No one instructor is in front of the class for more than 20 minutes or so. Often classes are broken into smaller groups in which the youngsters work on particular problems. Phonics are used to teach reading, with the children reciting, often at the tops of their piping voices. Competition to answer questions is keen. Insight spent six hours in class at one Grace school, three hours at another.
Teachers use rewards to obtain desirable behavior.
The kids get tickets they can redeem for prizes, but the tickets can be taken away, too, if the boy or girl misbehaves. Sometimes the prizes are bite-size Tootsie Rolls or posters of tigers. And if they fail, they try harder. Immediately, is the children s response. That we should keep our wedding vows, always.