Have you heard the story of the lady who goes to the doctor and complains about how rowdy the sunbeams are, how they won't sit still and they make too much noise. Only when she noticed the doctor looking at her with serious concern did she realize that he wasn't LDS.
I'm sure none of you will think I'm insane if I tell you that we have noisy and wiggly sunbeams and I need some ideas!!
We just recently split our one sunbeam class into two which I think has helped considerably, but we still are dealing with similar issues and I'm wondering if any of you have grand ideas about how to help a group of 3-4 year olds survive sitting still during singing/sharing time.
Thanks in advance for the help! (In other words, please help!)
5 comments:
How about a group treatment of Ritalin?
The only idea I can think of (and I think of this only because my son is a super wiggly older-than-sunbeam and I think it would work for him) is to make little tags to tape on their shirts that say something like, "I'm A Super Reverent Sunbeam". Explain to them that you will let their teachers give them to the kids that sat reverently all during sharing/music time. There's nothing like peer pressure! Plus, you could write up a note to the parents explaining what you plan on doing so they will be watching to see if they come home with a tag or not. If they don't, then you'll have more parental involvement of teaching at home during FHE and talks about reverence.
That's all I got! Good luck!!
Because one of my daughters is a sunbeam, I think that parental involvement is completly appropriate. You wouldn't have to single any one child out, but I would like to know if it was my sweet Kourtney that was having a hard time so we could work on it at home during FHE or something. It is a hard age, I have taught it several times but I would be more than willing to come and sit with her class, or honestly I would love to work on it at home with her. Let me know!
I have to agree with Emilie (since I have a sunbeam too) that I would want to know if it were my kid so I could talk to them about reverence and work on it at home.
Although it is probably different kids each week. You never can tell what will get them excited and figidy.
I don't have a Sunbeam, but my kids are still wiggly and loud. Sorry, but I am apparently no help at all. And feel free to make my son sit with his mom. That will surely make him shape up.
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