N6 Educational Psychology 3
Choose a quiet spot. It might be tempting to have your time out spot in your child’s bedroom, but that doesn’t always work -- there are too many distractions. The best time out spot is usually a chair or a beanbag in a quiet corner, away from everything, but in a location where you can see him.
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Don’t worry about the “each year equals one minute” rule. Pre-schoolers, especially younger ones, cannot sit still for very long. So as soon as you feel that the little one has settled down and is calm, it’s OK to let them leave the time out area.
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Don’t expect your child to be happy about taking a time-out. Some kids spend their time out period yelling and shouting. Part of the reason why your child is so upset is because they have emotions that they do not yet know how to control. Don’t fight with your child to stay quiet while they are in a time out. For the most part, kids will calm down on their own. If she doesn’t, that’s OK. The important thing to look for is, once the time out is finished, has her behavior improved?
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Don’t overuse the technique. Many parents say they feel like their kids spend all day in time- out. The best times to use a time out are when your child clearly needs a break from the action, when it seems like their emotions are about to take over.
3.4 Redirection DEFINITION
This technique is very effective with younger children. The educator redirects the child’s attention away from what he is doing wrong. Example: the child keeps on touching the pot plant in class that he is not allowed to touch. Take a toy that makes a sound and redirect his attention. Young children are easily distracted.
redirect: to change the path or direction of (something)
Redirection is a classic form of discipline, one that works especially well with younger children who might not necessarily understand or listen to reason and logic.
Redirection is taking a negative situation and turning it into a positive one. An example of redirection would be to sit down next to your child and say, “I see you are having trouble with getting that building
to stay up. Why don’t we try to build a zoo or a park instead? We can put your toy animals inside when we are finished.” Or, “Throwing blocks is never a good idea – someone could get hurt or something could break. How about we go outside and throw the ball to each other?” In the war between your child and the block tower, think of yourself as a neutral third party.
The key to disciplining a child isn’t just to get them to stop doing something (although that is certainly important). Discipline should also be viewed as a learning opportunity – a chance for a child to learn from her mistakes while developing good decision-making skills that she can utilise in the future.
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Make sure you are consistent. If you threaten to take something away from your child or say you aren’t going to do something if they continue a certain behaviour, make sure you follow through. Otherwise, you are just making an empty threat that won’t mean anything to your little one. If your child consistently does something you do not want her to do and you’ve told her that if she does that again she can’t watch television, carry out the punishment. If you don’t, she’ll learn that your threats are just that and she’ll continue to behave the way she wants to.
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