http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/10/22/acceptable-immaturity/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:31:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/10/22/acceptable-immaturity/comment-page-1/#comment-863 Joe Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:45:50 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=513#comment-863 Lucille, that is brilliant and so effective. I'm glad that you identified such an effective strategy for meeting the challenge of teaching that age group. And thanks for sharing it with others! Lucille, that is brilliant and so effective. I’m glad that you identified such an effective strategy for meeting the challenge of teaching that age group. And thanks for sharing it with others!

]]> http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/10/22/acceptable-immaturity/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Lucille Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:16:38 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=513#comment-862 Something I am dealing with... I have a 3rd grade class---7 and 8 years old. By the time they get to me, most of them have probably been out of their houses 9 hours---and then they come to me for an hour. They haven't had dinner yet. They probably have homework to do later. The chit-chat and misbehavior (minor but annoying) gets to me...but then every single week, when I stop and I actually read them a BOOK/STORY...they are all eyes/ears on me...no one chatting or whispering. It's an amazing thing. Ever since I realized how much they seemed to love being read to, I am scouring shelves to find good books to read. (They do like discussion too, and that goes well, but the reading to them---you can hear a pin drop...) Something I am dealing with… I have a 3rd grade class—7 and 8 years old. By the time they get to me, most of them have probably been out of their houses 9 hours—and then they come to me for an hour. They haven’t had dinner yet. They probably have homework to do later. The chit-chat and misbehavior (minor but annoying) gets to me…but then every single week, when I stop and I actually read them a BOOK/STORY…they are all eyes/ears on me…no one chatting or whispering. It’s an amazing thing. Ever since I realized how much they seemed to love being read to, I am scouring shelves to find good books to read. (They do like discussion too, and that goes well, but the reading to them—you can hear a pin drop…)

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