Re: Shall I take away the toy trains in the classroom

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On 11/16/11, Cat wrote:
> On 11/14/11, MT wrote:
>> We have a set of train tracks from IKEA in the classroom as
>> a transition toy, which is a super hit. The 2nd most
>> favorite toy is some toy vehicles, which I prepared for the
>> children to learn the names. Most of the time they were
>> used by the children just to drive those cars on the floor.
>
> If a work is not being used properly, I return it to the shelf
> and the child is not permitted to use it again that day. Just
> as you would take away golden beads that were being used to
> make necklaces or binomial cubes that were being used to make
> towers, take away the vehicle-shaped work if it is being used
> as toy cars.
>
>> Some children (boys) spent a big chunck of time in doing
>> these 2 toys than doing other works.
>
> Whenever we have a particularly popular work, students who are
> using it must use a timer. When the timer goes off, their
> turn is over, and they do not (typically) get a second turn
> that day. Our timers are set for 15 to 20 minutes.

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