After only having 2 girls in class 3 weeks ago and then no class last week for spring break, i was back with the little divas in Mill Valley yesterday. I had a fun Midsummer lesson planned but it only went off with minimal success. I try to take their lead to see where their interests lie, but they really need guidance and cannot just go on their own. They really have a hard time with both discipline and focus. It's bad.
My guess is that it's partly due to the fact that I don't have a huge amount of experience with this age group, but after talking with Christine about it afterwards, it sounds like the age category. Christine and I were going to take a walk, but we would up opening a bottle of wine instead. Genia cooked a lovely dinner and a good time was had by all.
But back to the more difficult topic at hand. How do you get these girls to pay attention? Perhaps I need to do some reading about education and development with this age group. I have been calling up tips from the Super Nanny but it's not working. When I saw Laurie Keith at the MFA Acting theses in Davis a few weeks ago she said she eventually had to give it up because she was tired of being a babysitter. Mostly that's how I feel. And I need to figure out how to make it work or I'm done.
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