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It's not what you say, it's WHEN you say it

by Abby Connors in Teachers.Net Gazette

Apr 24, 2014

If you teach young children, I have a stunningly simple, ridiculously easy positive –discipline technique that will change your life. Well, would you believe it’ll make your day a little bit easier? (Because if you’re like me, you’ll pounce on anything that promises to make your classroom even the itsy-bitsiest bit calmer.)

For a couple of weeks during this very long winter, I found myself in somewhat of a slump. The children didn’t seem engaged, they were easily distracted, and they Never. Ever. Listened. I often felt like I was at a very noisy party to which I had not been invited. If I’d dressed up as SpongeBob and passed out pizza like Ellen DeGeneres at the Oscars, it wouldn’t have made any difference. Nothing could pry their attention away from their 24/7 talkathon.

Then one day, as I was leaving a class (I teach music classes for preschool and kindergarten), I heard myself say, “So, next time we’re going to be better listeners, right?” Yes, ...See More

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