6 years ago
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I like the way that kid thinks!
He did what??? I love it.
Funny kid... That's very thoughtful. I'm so jealous that you got my old calling! Honestly it was my favorite calling that I've ever had, and I've had some good ones. You should email me and tell me who's in your class. (basegoose@gmail.com) Those kids are amazing. I think the most important thing that I did was let them know that I deserved to be listened to and respected. If they started talking to each other, I stopped teaching. I always tried to get to know things about them and talk directly to the individual kids during the lesson. We'd do spotlights/introductions every week for the first few months that I had that calling and every week after that we'd go around and have them say something about themselves. (their favorite sport, what they did the night before, the color of their tooth brush..) They need to talk about themselves. We'd always take the first 5-10 minutes doing introductions or talking about their week. That may sound like a long time but if you don't do that they spend the whole lesson trying to pass notes or talk to each other. After that time is up, they are totally willing to spend the rest of the time engaged in a lesson. And they are incredibly smart and spiritual.. way more than I was at their age. I used to ask a question and if they didn't answer it in 5 seconds, I'd answer it for them. I quickly realized that if they expected me to answer the question, they stopped paying attention. But once they knew that I'd sit there until they answered, they started to open up. I also only ever finished a lesson maybe once or twice. I'd study my lesson and they/the spirit directed what parts of it I would cover. We'd spend the whole time on one section sometimes. You'd be surprised what things they have questions about. Okay that's a lot of stuff huh? Sorry. Email me and I'll let you know if I know anything about the kids that you have. Good luck. You'll learn way more than they do in this calling. You will love it.
He is a true genius. Watch out for that one! Spence sure had fun at your house last week. Thanks for having the kids over!
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