Primary Week 1

I taught my first lesson in primary today (Children under the age of 12) and I got the CTR 4's which were all the 5 year old kids. My niece is in this class so I was pretty happy about that.
I've been pretty nervous about teaching them because I'm not overly great with kids unless I'm related, IYKWIM.
So when I got to class there were 3 little girls hiding underneath the table, they told me they were hiding from their new teacher... I had to give them the sad news that I was the teacher. next a quiet little polynesian boy came in with his dad and took a seat, then his dad left. Chairs were everywhere, there was no real order in the room. The we had a flame-haired little girl come in with a gigantic smile. Another blonde boy with huge lungs was the next to be escorted in and lastly we had a shy boy (who is actually in the older class, but those boys are too rough) come in, it was his birthday on Friday so we got to practice our singing skills for him.
The class just seemed to be getting bigger and bigger...
Our lesson was on forgiveness and what I take for granted they don't understand. We had to explain what forgiveness meant and why we use it... teaching this level of class is definately going to test my understanding of things and my ability to communicate.
Some kids in the class couldn't keep track of what we were talking about, some were always loud and distracting, others would barely say a word! Others would be moving constantly, I did move the chairs in order but by halfway through class you wouldn't be able to tell.
You could tell some were really trying and others were just there because they were told too.
I really don't know how I'm going to go with them... I really don't.
Next week's lesson is on Missionary Work which should be easier to teach, I'm thinking of making little missionary badges for them and we are going to draw pictures and letters for the missionaries we have out serving at the moment.
I'm also thinking of doing a "reverence jar", so when they are good, the lolly goes in, when they are bad, loly comes out, and when they fill the jar they get to share the lollies together.
And I was also thinking of doing a folder/scrapbook for each kid to track our lessons, so the handout for each lesson goes in this folder and then at the end of the year they get to keep it and show their parents all the cool things they've done.
What are your thoughts?