The Looney Bin
The Life of a Tiny Tot Sunday School Teacher
Anyone who thinks that children are born without a sin nature never taught the Tiny Tots. I don’t know how it is possible to want to strangle a child and adore everything they do at the same time.
When my husband and I joined our church, I was 19 and was just happy to be alive. Anything anyone wanted me to do, I did. My church family saw me comin’ a mile away. The first thing they asked me to do? Teach the Tiny Tots.
I babysat church kids as a teenager and loved children but hadn’t taught them very much. I was pretty green. That didn’t last long. My first Sunday teaching, I had 13 two-year olds, two of whom were special needs children. By the end of the hour I was stressed out and begging the Lord to come back before next Sunday.
It didn’t take me too long to learn how to manage the class and before long we all began to have fun. They didn’t always learn the lesson like I wanted, but we had fun!
One of the biggest obstacles to overcome as a Tiny Tots Sunday School teacher is Veggie Tales. Now don’t get me wrong. I love that little cucumber just as much as the next guy but sometimes Bob and Larry get the story a little mixed-up. A little boy argued with me for 10 minutes one time because I said that the people of Jericho did NOT dump slushies on the Israelites heads as they marched around the city. How do you reason with these little guys? They can’t read, so it’s impossible to have them read the Word for themselves. I explained until I was blue in the face and yet 10 years later that boy probably still thinks that Jerichoians used slushies as their weapon of choice.