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: 3/3/2007 3:09:00 PM Author: Billie Eavenson (Billiekorm@yahoo.com) Subject: RE: challenging boys in my clarr. I have been doing child care and pre school for many years. You need to ask your self. First what can you do different. Second is it really that important to make the kids sit in a circle time. Is sounds like the children do not want to be there. I set my class room up so the kids can choose what they want to experience. I don't say come to circle it's story time. I usually have a book with some prop or I say something about the front of the book. This gets their attention. I don't require my kids to sit in story time, they can choose to do other activities I have provided. But my experience is by the middle of the story most of the kids are sitting and listening to the story. Who ever invented circle time for young children, never had the frustration of trying to get all the kids to sit, be quiet. It's not DAP. good luck. Name: Email: Subject

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