how to discipline a kindergartner?

Question

how to discipline a kindergartner?

Answer 1

She honestly sounds like she is just being a kid. Kids are going to talk. You just need to sit her down and explain to her that you can't talk out of turn. You should also do something like 5 minutes in the time out chair or the corner for every day she comes home with a note saying her card has been turned. But you need to tell her this is what you are going to do so she won't be surprised that you just do it one day. And before you do it you should say something like "Now, remember what mommy told you about talking out of turn? I told you if your card was pulled your going to get time out for 5 minutes and your teacher said your card was turned today. So go get in time out and I will tell you when your times up". It might be helpful to put a timer near your child so she will know when her time in time out is done.

Answer 2

Rather than looking to punish her, why not look for ways to reward her for GOOD behavior? My son gets a certificate sent home for every day that he has exceptional behavior. We have a dry erase board in our kitchen. Every time he brings one home, he gets a point. Every ten points, he earns a reward that we chose together. The rewards are small.. like ice cream or a movie night, but they really motivate him to be on his best behavior. He gets a certificate almost every day. :) Good luck.

Answer 3

I was just like her until about 3rd grade when I had a really strict teacher, who involved me in EVERYTHING and made me come up in front of the class to do my journals or math equations. I'm still pretty young so I remember what it was like. If you want, you can switch her tracks, put her in a new class she will be shy and uncomfortable so less talkative. But that's a horrible idea so don't do it.

Answer 4

Isolate her take everything out of her room so she thinks about wat she did and pluss the isolation will help with the center of attention thing

Answer 5

Use a whip! Sike...

Answer 6

Lousy parents + lousy school = big mystery why the kid is less than happy? Seriously?



She "sees us always in a position of authority," great, instead of as loving parents. You were hit, want to keep up the violence for the next miserable generation, great.



That sucks that you can't send her to a better school; I cannot believe you are taking such sad classroom management so seriously. If Mom AND Dad AND teacher are all totally helpless when it comes to discipline unless it's punish-punish-punish, I don't know; maybe you should go back to hitting her? Hmm



"I am thinking about taking away her art supplies or making her go to bed earlier"



What do you think that might accomplish...?



Here -- read -- THINK --



"Something Better Than Punishment"

http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/H/HE-0687/



"Building a Positive Relationship with Your Child"

http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/H/HE-0684/



"Am I Spoiling My Child?"

http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/H/HE-0718/



"Helping Young Children Behave"

http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/H/HE-0719/

Answer 7

We have a 5 year old daughter (well my step daughter) and she also is talkative in school. We know that she is talkative because she is bored as she has already passed for everything she needs to learn this year and has openly admitted that she is bored. We talked to her about it when we found out she was talking in class and we told her that she was also breaking one of our house rules by talking in class-you can't interrupt-and she is interrupting the teacher. We told her how even though she already knows all of that stuff the people she is talking to might not, and it's important to let them hear so that they can learn it too. Haven't had a problem since.



You are a teacher, so you probably worked with your child extensively on education also. She also may be bored in class. If that's the case perhaps you could work it out with her teacher to have special worksheets for her kept in a folder so that she can take them out when she is bored instead of talking. Regardless of if that is the reason or not though, you should find out why she is talking so much.



Also, I don't see the big deal in a fidgety 5 year old-they are supposed to fidget.