Positive discipline in my daycare with toddlers and preschoolers

I have 3 great expectations in my classroom 1. Be Safe A. Keep our hands and feet to ourselves B. Keep our feet on the floor 2. Be Responsible A. Clean up when we are told to B. Take care of our belongings 3. Be A Friend A. Help our friends up if they fall or get hurt B. Give hugs when a friend needs it

1. Set boundaries/expectations 2. Repeat 3. Model 4. Managing conflict 5. Communication 6.Routine 7. Problem solving

I'm in the process of opening a daycare and this video was extremely helpful. My favorite rule you demonstrated was "no, but..." toddlers have a hard time understanding why they can't do something.

I'm a toddler lead teacher. We don't use the word whinning as its hurtful to children. We say no yelling and have a calm down area for them to use for any type of emotion. We encourage their use of their emotionas and focus on labeling the emotions and modeling aprioriate behaviors for those emotions as well as labeling other teachers and friends. Whinning is okay because it comes with being tired or angry and sad and we need to know which one is the source of the "whinning" to better help each child. I want emphasis whinning is an okay word. We just sont use words like that at our center. We also dont use the word "No". We give the reason not the statement. My We also don't make them hold our hands outside as children learn best exploring nature and the world around them and we buggy them if we're traveling distance. We never walk -2 by hand near road ways. They buggy up or are on a schoo bus. I work at a center not in home. We're modeling behaviors and how to be appropriate during play as well as focusing on social emotional development at that's 0-5s primary focus. We use the creative curriculum. I agree with some of these and support them as I've worked in all ages of early learning. I work at a 5 star facility through quality stars and OCFS regulated. A lot of our rules and standards are the same. An I agree with most of the rules here butthe rest is based on training and education.

thank you for this video! i'm new to childcare at a preschool with very high expectations from the teachers, and i feel so behind on how to get these toddlers to listen and get along with each other better. it's a lot! i've been told a lot of different things by my coworkers, and this approach fits my personality best. i'll test this out!

Seems like such great tips to raise up sweet sweet kind children!

I love the stepping back tip. It's good to let kids try to resolve their problems first then ask an adult for help. Great video!

Your tutorial is so helpful, it is always great to set those points when dealing with the little ones! Thank you so much! Loved it!

I love using timers in my classroom for sharing toys.

Wow, Krista (I hope I spelled that right) this video was amazing. These are great universal tips to use for any situation involving youngsters. I will be babysitting a little angel (outside of my family) for the first time and I needed some tips on how to do it with excellency, so this really helped. Thank you so much.

I just come across this and for sure it's very helpful..I love it thanks for the insight.

I really appreciate this not only did this help with my 2 year old but I start teaching prek tomorrow this is exciting!!

Wow so many good tips ty so much u must be a great teacher for ur kids

Thanks very helpful

Hi, this is Diane from Diane’s Daycare!!! I closed during Covid to care for a family member. I am going reopen my daycare this year2023! Thank you for this video!! Love your channel and IG too!

I love watching your videos - thank you for the time, effort, and planning you put into them. 💕

Love love love your advice! As a teacher I used a lot of these myself, I have a harder time defining expectations for my own kids. There are so many scenarios I haven’t pre-planned an expectation, or I waiver on my expectations as I consider pros and cons of each. Like letting toddlers ride in the basket, or run ahead, or eat at their kid table instead of the counter… yadda yadda. I haven’t defined some boundaries so I get frustrated… this was a good reminder

Thank you for these tips it will help me in my before and after school program.

I’ve started my new job last week. And I had 11 toddlers. The children I had were extremely hard and challenging. And I have 5 kids that hit, bite, push, kick, and climb on tables and shelves. I was struggling in that classroom.

Thank u SOOOO MUCH for this!!!