ChildNet Module 5: Keeping the Peace
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Module 5 – Keeping the Peace Teaching positive behavior through your interactions with children, your daily schedule, and your child care environment
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Module 5 – Keeping the Peace
Teaching positive behavior through your interactions with children, your daily
schedule, and your child care environment
Keeping the Peace
Where to get help with specific concerns:
CCR&R Child Care Consultants
Mississippi Bend Area Education Association-Early Access
Keeping the Peace
Success depends on :
- understanding child development (Module 3)
- setting up an effective environment (Module 2)with engaging activities (Module 4)
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“Punishment” vs. “Guidance”
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When a child doesn’t know how to use a spoon…
we teach them.
When a child doesn’t know how to count…
we teach them.
When a child doesn’t know how to tie their shoes…
we teach them.
When a child doesn’t know how to behave…
we ____________.
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Guide children toward good behavior by making them feel encouraged and safe
“The job of a teacher is to help children learn to function without a teacher.”
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Step 1:Build a warm, positive relationship
“Children develop and learn best in the context of a community where they are
safe and valued, their physical needs are met, and they feel psychologically secure.”
Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs, Bredekamp and Copple, 1997, NAEYC.
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Step 2:
Organize the daily schedule to help children feel their best
If children's basic needs are met, there will be less whining and crankiness!
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Children need:- to eat small meals often
- to expend energy- to rest
- to play as a group- to be alone
But they can't pace themselves...they need you to help them organize their day to
meet their basic needs!
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Step 3: Organize the environment so that it's
easy for children to play
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- Developmentally appropriate toys- Enough toys
- Small and large spaces for different kinds of play
- Storage that promotes independence- Organization that allows for creativity
and imagination(ex: cars and figures near the blocks, dolls and dress-up
near the kitchen set)
Keeping the PeaceStep 4:
Use behaviors to teach social skills
Use respect toward the child.Keep in mind developmental stage.Use explanations that the child will
understand.Allow children time to practice.
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Always...
View mistakes as learning opportunities. Listen when children express
themselves. Guide children to ultimately learn to
solve their own problems. Model the skills you want them to use. Remind children of rules and reasons.
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A child's foundation of healthy social and emotional development
is built with positive guidancefrom encouraging adults
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Infant Care
- infants brains are undeveloped- they cry for basic needs that help them grow
How do we help infants develop positive behavior?
Keeping the Peace
Give yourself and children plenty of TIME to practice new methods and routines!
Even one small change can make a BIG difference and lasting positive memories!
