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when everyone is super crabby and combative?! I have attempted circle time this week each day, and each day had to quit because most of the kids are just far too crabby to participate. Ugh. I want to feel like I am teaching them something, but it's hard to teach someone who is so miserable!
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We don't. LOL :
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We free play, curl up on the couch with a movie, or spend more time outside working out our frustrations.
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I think it is a November thing....
I wondered why my Funshine Curriculum kit picked "Bedtime" "Pillows" "Lullabyes" and "Counting Sheep" for this months theme.....
NOW I get it. ::
Smart cookies, they are.....
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Free play, movie time, outside time, or quiet time if they are acting up while you are trying to teach something. No need to continue to struggle to get them to learn, chances are they arent listening anyway.
I would do the circle time with the ones who want to, and the others can sit in seperate parts of the room reading/puzzles until you are done, unless ALL of them are acting up!Comment
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How about just doing a "fun" circle instead of a learning circle? Bring out puppets and do poems and silly songs etc. Get the kid who acts out the most to hold a book or participate somehow so his attention is focused? Get everyone involved in it so they're focused....just some ideas!Comment
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If you really want to get it in, are they receptive at meals or snacks? Sometimes during that time, you have a receptive, captive audience....Comment
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Monkey see, monkey do in my group. Once one starts, I have lost them. A couple of them, even though they were acting up too, do get upset when I put things away. It has been quite a week. They all usually love circle time. I always make sure to switch up songs and stuff so it doesn't becoming boring. KIDS.Originally posted by lilrugrats View PostComment
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What time are you trying to do circle time? I do it in morning. You may have to tweak your time. Morning or maybe after your morning snack if you do one? Do it when they are not sleepy or hungry. All the classes I have taken say do not force a child to sit at circle time. I do expect my kids to sit and sit quietly with their hands to themselves. When they turn 2 they can certainly do that and some before that age. My crew loves circle time! I make it fun and interesting and I always teach them something new there. Good luck!!Comment
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Originally posted by mommiesherie View Post
I just read my post and I sound mean. What I meant was we sit in our spot and do not poke at ur neighbor when reading a book or something. When we do music or something then we have fun but do still stay on our spot so we don't bump each other. Today we read a book about shells and then played with some shells on the carpet. We don't do a lot of sit down be quiet stuff but when we do I expect our bottoms on the carpet and our mouths quiet so all can hear
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Monkey see, monkey do, monkey get in trouble, too! That's my boys.Originally posted by sahm2three View Post
Take a break for a few days. Maybe do circle time with the ones who want to and let the others free play.Comment
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Sometimes unwinding and having fun time can be a lesson in how to get rid of stress... even little kids get stressed"God said, ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart. He will do everything I want him to do.'"
Acts 13:22Comment
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We gave up circle time 20 years ago. We do calendar and weather at lunch and sprinkle the aspects of circle time throughout the day. Never in a circle, but always with a smile.Comment
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I haven't done circle time in years & years....like it only lasted a few weeks when I had kids all 2.5-5yo briefly. LOLOriginally posted by sahm2three View Post
We do our learning moments as they happen. Today we practiced putting on our gloves, hats and boots without help. It was really only because I just got the bin of winter stuff down from the attic and the kids decided to go through it all "to get ready for winter". So then we talked about what kind of things are unique to winter (snow, ice, sledding, snowpants). Things you don't really want in winter (rain, ice cream, swimming in the lake). How to get ready for the winter (clean up the garden, get the baby pool out of the backyard, wash windows). The kids then went "sledding" in the bin that used to have all the winter stuff in it. One kid started singing Away in the Manger with some of the words mixed up, I jsut couldnt bring myself to correct him. (...The little Lord Jesus lay down his big head...")
Right before snack we did some coloring and talked about day/month/year, and then one girl told me that sometime her mom doesn't like her. "Really?", I say. "Yeah, especially when I get into her stuff"...So then we had a talk about you can still like/love someone even though a person is angry. Everyone gets angry, but you still care about that person. Just like Jesus loves us when we are not having a good day, so do our parents.
That was just in the first half of the morning. I'm ready for a nap!Comment
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I have set up two options..
1. circle time
2. color/writing... you know the not so fun drawing sheets.
These are their choices.
Normally I will have 3 that want to color and 2 that want circle time. Then as soon as circle time starts, they all run to the carpet to join in. If they start to cause problems in circle time, I will make them go back to the color table.
If its more than two kids that are resisting, then I throw in the towel and we go to the park....
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