Classroom Management 60 results
There’s no arguing toddlers can be difficult to control. Since children five and under are still developing their social skills, teachers may find themselves struggling to convince their students to follow the rules. This is where rewards come in. If a child believes she will receive a prize for a certain behavior, she is more likely to do what’s needed to get her treat. But do rewards really work in the long run?
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Related Book: The Insightful Teacher
The Project Approach is a method of teaching using hands-on projects and activities as the main means for teaching. Projects illustrate anything from science concepts to literacy skills to artistic creativity.
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Related Book: Picturing the Project Approach
Play is an important part of children’s growth and development. Meaningful play in early childhood helps introduce new concepts to children in fun ways and gets them excited about learning! In the classroom, unstructured play and structured play often take place side by side, sometimes with the same objects and play spaces.
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Related Book: Planning for Play
Who doesn’t love a good story? Storytelling is one of the most effective ways to teach children anything from science to social skills. Storytelling centers in the classroom particularly help students with their literacy skills by fusing reading and play. So what goes in a storytelling center? Images of comfy chairs and a well-stocked bookshelf come to mind, but for young children, no story center is complete without props!
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Related Book: Thrifty Teacher’s Guide to Creative Learning Centers
Watch Marie Masterson, PhD, explain how to nurture and empower young children though the ups and downs in Powerhouse Positive Guidance. She will discuss strategies and best practices for managing challenging behaviors featured in her latest book, Enjoying the Parenting Rollercoaster .
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Related Book: Enjoying the Parenting Roller Coaster
Reading aloud is a tried and true method for building literacy in young students. Many of us can remember going around the room and reading a page from a story book, or being called on to start the next paragraph. But for some, this test of reading ability can be stressful, especially for children who struggle with language.
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Related Book: Literacy for All Young Learners
Posters are a staple of any classroom, but anchor charts take simple displays of information to the next level! Exactly what is an anchor chart? Teachers make anchor charts during a lesson to reinforce instruction. When the teacher demonstrates a step or concept during the lesson, she then adds this information to the chart. When the lesson is finished, the anchor chart is displayed in the classroom to “anchor” students’ future thinking!
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Classroom management resources for preschool classrooms and infant/toddler classrooms offers teachers proven best practices for improving the quality of classroom time. Teachers will learn how to design classrooms appropriate for children with special needs and understand the most effective ways to handle behavioral problems, among many other easy and inspiring resources.
