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Example: Child not wanting to come into classroom

Strategies:

-Skin to Skin contact
-Ask if wants a hug
-Give an opportunity to be a "helper" or a "leader"
-Redirect to a work on the shelf

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Hide when upset, sit in corner, look of fear or stress

Wanting to be held or cling to you

Fly under the radar

1. For the children that shut down: Let them know that they have a place that they can sit down and have some time to themselves until they feel ready

2. For the clingy children that want to be held or have hugs too often when they have tantrums: Give a limit on how long you will hold them give boundaries for our bodies, have a conversation about feelings before hugs

3. For a child that gets anxious around groups and transitions: give them different strategies for handling transition times and space for them to have independence in their choice to be in or not in group activities

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Young Child - Wants to go home
Strategy:
-Talk to them, talk about / show the daily schedule, items left "to do" empathize of wanting to go home too.
--invite another child to share the schedule
-If there is a schedule change, discuss the changes preemptively
-Give a hug, give comfort
-Taking into consideration what is going on at home. where they are coming from. Understanding if there is something big going on at home.
-Having effective communication with the AG so they are in the loop as well

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Wandering child: connect them with a work they learned recently, or a new activity, or ask if they can help in the classroom like watering the plants or mopping up a spill.

Wanting to go home: Ask if they would like to make a picture or craft for their parent that they are missing (pin punching, coloring, pasting, etc)

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1. Example: "I miss my mom./I want to go home."
Strategy: Going over the agenda of the day, make it a guessing game!

2. Example: the clingy child
Strategy: Foster independence, be encouraging about it! Model "I" statements to deepen communication skills and opportunities to express their emotions.

3. Example: Passive/Idle child
Strategy: Make things exciting! Provide them with choices.

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Giving the child a responsibilities, to temper down.
Transitions make easy if you give leadership jobs.
A child so aggressive very loud cry- taking for a walk, we can talk, wants hugs feel comfort.
moving child- redirect and making or giving options.

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Remember to use the Active Discipline Approach. 

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1. Break into two groups

•Two groups will represent the strong child, showing fugues

•Two groups will represent the weak child, showing barriers

2. Choose someone to take notes

3. Reflect together and write 3- examples of strategies that can be used to help a child that has “flipped his lid”  or is about to “flip his lid” (specific to the characteristics of both groups)

4. One person representing the group will either write on the chat the strategies and share them.