What are some appropriate guidance techniques, including transitions?

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

ANSWER: Set clear, consistent, and fair limits for classroom and playground behavior; guide younger children toward appropriate ways to relate to others and to function in a group environment; and help older children set their own limits. Model expected behavior and demonstrate self-control. Name feelings. Teach acceptable ways to express feelings. Try to explain a child's behavior to another child. Try to use suggestion or redirection rather than the word don't. Remember to address the behavior, not the child, when a behavior occurs that is not appropriate.
Children need time, to adjust to change; therefore, use a transition activity to direct children from a self-initiated to a teacher-directed activity, an active to a quiet activity or from quiet to active play, cleanup and toileting to snack time, lunch to naptime, and outside to inside or inside to outside play.