Classroom Management Tips for Children & Adolescents

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"Today I will behave as if this is the day I will be remembered.” - Dr. Seuss

Kids act up for all sorts of reasons!

I’m tired

I’m hungry

I don’t understand I’m have ADHD

My parents are getting a divorce

Understand your learners’ developmental needs

Attention Spans:

• Ages 2-3= 3-4 minutes • Age 5= 5 to 10 minutes • Ages 6-8= 15-20 minutes • Ages 9-12= 22-35 minutes

Sciencemaster77.blogspot.com/2011/01/attention-spans-revisited.html

Go in with a positive attitude!

We’re going to rock this

year!

Put yourself in a better mood before class!

Exercise

Give yourself pep talks

Relax with music

Meditate Eat breakfast

Change the environment to

help you facilitate!

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Learning Stations Group work

Individual work Whole class

How do I manage this?

Activity Logs

Calendars

• Give each group a stack of yellow, blue, & red cups. • The top cup is their status. • Yellow= sunny & bright, everything's all right • Blue= we're through, what should we do? • Red= we have a problem we cannot solve alone

The Cup System

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Differentiate activities

Move around Include rest periods

Balance out activity and inactivity

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Suggested Activities for Kids

Games

Closing song/dance

Breaks Dance! Sing!

Hands-on activities

Story time

Hello song

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Suggested Activities for Adolescents

Pair or group mini tasks Circle discussions

Games

Scavenger Hunts

Surveys Videos

Interviews Journal

Hands-on activities

Polls

Podcasts

Blog

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Come up with the rules together

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• Arrive on time • Be nice to others • Share • Clean after myself • Listen

Communicate nonverbally!

Allow them to take a break

and do something

calming

Talk to them about their

actions.

Digital Badges

(Girl) Scout Troopers by JD Hancock, Flic.kr/p/8jBfQv

“Celebrate what you

want to see more of.”

- Thomas J. Peters

Girl Scouts visit Mayor Summey for Girl Scouts Week by North Charleston, Flic.kr/p/kVYxBZ

They mark a certain achievement ... when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them. - Juliette Lowe

Humanize digital learning

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Futureofeducation.com/page/rscon5-digital-badges

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“At the end of the day, the most

overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement

of parents.” - Jane D. Hull

Parent partnerships

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