![]() ![]() Make sure you are creating a schedule that is developmentally appropriate. I previously stated how important a visual schedule is, but creating a daily schedule that works for your students and school can be tricky. Check out my Facebook Live about the Morning Routine here. Having a solid morning routine will start each day with students learning the minute they walk in the door. It is NOT wasted time! Reteach as needed throughout the year. Teach each routine using visuals during the first month of school. Starting with the first day, you need to have classroom routines, so students know what to do and what the expectations are. Routines give students emotional support, safety, and help ease anxiety. ![]() Check out all the visuals and routine charts in the Social Skills Curriculum HEREĬlassroom walls! Look around your classroom and ask yourself, is it too much or too little? Is this visually overwhelming for students or a student this year? Here is a great article from NAEYC called Considering the Walls to help you reflect on the walls in your classroom.Remind students of the expectations each day before they go on the playground. Playground/Recess Expectations ( printables ) – Place the poster on the playground or classroom door.Here are some printable visual supports and routines for the classroom: If some part of your day isn’t working, teach what you want students to do and use visual supports. Don’t forget it is NEVER too late to teach or introduce a classroom routine. You can grab my FREE First 10 Days of School Lesson Plans to see how I teach and introduce each routine. Teach each routine using visuals, social stories, and children’s books during the first weeks of school and reteach as needed throughout the year. Plus, students thrive on predictable routines (adults too). Use Visual Supports and Routine Charts as needed throughout the classroom to support students, so they are able to become more independent. You can read all about implementing and using Green and Red Choices in your classroom HERE on my blog or watch Facebook Live HERE. The small chart is easy to take anywhere with me in the classroom (ex: small group or on the playground). I have large green and red choice boards in my circle area. If a child makes a red choice, they can fix it (change their behavior) and make it a green choice. Green and red choices focus on the choice rather than the child. Red represents stop, stop making a red choice. Green choices are the choices we want students to make, like gentle hands, using materials safely, and using walking feet! Green represents go, keep making green choices. Green and Red Choices are clear, consistent behavior expectations paired with visual supports stated in a positive way. Green and Red Choices is the perfect behavior management tool for early childhood. We need to teach them what to do and what the age-appropriate expectations are in a classroom. This can be exciting and overwhelming at the same time. A Behavior Management System for Little Learnersįor some of your students, this may be the first time in a classroom. ![]()
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