CalamityGanon 2025-06-23 15:35:52

You okay??

ben-doever 2025-06-23 15:50:15

dude what :[ please take a break if needed, that sounds horrible

Yatsufusa 2025-06-25 13:57:44

I barely have a concept of 'Bible daycare' but I know a little bit about children. I can tell you a few things that might help you, 'should' you ever have to do this again:
1) Kids are a very intimidating audience. They talk with each other while you try to talk. They will not pay attention, even if it is important. They are unlikely to feel remorse for that kind of behavior. If you just accept that you will not reach a lot of them, the task becomes less intimidating. Nobody expects perfection when you are working with children or animals. (At least nobody in their right mind.) And there is always a chance that the kids who do not pay attention will get "distracted" by the few kids who do pay attention and then pay attention to what they are paying attention to. At least for a while.
2) Get somebody experienced to work with you as a team. You will learn a lot more because you can watch them and watch the children from a third-person-perspective. If you stumble, they can help you. If they stumble, you can help them.
3) "Bribing" kids is tricky. If you tell them that they will get (say) juice if they behave, those who did not behave will cause "trouble" (most likely loud-whiny, temper-tantrum - spilling the juice of others in the process). But if you reward everyone regardless of behavior, you "teach" them that your word is no good. And because the troublemakers got rewarded as well, they will have no incentive to behave in the future.

Now that you have experienced... "that", you will be able to ask questions and get advice from those with experience (or even from somebody with formal training). Discuss your experience and ask questions - both about 'what you did' and what you "should have done" in their opinion.
Not everything will work for everyone. Techniques that they use might not work out for you, but they might give you ideas.