Behaviour Management Archives

The Talkative Classroom: Noise Volume Control Methods

Posted on July 20, 2022 by educationalist |

Being known as the teacher with ‘loud’ classrooms and the teacher who can manage ‘loud’ classrooms brings me great joy to share some of my classroom noise volume control methods with you. If your classroom is anything like mine, highly…

Teaching Tip: Gaining Attention via Deliberate Mistakes

Posted on January 14, 2022 by educationalist |

I was in senior school, and like many senior schoolers, I spent large amounts of my time in the classroom daydreaming. That was until my math teacher started making regular math mistakes on the whiteboard. When the mistakes first started,…

How to Teach Honesty and the Understanding of Perspective!

Posted on January 16, 2021 by educationalist |

– An important lesson to give all children Whether it be at home or in the schoolyard, how often does one child come to you to tell you about another child’s wrongdoing? You confront that other child, ask what they…

How a mentor can leave a positive impact on your child

Posted on January 12, 2021 by educationalist |

It wasn’t too long into my teaching career when I witnessed the impact parents had on their children. Whether it be positive or negative, a child’s best and worst traits often come from their parents’ actions. From birth, everything a child…

“I’m a Superhero!” Improved behaviour by modelling a Superhero

Posted on January 1, 2021 by educationalist |

Bad egg! Horrible kid! Evil! Devil! – These are only a few, of many labels that I have heard children be named. And trust me, they can get worse. Honestly speaking, I can even put my hand up and say…

Do parenting behaviours shape a child’s personality?

Posted on March 19, 2020 by educationalist |

Have you ever seen a young child yelling at their parents to get what they want? Maybe it was your child yelling at you? What was your response? A smack? Yell back? Time out? As a parent or a teacher,…

Is that child naughty, or doing the right thing the wrong way?

Posted on January 27, 2020 by educationalist | 1 Comment

“Morning year 5’s, please stay seated, and copy today’s to-do list in your planner as I write it upon the board!”“Gage! What are you doing out of your chair?”This is such a typical response as a teacher! Students walking when they…

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