Behavior management strategies preschool

After the beginning of the school year starting, are you noticing attention seeking behaviors in your special ed classroom? In this blog post, you can read my favorite strategies to use for attention seeking behaviors in children. The best place to start is by collecting data to see if the behavior is actually attention seeking. You can grab my data collecting sheets here to help. Then see my process of how I reduce the attention of the behavior, use a time out, and then replace the…

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Preschool Behavior Management

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Classroom management is TOUGH. My first year of teaching, I tried all the things. Tickets, marbles, candy, etc. I had a mentor teacher that was constantly telling me I needed to switch things up. In the end, none of those things were effective because I wasn't consistent. I had to create a system that would work for my kids! Each Behavior Buddy comes with its own set of expectations. Students who follow these expectations get to have an animal on their desk for the day. The kids never know…

Hitting, kicking, biting, spitting. Sound familiar? Common preschool behaviors, what causes them, how to treat.

Do you have a chatty class? I am seeing lots of teachers asking for help with very talkative classes in different teacher groups. I have definitely had my share of chatty groups, but I really struggled with the group I had this year. I found that I really had to take a step back and reteach my classroom expectations. I do not expect students to be silent all the time, but I wanted them to understand when it's appropriate to talk to their friends and when it's not. It had gotten to the point…

Are you looking for a quick classroom management tool that you can carry around and easy to use? Then this Visual support tool for Classroom Management is used with our students to learn new skills such as requesting "break please", "help" and "wait" as part of my Behavior Management strategies. There are handy visuals on them for your student to have questions they need answered and things they may need to help. Some cards have blank spaces for you to add your own visuals to support…

As teachers, we know that consistency and following through is KEY when it comes to behavior management in our classrooms! This tool is not only perfect to help roll out Expected Behaviors and set a tone for the year, but it is a great kid-friendly reference tool to keep handy in the classroom when expected behaviors are not met. It will also help hold YOU the teacher accountable and make sure you follow through with the logical consequences. The best part is, it's TOTALLY EDITABLE TOO! I've…

Struggling with classroom management this year? Today, I am sharing 4 classroom management ideas that actually work. These non-verbal cues for the classroom are a great way to help students stay on task and complete their work. Instead of using a clip chart, try one of these behavior management tools instead. These visual cues for behavior help students regulate their behavior on their own. Try one of these behavior management strategies today using picture cards and other classroom visuals.