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I'm a new toddler teacher at a center (started late may) and have only recently gotten control of my classroom, gotten them to learn how to pick up their toys without crying, and pick less fights with each other. Well, last week, I had these twin girls join my class and the entire dynamic has shifted! The girls dump their food on the floor at lunch time, spill their milk when they are done with it, hit the other students, leave toys all over, and scream a lot. It's also become hard to do any project because let's say we are painting that day, before, I could monitor the kids painting and it would be fine, an occasional, "don't put the brush in your mouth" but it wouldnt be too bad. Yesterday I tried painting and it was a huge mess paint all over all the kids LOL.
They are very sweet girls in personality, I just don't think they've been taught any better. The worse part is, that all the other toddlers have joined in, none of them will pick up their toys, so the room is constantly a mess. They have picked up other habits, like screaming and fighting each other.
The two children in the class who moved up to preschool- were one of those really helpful, independent type children, so they rubbed off positively on the smaller toddlers in the class so that really helped to make the class easier to work with.
What can I do to teach the new girls, and redirect my class again?
They are very sweet girls in personality, I just don't think they've been taught any better. The worse part is, that all the other toddlers have joined in, none of them will pick up their toys, so the room is constantly a mess. They have picked up other habits, like screaming and fighting each other.
The two children in the class who moved up to preschool- were one of those really helpful, independent type children, so they rubbed off positively on the smaller toddlers in the class so that really helped to make the class easier to work with.
What can I do to teach the new girls, and redirect my class again?
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