Watch: Britney Spears got pranked by her son and shared it with the internet

Britney Spears was terrified by her kids, but had the good humour to laugh it off. Photo / Supplied

Britney Spears was left screaming in terror after being pranked by her son.

The Toxic singer was visibly annoyed after her oldest child Sean Preston, 11, jumped out at her after lying in wait quietly.

In a video posted to the singer's Instagram page, which appeared to have been filmed by her youngest son, 10-year-old Jaden, Preston said: "We're about to scare the heck out of mom. We stole her phone, and she's gonna walk through...She's walking."

Britney then walked through the room and screamed and fell to the ground as he yelled out to her.

The clearly-annoyed star yelled "Sean Preston" while the youngster laughed.

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My damn kids 😂

A post shared by Britney Spears (@britneyspears) on Sep 21, 2016 at 10:06pm PDT

Britney captioned the video post: "My damn kids".

The Piece of Me hitmaker - who has both boys with her ex-husband Kevin Federline - recently admitted her oldest son thinks he is "much more clever" than she is and won't let her help him with his homework.

She said: "I sit and do drawings with Jayden - he's really good at it and I'm horrible. I do his homework with him, too, which I love.

"Jayden lets me help him, which Sean Preston never will. He's such a smarty-pants and thinks he's so much more clever than me. I let him think that, but he is actually pretty cool."

And the 34-year-old singer has had her musical horizons broadened by her oldest son too.

She said: "We talk a lot about music. He's introduced me to some great people like Calvin Harris and Skrillex. If you listen, kids can teach you so much."