Today I am going over the entire story with LQ one more time. I will also read to her the scripture from James that Joseph Smith read, you know "if any of you lack wisdom... blah, blah, blah."
Remember to make it exciting!
7 years ago
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That's the spirit! Years ago I taught the 3-year olds in Primary. This after having spent 10 years teaching Gospel Doctrine. To say the methodology was 'different' is to understate it in epic terms.
ReplyDeleteWhat I discovered was that 'pacing' with little ones is a 1-1 ratio: One minute of attention for every year of age. So instead of a 10-minute discussion about the Creation, we would talk for 30 seconds about how Heavenly Father made oceans, and then have a little commercial about "Finding Nemo", and then talk about how HF created Nemo, too, and then discuss that HF only sort of created Buzz Lightyear, and then color a picture of a tree, and then dance a bit....
If I just introduced a topic, with one or two visuals and one or two activities, and then made sure to reference the topic as often as I could throughout the lesson, it seemed to get the job done.
With your experience in Primary, I see you doing this a MILLION times better than my poor self, and doing it all week long with your very lucky LQ. You are going to become a wonderful resource to your readers, Helen! I'll mention this blog on mine as soon as you're ready for some publicity, OK? (That's right, another 5 people will know about it then, because I'm THAT famous...)