Sharing
Daniel read “The 3 Billy Goats Gruff” to Rebekah (3 yrs) the other night. He wanted to teach her about how a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush, so he asked her: “What did the troll do wrong?” Rebekah immediately answered: “The troll did not share his bridge. He should have shared his bridge.” Daniel smiled and said: “Rebekah, that’s a wonderful lesson–I guess we can save the other lesson for another time.” I’m really glad he didn’t tell her she was wrong and insist that the lesson she should have learned involved the troll eating the littlest billy goat, not sharing the bridge. . .
Lenora (16 mos) has become very possessive lately. She was about 30 feet away when she noticed another baby in her swing; she immediately started running to the swing and yelling “mine!” I didn’t even know Nora knew that word. I think the lesson of “The “3 Billy Goats Gruff” has yet to sink in for her.
I felt like we had made progress this morning when both Rebekah and David (5 yrs) wanted to sit in the same chair and David willingly allowed Rebekah to sit down. It’s amazing how much easier life is when someone is willing to share!
April 14th, 2007 06:28
When I read about Daniel’s very wise handling of Rebekah’s unexpected, but appropriate, answer to his question about the billy goats story, it immediately made me think of how well that applies to teachers in Church, as well as in school.
That led me to think about how when we teach, we sometimes needlessly stress out when we see tons of wonderful material in the lesson, and so little time to teach it. If we are in tune with the Spirit as we teach, those listening by the Spirit will learn the things the Lord would have them learn at that time–even if we only cover half the material, or get somewhat sidetracked by class comments.
April 18th, 2007 23:23
These are moments that I call my paydays. Tax-free of course…always good this time of year!