Well, I just finished a busy week teaching VBS at the church. I don't think I realized exactly what the job would be when I agreed to be a teacher. Here is a summary of my days...they might be a bit mixed up cuz I can't remember everything, it went by so fast.
The first day of VBS my group was ALL boys. It was probably one of the busiest days because it was day 1 and everyone had energy...including the teachers, which is good. In our site tho, we had a toy gun hanging on the wall, NOT a good idea, especially with a group of all boys. Everyday I had decided to go around the circle of kids and get them to tell me their names, ages and something they like to do. I think everyone that first day liked video games the best.
The next day I had a mix of boys and girls...it went well. I can't remember any details that day....but there were lots of out-of-town kids.
I think it was the 3rd day that I had another group of all boys....by that time we had hidden the gun that had been on the wall, it was much too distracting. But a few of them brought their own guns. And when I said that I liked gopher hunting I got a huge cheer from all the boys and that was pretty much all they wanted to talk about the rest of the morning.
One day I had a 3 year old in my group (that was the youngest the whole week). And we had just finished the bible story about Jesus washing his Disciples feet. I asked the kids why Jesus might have done that for them? and this little 3 year old starts telling the whole crucifixion story, about how Jesus came into the world and died on the cross for our sins. It was amazing, I think the smartest kid in the class was this 3 year old!! We joked about him being the teacher, lol. It was sooo cute.
Day 4 I think, we had a group of all girls, and surprisingly they were the best behaved group of all. It was actually a struggle to get any kind of reaction out of them! They were all shy and quiet. I think it was a nice 'rest' day because the last day was crazy.
The very last day we had the biggest group of all, 11 kids in a tiny classroom that was boiling hot and everyone wanted out. We had to have at least one helper at the door keeping everyone inside and catching the kids that tried to sneak through.
Our craft also required glue and with 8 - 11 kids sharing one glue container and not enough room around the coffee table for everyone, glue was EVERYWHERE. The kids loved it tho, one of the first questions I would get asked in the morning was if this was the site where they got to make the barn.
It was so neat to see, by the end of the week the kids were starting to ask more questions. In my group we also did the story about Jesus feeding the 5000. At the beginning of the week, the kids were just like, ok cool, God did a miracle. But by the end of the week the groups were starting to think about it. I was getting questions like How could that be possible? Maybe each person just had one bite...or maybe they were BIG loaves of bread and HUGE fish. Ha ha. It was great to see that things were starting to sink in and they were actually thinking about what they were learning.
It was a great week all in all. Some days were more challenging than others, and some days we laughed a lot more than others.
By the time Friday morning rolled around I was exhausted and had mixed feelings about it being the last day. The week went by really fast, even tho the mornings stuffed in a hot classroom sometimes seemed to last forever.
I made lots of little buddies :D . At the beginning of the week I was doing really good at remembering names, but by the end I basically gave up. There were just too many! And now I know most of the kids, but I have no idea who their parents are, lol.
And I still have all the little songs stuck in my head.....
My life is better, so much better, my life is better with you!
So much neater, so much sweeter, my life is better with you!
..... I don't think they will ever leave, ha ha.
