strategies you can use to encourage and reinforce positive behaviour?

Answer 1

Pennster is right on track. I make it a habit in my classroom to "catch the kids being good," and nothing is more effective than smiling at little Johnny and saying "Wow, Johnny is such a wonderful listener. Thanks, Johnny, I'm so proud of you!" When you do that, all the other children are suddenly in a hurry to show you how well they can listen, too, in order to earn the same compliment. It's far more effective than saying "Mary, Suzy, and George, you are not listening! You need to be quiet!" I don't believe in using stickers or material rewards to reinforce good behavior because the children won't learn to just be proud of themselves and to want to do the right thing. When you use positive praise and attention instead, you are helping the children build their own internal motivation for good behavior. Internally motivated behaviors are much more likely to last than externally motivated behaviors (such as motivations like stickers).

Answer 2

If it's a minor behavior you are trying to correct, I completely agree with the "Oh I love the way Johnny is listening today - or I love the way Susie is sitting in her chair today" - for major behaviors such as under the table during circle time, constant chatter - you can make yourselves crazy because those children need to LEARN self control. (that's barring any ADD or ADHD behaviors of course). So, we play the red square green square game. The parent is told first because it will not work without parent participation or cooperation. Then we explain the game to the child. You choose one behavior. The last child we played this game with was "when the teacher is talking, you are listening" - if he did this he got a green square. If we had to remind him 50 times, he got a red square. Red squares are ignored and not used as punishment - green squares are collected to be used to get something the child really wants. That part is up to the parent. This usually takes a month and the game is over. By then, you know if the child has self control, the child is extremely proud of him/herself and we even have them bring in the toy or whatever it is they earned to share with the class. It normally turns into a class effort with everyone helping the one child try to earn his green square. It hasn't failed me yet!

Answer 3

The most important thing is to notice the good behavior! Your attention is the most rewarding thing you can give, so make sure you give a smile and briefly say how much you like whatever your child is doing. No need to be extreme so keep it natural.

A good rule of thumb is to say 3 positive things about your child's behavior for every criticism or negative. This is a lot harder than it sounds, but the more you make yourself notice the good to comment on it, the more you will change how you see your child's behavior and you'll start to see the good naturally.

Some kids like charts and stickers to work to a goal, but they are an extra bonus on top of your attention.

Answer 4

hands on creatvity!!!!!!!!!

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