Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 3/2/2007 10:41:00 AM Author: Billie (billieo16@hotmail.com) Subject: Boys play When I have had this "problem" I've tried to step back and consider how much of my frustration is self induced. Am I building in enough opportunities for "big and loud" play to satisfy the needs many boys have for that? Is there something I could be doing to manipulate the environment differently to reduce or eliminate some of those problems? Have you tried putting away toys, bringing out new ones, or enlisting their help in deciding what stays and what goes. (clean up problems often stem from too many choices or confusion as to where things go. I also try to put myself in their shoes and imagine what it's like to be a 5 year old boy in my program and then act on that! You obviously can't let them get away with some of this behavior but in reading the "laundry list", it sounds like everything they're doing is bugging you so it may be a matter of actively looking for good stuff that's happening and focusing on those things for awhile and pick your battles carefully or all interaction becomes negative and that's toxic to a relationship! Good luck! Name: Email: Subject

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