I attended a few seminars on personality types of children and I felt it would be neat to share some of those thoughts. As we look into the personality types, it should make you think about the young children that…
I have been putting together a new topic: "The Basics of Team Building" designed for the preschool and K area for all staff and not just supervisors and directors. The following questions are asked about school staff working together as…
From attending previous conferences, many interesting observations have been made about classroom behavior and sometimes seeing that you the teacher and your behavior often contribute to a climate that could foster and create discipline problems through certain types of management…
A few teachers listed the following pointers from their experiences with preschool children: 1. The first few days are the most important ones of the year. Help children to formulate two or three rules for the classroom. If the children…
The ME ME ME Virus or attention seeking children are everywhere! Everywhere you look, people are demanding attention! The desire for attention is universal regardless of age, color, language, culture, etc. As adults, we want our bosses to notice us…
Rudeness by Webster: discourteous or impolite, rough in manners or behavior; not properly or fully developed; I thought you were dumb. Excuse me. It’s my turn not yours (as he pushes in front of a smaller child). Bad manners cost…
Children lie for various reasons: • Lying is actually typical, age-appropriate behavior for children throughout certain stages of childhood. Louise Bates Ames mentions lying in the book Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful (Dell, 1976). Ames states that age three the…
Boasting-When boasting ends, dignity begins. Owen D. Young Lying-Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. Mel Gibson There is a difference between a lie and exaggeration and can be subtle. A lot of children will present both behaviors,…
"Envy is the art of counting the other fellow's blessings instead of your own"-Harold Coffin; "Don't waste time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind"-Mary Schmich Webster’s Dictionary states: It is a feeling of discontent with regard to another's…
Final thoughts on noticing kindness. If you focused more on the children's actions, you're not alone. When it comes to children, our attention is often drawn more to the crying baby, the grabbing preschooler, or the siblings who stubbornly sits…