As the kids spend more time together they are learning about personal boundaries and testing other students' personal boundaries. When problems occur I am a firm believer in the Love and Logic approach; which is, offering two favorable choices that the student may choose from. An example of this is: "will you please put the toy back and join the activity or would you prefer me to put the toy back for you?" I allow the student several seconds to think about their options and allow them to choose, sometimes they have a hard time choosing so I make the choice. When behavior has reached a point where the student needs some time away from the other students for hitting or excessive disobedience, I allow them some time to sit in the "thinking chair." This is a rare occurrence and I will do my best to report to you as a parent when your child has needed to spend time in the thinking chair.
Please reinforce our class rules (the kids are doing a great job reciting them).
1. Be kind
2. Be safe
3. Be a listener
4. Be the best you can be
Other things to note: We are working on our rhyming skills, when you are in the car driving ask your child to play a rhyming game start with something easy (bat) and graduate to harder words like orange :)
