Be able to support positive behaviour
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What might be a good way to get children to sit nicely at the table for dinner?
Telling them off if they don’t sit nicely
Letting them prepare the table with a friend
Have them face away from the windows
Only give food they like and can eat quickly
If a child is very disruptive what might be the cause?
Tiredness
Task too challenging
Boredom
All of these
Should you remove a previously awarded reward sticker when a child starts to behave unacceptably?
Yes, if the bad action is the exact opposite of the good they achieved it for
Not the first time – if they continue to behave negatively then yes, but let them know that you will do this
Definitely, as they have cancelled out any good behaviour
Definitely not, as the reward was deserved for what they did well at the time
If a child shouts all the time how can we help them?
Shout back so they know how it feels to listen to that noise
Sit them in a corner on their own every time they are too loud
Turn the music up to drown them out a bit
Get their hearing checked; they might not know how loud they are
A child always dumps the coat on the floor instead of hanging it in the peg – what should we do?
Tell the parents that this is not acceptable setting behaviour and that they must work on their child at home to solve this issue
Hide their coat so they cannot find it at playtime, reminding them it is not on its hook and that they are missing playtime
Make sure the pegs are attractive and easily accessible
Explain to them how much the coat cost and how their parent cannot buy a new one if this one is not looked after
Stevie spends a lot of time kicking other children when outside; what can we do to stop this?
Removing him from the play area whenever he kicks
Take his shoes off so that he does not hurt people as much when he kicks
Arrange activities where he can kick acceptably, such as football, bean bags, and so on.
Ask the parents to find another setting for him.
The children in purple class are very fidgety at story time; what do we need check on?
Whether they are at the right stage of development to be able to sit for story time
Whether the story and the teller are engaging
All of these
Whether there is a draft making them uncomfortable
When deciding on a course of action for dealing with unwanted behaviour, what should you think about?
How will this help the child to learn?
How you can take the sanctions up a level if they do the same thing again?
Whether this course of action is acceptable to others?
How do I make them more respectful of my words and rules?
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