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Llg524
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: HELP!!!! |
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I have a class of ten three year olds five days a week. At any given time I will be engaged with eight of the children and two of them feel the need to be elsewhere in the room (crawling under tables, standing on chairs, running in circles, etc). Our director has told me that when I make my lesson plans I need to plan for the two who won’t engage not for the eight that will. This doesn’t seem quite right to me. Is this the right thing to do? I am really torn on this and stressing out. Help!!
Also, one of the two is subject to striking out (punching, scratching, tearing their pictures, throwing their crayons, grabbing their books, etc) at the other children because (as he puts it) “I didn’t want him by me” “I don’t like her” “I thought her picture was ugly” and so on. The director has told me to ignore that behavior and only focus on his good behavior. Again, my hands are tied. What about the poor children suffering from his wrath? There are some extremely unhappy parents regarding this. Help!
I have used positive reinforcement and redirection on the above child. I give him very positive attention daily... lots of hugs, high fives, magnets, atta boys, etc but he continues to lash out at his friends at will. I have tried to explain to him that I cannot allow him to hurt our friends and ask if he would like them to treat him in the same manner. He responds with no. Granted, he is three (four in June) but he knows what he is doing. He gets a grin on his face when he is bothering the other children and looks at me to see what I will do. The director (with the school only 4 months) has stepped in and told me not to tell him what he has done is inappropriate and only focus on the good moments. How will he learn what is appropriate behavior and inappropriate if it is not explained to him? Any progress I was making has been lost because of the director undermining my authority. The child looks at me now when he is acting out as if saying "you can't do anything because you were told not to" (yes, he heard the conversation the director had with me) This all goes against what I have been taught and practiced in 24 years of teaching. I feel very helpless and frustrated. Is the director's method correct? |
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