Classroom Disciplinary Measures (contd)

I talked about using the first few weeks to get to know each child in my class.

The second step is to let them set the rules. Children hardly break rules they set and even remind each other when one attempts to err.

Conversations like this happens:

“If you do not turn in your assignment at the right time because you chose to play or not ask for help when you need it, what happens?”

You begin to hear suggestions like, “flog us”, “the person won’t go for break”, “No play time”, “no visit to the library”, etc.

The dicey thing about these suggestions is that each child is saying what they love to do and wouldn’t love to be denied so I pick the common one. Yes I know I’m ‘wickedt’ like that! *inserts naughty cackle*... http://syncityng.com/2018/07/25/miss-abbys-classroom-with-abigail-adetokunbo-3/