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At what point do you implement "one and done?"
DCB turns 3 in November. He is hands down my most difficult DCB but lately he has amped his antics up. Mostly becoming physical with the other children.
Yesterday he pushed another child with such force that the child fell.
He peels paint off the walls if allowed to sit near a wall. When not peeling paint he picks at his fingernails, pulls strings out of his socks and pulls at the skin on his lip. While the fingernail/socks/skin issue is not really an issue, it's just an insight to this child's personality)
He bangs toys on shelves and walls, after being told not to and modeled how to play.
He often does not show an understanding of personal space. He puts his feet on other children. He will intentionally block other children when they are trying to move. Think like in basketball where you block someone with your body.
He grabs things out of others hands.
What do I do here? I understand the grabbing can be normal at this age. So although annoying, I get it. However, the feet, pushing and not giving personal space is so frustrating. Especially to the other children. They are old enough to say "NO, DCB, STOP" and they do. But he almost takes it as a personal challenge to continue when someone says stop.
Yes, I have a LOT of outdoor play. And I break up our day with dance breaks and action/movement songs. I also model nice hands, gentle touches, how to play without banging on the walls and shelves and we read "super friends and how to deal with anger constantly." We also do a lot of sensory play.
I do implement T.O with him and I when I do he stomps away, crosses his arms, makes a face and then throws his body on the floor. He does the same at home.
What do I do here? My biggest concern is him touching other children. He is my only child who aggressively touches others and it is not fair nor safe for this to continue. Do I implement one and and done where the first occasion that he touches another child he is in his own center for the remainder of the day? FWIW: being in his own center means he is own his own rug (5x7 or larger) with his own toys/manipulatives out of reach of other children. He can still see and talk to others, he is just out of reach of them.
DCB turns 3 in November. He is hands down my most difficult DCB but lately he has amped his antics up. Mostly becoming physical with the other children.
Yesterday he pushed another child with such force that the child fell.
He peels paint off the walls if allowed to sit near a wall. When not peeling paint he picks at his fingernails, pulls strings out of his socks and pulls at the skin on his lip. While the fingernail/socks/skin issue is not really an issue, it's just an insight to this child's personality)
He bangs toys on shelves and walls, after being told not to and modeled how to play.
He often does not show an understanding of personal space. He puts his feet on other children. He will intentionally block other children when they are trying to move. Think like in basketball where you block someone with your body.
He grabs things out of others hands.
What do I do here? I understand the grabbing can be normal at this age. So although annoying, I get it. However, the feet, pushing and not giving personal space is so frustrating. Especially to the other children. They are old enough to say "NO, DCB, STOP" and they do. But he almost takes it as a personal challenge to continue when someone says stop.
Yes, I have a LOT of outdoor play. And I break up our day with dance breaks and action/movement songs. I also model nice hands, gentle touches, how to play without banging on the walls and shelves and we read "super friends and how to deal with anger constantly." We also do a lot of sensory play.
I do implement T.O with him and I when I do he stomps away, crosses his arms, makes a face and then throws his body on the floor. He does the same at home.
What do I do here? My biggest concern is him touching other children. He is my only child who aggressively touches others and it is not fair nor safe for this to continue. Do I implement one and and done where the first occasion that he touches another child he is in his own center for the remainder of the day? FWIW: being in his own center means he is own his own rug (5x7 or larger) with his own toys/manipulatives out of reach of other children. He can still see and talk to others, he is just out of reach of them.
. Obviously, you're not going to want to run out and buy all these things but it really seems like he could really use some help with these things.
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