As Educators, there will be many instances where you will need to write about a child's behaviour. For a behaviour management plan, assessments, half-yearly or yearly reports and more. The following lists descriptive words and their meaning that can be used to describe a child's behaviour.
Poppy Counting Mats enables children to add the correct number of poppies corresponding to the number on each set by adding them into the grid. This helps children with identifying numbers, supports number recognition and one to one correspondence.
The poppies provided can be cut out and glued onto the grid and also laminated to reuse over again. This is a great activity for Remembrance Day.
Children will have fun painting with puffy paint which puffs up when it dries.
ANZAC Day Colouring Pages to remember our heroes. Colouring Pages to paint, colour, collage and as a discussion point to share the ANZAC Day tradition, meaning and to commemorate this day of remembering - Our ANZACS, Lest We Forget!
Anger is an emotion that we all feel that is a natural response to certain situations or even people. Temper is associated with yelling, hitting, acting out, throwing things caused by the feeling of anger. It's important for children to understand that feeling anger is completely normal and for those children with a temper we need to provide them with tools in order for them to manage it appropriately.
The Bush Tucker Posters detail information on the nutrition bush tucker foods provides to the Aboriginal people. These posters can be used as a display and to start conversations with children on bush tucker.
I have ten little fingers,
And they all belong to me.
I can make them do things,
Do you want to see?
I can close them uptight,
I can open them wide.
I can put them together
I can make them hide.
I can make them fly high,
I can make them go low.
I can fold them like this and hold them just so.
Butterfly and Flower Number Count Flower enables children to add the correct number of butterflies corresponding to the number on the flower. This helps children with identifying numbers and supports number recognition and one-to-one correspondence. The butterflies provided can be cut out and glued onto each flower. These can also be laminated and used as play dough mats.
Self-regulation can be understood as a suite of skills needed to control and manage one’s own emotions and behaviours in a wide range of setting. Learning self-regulation in the early years has been consistently linked to not just better adjusted adults but also higher levels of academic achievement in later life. The following provides strategies to support children’s self-regulation in the learning environment.
This is an easy song, especially for young children that enables them to identify different emotions and how we respond to those emotions. This song enables children to act out different feelings throughout song.
The Alphabet With Picture Posters are posters that have each letter of the alphabet as well as a matching picture. This can be used in a variety of ways including as a display, to teach children letters and corresponding words and more.
Emotional Intelligence is now widely accepted as a fundamental life skill which can be nurtured even in young children. Identifying, labelling and talking about emotions not only helps them regulate their own emotions but also tune in to how people are feeling around them. The following article provide strategies on teaching children about emotions.
