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There is a no running rule in my house. My main rooms upstair are in a cirlcle pretty much and so they like to run around and around. Well half of the upstairs is hardwood, so mix that in with the fact that they are constantly running into eachother around the corners=DISASTER. So, no running rule. There are a couple kids that just can't seem to walk. They are CONSTANTLY in time out for running. I always say, "Walking feet", but they just don't seem to get it. It is driving me crazy today. I have had two kids knock heads, had to write up an accident report because one of them has a pretty good goose egg on their forehead. HELP!
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Can you break up the play area so they have less space to run? or have certain times that they can run (on bad weather days) otherwise send them outside when they are that hyped up.
I find that I have trouble with my sa's more than anything because they run at home and don't want to listen to me here, then they get my own kids riled up. grrr.Comment
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I would contain the runner(s) to a small area every time they run. If it's mainly that they are running around the "circle", contain them to one room or even a part of the room, until they can walk around without running.Comment
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duct tape? or hog tie them all together? :
: jkjk
I would section it off if you can. if you can't it would depend on their ages.what ages r u talking about?Comment
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I have a NO running rule here too!! I tell them one time and then when they run again, they have to walk back to the spot they started running from and WALK back to where they got caught
, they may have to do this 5 to 10 times in a row!! It has stopped all running.
They are huffing and puffing!
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Like everyone else, I had the same problem but one of the biggest things I did learn from taking my CDA was changing the environment to change behaviors REALLY does work. Set up your room or daycare area so running is impossible (well, so that it is difficult to do) No straight line runs, no large open space to run in....etc. I know in a family home this can be difficult but I use table and chair sets (kid size) and shelve units (moveable and kid size) and put them away or back when daycare is over. I changes the room layout and haven't had a runner in forever!!Comment
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stick your foot out? that outta stop 'em.
I AM ONLY KIDDING!!!
its just the mood i'm in today.....
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When you find out, let me know! :-) I deal with it all day every day.Comment
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HA HA HA!! I'm thinking it's more than just the kids who are full of you-know-what today!!:: Love all the suggestions 
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If they don't have legs they can't run.
WALK! is used here a lot and if they are caught running they drop to the floor right then and SIT!
I see little people.Comment
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It's usually too much open floor space. If they are running in circles are something, move it to the wall so they can't. Space things appropriately. I like seeing pictures, so if you want to share a picture of where they always run, please do. Try making them walk it again if they are caught running. If they do this in groups, split up the kids for the rest of the day so they can't play together as a "time out" instead of sitting it out for a time out. Besides, they run and run and you give them a sitting time out to refresh just so they can do it again!
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I don't allow circling or running.
When any animal with a beating heart is circling they are esculating. I want the kids to stay calm, balanced, stable, relaxed. I don't want the excitement that comes with circling.
Kids who don't have a natural circle area will be less likely to run/chase each other BUT even when the natural circle areas are blocked they will create one with items. I call it "posting". They set up a post and circle it either with their bodies or with their toys on the floor. They usually just do it with two or more kids... not when they are by themselves. When we see them set up a "post" or the circling they do once they agree on a post we tell them to pick up the item and move it. We also don't allow them to use each other, their parents, or us as a post to circle around.
Posting and circling is a "root" behavior that children do BEFORE they start to get physical with the toys or each other. Stop the behavior at the root and you will be able to lessen the chances of the child acting out physically.
You will see children using their parents as posts when they arrive or depart. This is something that is common even if the arrival and departure area is very small. I just had a kid the other day who had to stay late. When her Mom was explaining to me why she was delayed her daughter decided to try to circle using her Mom as her post. She got half way around the circle and smacked her ear against my front door knob REALLY hard. She let out a cry I've never heard from her. Four years of her being in my care and she's never had even a band aid but one minute with her Mom in the house and in the midst of breaking my rules she whacks her head into my door knob. 
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