Here are 3 steps that you can use repeatedly when teaching children basic practical life skills:- Step 1: verbal instruction Step 2: demonstration Step 3: practice   I am launching my new on-line workshop for teachers really soon. The workshop teaches Early Childhood Educators valuable skills in how to settle children quickly into the classroom, prevent misbehavior and […]

EoT024 : Teaching Young Children to be Independent

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I’ll be hosting a free webinar on ‘Setting limits and ground rules in the classroom that children would (gladly) follow’ this week and you can register for it HERE.   I will be sharing tips for teachers who’d like to know how to manage a classroom better – starting with setting ground rules. So if you’re feeling:- -overwhelmed […]

EoT053 : What to Do When Children Interrupt Us During Lessons in Class

Molly asked a question about managing inappropriate behavior in the classroom. I have shared two areas that she (or any early childhood educator for that matter) could benefit from if they spent a bit more time working on those skills. I’ve been getting quite a lot of emails and messages from early childhood educators about […]

EoT052 : When working with young children becomes a nightmare…..classroom management gone terribly wrong

We have a question from an early childhood educator regarding managing children’s behavior. Jennifer wants to know how we can help children who have destructive behaviors in the classroom and I shared with her two very important things that she will need to do: Research Address underlying cause Now as simple as this sounds, it’s […]

EoT051 : Dealing with Misbehavior in the Classroom

Today’s question was sent in by a Reggio Emilia teacher named Philipa from Australia and she has asked about what to do when teachers can’t get children to wait for their turn to talk. In this podcast, I share 4 steps to implementing some ground rules into the classroom so that you can create a […]

EoT050 : Classroom Management Skills 101; Getting children to wait for their turn to speak

For this week, we have the honour of having the most talented Jason R Levine on our show where he shares about how he got started with his rather unconventional method of teaching English (that is super fun and effective….if I may add), how it has helped so many and how we can tap into his […]

EoT024 : Teaching Young Children to be Independent

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