I am a new teacher of 3 year olds. Help? What ideas do have to make them listen.?

Answer 1

The best idea I can give is an award system, and punishment for being bad..standing in the corner is great for little kids, or time out, or losing a privilege that the other kids will be getting. Try a sticker chart, or something like that. Prizes for 3 year old children should not be too hard to come by. If you don't want to give out material items, Something like extra fun time, or a game, or just dance time can be allot of fun. Maybe a better snack at the end of the week. Is there an activity they love to do? Use it. I know you do not want to "bribe them", but encouragement never hurts. They will that if they are good, good things will come of it. They will like seeing that they have done a good job by their stickers, and feel proud of themselves. Make sure to always let them know when they are being good, and praise them for it. They are only 3 year olds. It is not that easy to just reason with them. You have to do things that they will easily understand, and respond to. It worked well with my son. Good Luck.

Answer 2

As a international preschool teacher in Japan I dealt with children 1-3 yrs old. Although the system here is different it works. When you want to teach anything, have them sit in chairs lined up against the way while you place your chair in front and center of the room. It may take some effort to keep a few int heir chairs but usually at 3 they will do it. Use songs and music to teach ABC's and counting. We also use finger play, such as "where is thumbkin" or "no more monkeys jumping on the bed" and the "little indian counting song" Flashcards are also great . If you decide to use them be sure to flip them at a steady pace while naming whats on the card. Repetitive teaching builds the mind. Break your lessons up by having a story time and also dancing. Look for Mr. Wiggles songs. They love it! Give them playtime with one another and have them participate in cleaning up. make it fun. sing the clean up song. "clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere, clean up, clean up, everybody do your share" Good luck and have lots of fun with them!!!

Answer 3

Three year olds have a tendancy not to listen all that well...especially in groups. But there are a few things you could try.

I always thought that ringing a bell stopped them long enough for me to give them an instruction.

Also, remember to give lots of praise. When they do something that they were asked to do (or better yet, not asked to do but is the right thing to do...ie. being a good friend) praise them!

keep activities brief and do not expect them to sit in "circle time" for very long...they simply can't..little people love to explore and engage in activity!

Lots of luck to you.

Lots of luck,

Answer 4

thats an easy one, ok heres one technique. u hand out little blue squares to them when they r good and at the end of every week (friday) have them come up and trade their blue chips for little toys out of a chest. u can get the toys at like the dollar store or somthing.

my other method is that u should have a really big jar of marbles,and one other empty jar, make sure the empty one is smaller, then when the class does good, u take a certain amount (or a handful) of marbles out of the jar and put it into the smaller jar, when the smaller jar gets completely full, the three years olds get to annonymously vote for what type of party they want.
it could be and ice cream party, a pizza party, a movie and popcorn party, whatever u want to do.

i hope these help

Answer 5

do you mean you are a preschool/daycare worker?..

Making them listen is a laugh in it's self!..You have to think in their terms..and give them lots of notice before something (like play) is about to stop and (let's say story) is about to begin. Lots of positive guidance..lots of positive reinforcements.

Where I am, we are required by the government to take a full time 3 year college degree in childcare and child development before working with children..

It's not a cut straight answer what you are asking. Way to many things to consider..I would suggest a bit of education to help you.

Answer 6

I think to ask them questions and let them talk. Otherwise, they will lose interest. You have to be some kind of an animal, and talk like that at first to loosen them up and listen to you. This is just my opinion due to babysitting at church with2 yrs olds, and I know by the time they are three, they like to talk and try out new words, etc.

Answer 7

You need to watch the other teachers to see what kinds of little songs and finger plays they use. A teacher store would have books on finger plays and songs. Most teachers have little songs they use to get the kids to clean up, line up, and get into circle, etc.

Answer 8

Interesting activities... structure... kindness and humor... short attention spans need short instructions.... trying to make a 3 yr oild sit for more than a few minutes in like asking the sun not to shine

Answer 9

I babysit for young ones mos of the time and they listen real well when I tell them that they will get a treat if they listen and are good for the whole time.

Answer 10

Hey, well...i have no direct ways, but:

1. don't bribe them....then you would make them feel that getting them stuff is the only way to make them listen

2. don't put them in time-out

3. what i would do would be to talk to them about how important it is to listen to the teacher and that if there is something that you could change that would make them listen, change it