February 13, 2007
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Sam and I have been teaching the 2nd and 3rd graders this quarter at church. I can't believe it's almost over, it goes by so fast.
We just love the kids in our class. Angela, Deborah, Edward, Inez, Joshua, Jeremy, Matthew, and Yumi. They're all so different; each special in their own ways. They surprise us and make us laugh every week.
It's so neat to see them grow and learn. They all enjoy coming to class and love that Sam is their teacher. It's almost like playtime, not Sunday School. It's not a quiz, it's a "special contest". They're especially good with the 10 plagues. We're trying to teach them teamwork, the girls seem to be better at that though. Each team somehow decided to build forts around their answer sheet during these special contests... even though there's no way they can see each other's paper. Instead, they'll just whisper loud enough that the other team can hear. Hahaha. They crack me up.
Sam also made them a CD with the books of the bible, NT and OT. There's even a little rapping part in there. I heard two boys rapping it the other day, hehe. So cool that they go home and practice and be excited about it. "You memorized all the books of the bible? Wow, good job! You get 20 stars for that!" Then they stand next to us and count in unison as we put the stars on that person's booklet. 1, 2, 3, 4... then they cheer.
Stars. I love those stars. They do make our lives easier. But they'll even do it for intrinsic reasons and not for stars. Jeremy: I still remember all the books. Can I say them to you again?
We are so proud of them. It'll be neat when they start coming to our English service and we all get to worship together. A few more years.
Comments (7)
would you like to be guest teachers at my church for a few sundays?
you and sam sound like star teachers. i can't imagine any better couple to help nurture and teach kids.
Our future leaders being trained well
yay for sunday school teachers. i only memorized my new testament books cuz of a song too--taught by sunday school teacher. teach me the old testament song please!
It sounds like a fun Sunday School. Can I join you guys for the fun? (hehe) I still can not remeber every books of the Bible. Maybe I should be in your class
thats really cool! teaching kids is such a worthwhile experience! sounds like you and sam are excellent teachers!
awww, motivated in sunday school, how cool is that?
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