Working with kids...input please!?

Question

So I have just started helping my aunt teach a 5th grade religious ed class. She has had this class for a while and the first day I went, I was amazed how misbehaved they were. ( My aunt is one of those people who think they know everthing.) Her class is out of control. There are about 14 kids and most are very quiet but there are about 4 who are so misbehaved. The cannot sit still and answer the question..."What is faith" with the response"Video games, or cake" or something stupid like that. I want he to know that the class should not be able to act this way. How do I bring it to her attention? How do I help? I don't want to hurt her feelings

Answer 1

Dont act nice at all. You hear one talk, then you give them one warning and say it in a mean way. The worst thing to do is get them what they want. And if they test you when you say quiet. Thats it princapils office. (this is how i babysit)

Answer 2

Sit back and don't say a word. Just observe. The stupid responses might be better than no response. And what you think is mis behaving might be a a cry for attention from the kids. By showing them a negative attitude you will be encouraging them to get worse.Actions speak louder than words. You teach by example more than by words. So be there to help the teacher and let her decide how to handle the unruly ones.encourage the well behaved ones in front of the others and watch the few who are in need of correcting.They just might be slower learners. Good Luck

Answer 3

I’m wondering how old you are, how much experience/knowledge you have in the area of children, and how long your aunt has been teaching this class to children.

If you expect the children to always sit quietly and be serious, then you don’t know much about kids :)

She’s got 4 kids out of 14 that can’t sit still and answer questions with silly responses. If that’s all it is, the class is far from being “out of control”. Kids aren’t robots, they’re kids, and sometimes they get restless and sometimes they get silly, and sometimes the best approach is to let it slid.

Now if they are completely disrupting the class, that’s a different matter.

Answer 4

It is most annoying to be a back-seat teacher, and to control your desire to give input to the behaviour of the class especially knowing the attitude of your aunt toward her class. Do not nip your own enthusiasm. Since it is a religious class, you can always approach the pastor or priest to assign you a class or split a large class so that you can have ownership of what you wish to do and how to conduct your class. There is more satisfaction and achievement this way.
Children must learn to be respectful and considerate and your contribution to this in the spiritual development of children is most fulfilling.

Answer 5

First of all kids will be kids no matter what you say or do but, I wouldn't try to worry so much about her class being that way, trust me she knows and is just displaying firm patience. She probably isn't concerned with the few that are cut-ups but, the ones who are there to listen keeps her doing what she must to teach them.

Answer 6

Ask her if she feels that the kids are taking an interest in the class. Tell her you noticed that some of them are pretty disrespectful. Maybe mention that in school, kids aren't allowed to act like that. Suggest that she write their parents a note to let them know how their child is behaving.

Answer 7

I went through this years ago most of those kids are slowly growing up to the stage where they too will ask the same questions about your kids as you are doing now, . Does it really matter that they have smart answers realize they are there at this class and that today is really something

Answer 8

maybe the best thing to do is to write down exactly what happens and then give her details so she can see exactly what happened for herself - if you focus on what happened, and leave the emotion out you are less likely to offend than if there were emotions involved. I don't know. You may want to ask a nother woman, I'm a man and I don't feel qualified to answer this question.
If you are a Christian you can pray about what to do and hopefully God will tell you.

Answer 9

Sit down and talk to your aunt and explain the problems in her classroom. You could also threaten to quit if she does not do anything about these children misbehaving.
Another thing that you could do is go to her supervisor--the person who put her in this position--and explain to them the problems in your aunts classroom.

Answer 10

Yes,It is her class and unless you plan to help her for the rest of your life you should not get further involved.Let her take care of her own class and just be there when she needs you.