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Classroom Management Early Learning
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items I have had classrooms that felt like a dream and others that felt like a nightmare. No matter the circumstances, there are respurces, routines, and perspectives that can make challenging school years less so.
Compile a list of reasons you love your job. Start your day with a positive outlook so you can feel emotionally fresh and not emotionally frazzled. I know it sounds cheesy or even lame, but mindset is a powerful tool.
71 Best Job Satisfaction Quotes for Employees - Team Building
Make routines solid and the tangible visual schedule interactive. Go over the schedule at the beginning of the day, having schedule helpers. Notice changes and get students excited for what the day has in store.
Auchq Daily Schedule Pocket Chart for Kids
Go over rules and expectations daily, but make it engaging! Have students act out problem solving scenarios or use pictures and a whiteboard to make connections.
Classroom rules poster freebie | TPT
YouTube has all these fun visual timer videos. Make cleaning up or transitioning to a new activity/lesson fun by getting ready before the ice cream explodes!
5 Minute Timer [ICE CREAM]
Let your cozy corner be a place where you solve problems with your students--not a place they go to be just by themselves. Let them go there for a little bit when they're having a difficult time, but after a set time go be with them and discuss issue...
53 Cozy Corner Ideas
I used fun Mr. Potato Heads to help my students with active listening. If my students were having a hard time listening, I would remove the ears after a warning. It was their job to earn the ears back. Not focused—>eyes. Hurting—>hands/feet
Talking over me—>mouth
Playskool Mr. Potato Head Spider-Man
Involve games and activities that YOU love and enjoy. If you're having a good time, so will the kids. Your attitude as the leader influences the attitude of the class.
Preschool Learning Games, Ages 3 - 4 - ABCya!
A favorite during lunch time (specifically with loud, talkative classes) I would use conversation cards. This way, even during a less structured time, my students could use critical thinking and turn taking skills to answer questions and learn more a...
Kid conversation cards - TPT
I used classroom money in my 3-year-old classroom. Using money I created and pencil pouches (their 'wallets'), my students earned money for showing kindness and participating. Every two weeks I had a class store. Much better to use a delayed reward s...
Classroom money rewards system - TPT
Write thank you notes to your students and send them home for their parents to read to them. This builds your relationship with your students and their parents. It also makes your students realize that you see their choices even when they think you'r...
Thank you cards from teachers | TPT
Brain breaks are a great resource when switching activities or when you notice your little ones getting antsy. Too much still time will lead to silly behaviors that will become disruptive.
Turkey Chase! Brain Break Thanksgiving Brain Breaks
Make Center choosing purposeful. Students should be placing their names in the centers of their choice. 1) It helps build name recognition 2) It solidifies the expectation to stay in their assigned center and area.
Classroom Centers Pocket Chart | Fun Express
Have your students choose how they'd like to greet you before entering class. I would do this as we came in from recess for circle time. It's a signal to get ready for learning, but it also builds my relationships by allowing individual experience op...
Greeting chart - TPT
Sing with your students down during transitions! Every moment is a learning opportunity and not only that, but you will keep little bodies in line because they are engaged and watching you. Not a singer? Play games. I used shape cutouts to do shape i...
List of Classic Nursery Rhymes and Children's Songs (With Lyrics)
Separate spaces in your classroom with colored tape. Differentiate centers, set up where you want your students to line up--let your tape direct your students for you.
Superior Mark® Carpet Tape | Stop-Painting.com
Lastly...vent! But vent with purpose. Whenever discussing problems (wether journaling to yourself or talking with someone), always end the conversation with what you can do to make it better. Don't know how to make it better? List things about the st...
Writing Journal