Need To Just Vent!

[Country Kids]

Thank you for more replys!!!! I'm seriously taking them to heart and mulling things over.

I have started whispering when talking-going on about my second week. The majority don't even notice that I'm doing it because of the noise level and when they do they honestly seem to talk louder. Its almost like they all need to be heard at the same time!!!!

This weekend I'm redoing my playroom (monthly), taking out new toys (monthly) and seeing what else I can do.

Please feel free to keep the ideas coming or pm me! Thank you guys so much!!!

[Ariana]

How about gettng them involved in a solution and coming up with consequences and then get them to police themselves? I did this at a centre where running was becoming a problem and it helped tremendously. I sat them all down, told them my concerns and asked them "what can we do about it? I don't want anyone getting hurt" and the kids came up with 5 rules and then a consequence for disobeying them. Surprisingly the consequences were very harsh so I modified it a bit. It took a few days but by the end they were telling each other off!!