How did they manage to teach all of the classes? At least in my parish, all the classes occur at the same time, so that parents don't wind up spending the whole day there, wrangling children who aren't currently in class. As soon as you get past two kids, that solution might not work - even if you are good at classroom-style teaching.
How did they manage to teach all of the classes? At least in my parish, all the classes occur at the same time, so that parents don't wind up spending the whole day there, wrangling children who aren't currently in class. As soon as you get past two kids, that solution might not work - even if you are good at classroom-style teaching.
My father taught my class and my mother taught my sister's class, which were at the same time. My younger brother was too small for CCD so he just chilled in my sister's class. After the first round of Sunday School, my parents would co-teach the Confirmation class, which was held an hour after everything else, and all three of us littlings would sit in the back and listen. By the time I got to my parents' Confirmation class myself, my brother was old enough to start taking in the material, so they switched back to the same pattern but for the younger two.
LOL! I can see that. I've tried to cheer up some mothers who were scared of homeschooling because they were sure they'd murder their children, by telling them that kids can tell how close they are to being murdered, and they ensure that they don't cross that line. They will either get right up against it in 3 hours/day, or they'll get right up against it in 24 hours/day, so your overall frustration levels won't change a bit!
How did they manage to teach all of the classes? At least in my parish, all the classes occur at the same time, so that parents don't wind up spending the whole day there, wrangling children who aren't currently in class. As soon as you get past two kids, that solution might not work - even if you are good at classroom-style teaching.
My father taught my class and my mother taught my sister's class, which were at the same time. My younger brother was too small for CCD so he just chilled in my sister's class. After the first round of Sunday School, my parents would co-teach the Confirmation class, which was held an hour after everything else, and all three of us littlings would sit in the back and listen. By the time I got to my parents' Confirmation class myself, my brother was old enough to start taking in the material, so they switched back to the same pattern but for the younger two.
Oh, ok. Staggered classes.
I think I would be approximately nine-tenths dead after two rounds of teaching classes.
I think my mom found it a welcome break from homeschooling us during the rest of the week!
LOL! I can see that. I've tried to cheer up some mothers who were scared of homeschooling because they were sure they'd murder their children, by telling them that kids can tell how close they are to being murdered, and they ensure that they don't cross that line. They will either get right up against it in 3 hours/day, or they'll get right up against it in 24 hours/day, so your overall frustration levels won't change a bit!
On point advice.