![]() ![]() ![]() If a child will not stay there, and gets up to walk around or move away, then call the office and ask for help. Make sure that they don’t touch any toys and tell the children that no one can play right there nearby.Ĩ. Later, if the child will also not go, then tell the child that right where he or she is sitting is now their time out spot. Let the child take the time-out later right where they are. The follow through is very important if you don’t want to go through this every day!ħ. Put your “biggest tattletale” in charge of helping you remember, and write yourself a note or set a timer. Make sure that you do not forget later to put the child in time out if you said that it could wait. Make sure you don’t forget to follow through later. Sometimes, kids are looking for that big reaction, and if you reinforce that, this is more likely to happen a second time.Ħ. Try not to show that you are mad, or you will have let the child “win.” If he or she still won’t go, let them know that you will not forget, and that it’s okay with you that they chose to give up all of their playtime later instead of a little time now.ĭon’t let the child see that you are upset!ĥ. ![]() Let the child know it’s okay if they choose to take a long time out later. Then tell the child that he won’t be able to do it unless he goes to time out now.Ĥ. Ask them to invite that child to play with them later. Usually they will all start saying, “Just go NOW!” Ask the other children what they would like to play during playtime with the offending child. Ask the other children to help the child decide which he or she should choose. Give the child a choice to go now or later.Īfter I ask the child a few times to go, I make it clear that the child has two choices: to go now for five minutes, (and tell them that’s not much time), or to go later for a long time, usually giving up ALL of playtime or recess.ģ. I first keep insisting that he or she go, like a broken record.Ģ. Here is the basic gist of what I do when children refuse to go to time out when they are told, and there is no doubt that they really MUST go (such as if the child is openly defiant or disrespectful to the teacher, another adult, or hurts another child.) Please keep in mind that this is for major problems I do not do this for “every little thing.”ġ. What Do You Do When A Child Will Not Go To Time Out? I hope you enjoy it! I find that a bunch of the songs on it are extremely helpful, such as “I Can Follow the Rules,” “The Tattling Song,” “No Interrupting,” “Is It a Question or a Story?” and the “Glue Song” (“Just a dot, not a lot! One dot!”) I highly recommend it!Īlso, our Classroom Management DVD is DONE and now posted on our website here. She also takes questions from teachers that are struggling and are looking for help. I also would like to mention that there is now a great new blog that is written by a teacher that has been working with emotionally disturbed special education children for 20 years! It’s called Teaching Through Turbulence, and the author, Heather, tackles some very difficult situations and tells how she has dealt with them through the years. I would love to hear from more of you if you have other ideas to contribute! As far as I am concerned, the more ideas and experiences that we all have to draw from, the better! By the way, if there are any other questions you would like me to tackle, please feel free to leave a comment below or post it on my Facebook page! It was also the topic of part of my classroom management presentation at the SDE Missouri Kindergarten Conference that I was at last Tuesday, and the Alabama Kindergarten Association Conference last week on Saturday! So the topic is on my mind at the moment. This question was recently asked of me on my HeidiSongs Facebook page, and because it is such a difficult issue to deal with, I thought that I would post my response and of some of the other responses here. What should you do when you tell a child to go to time out, but the child refuses to go? There are few things that are harder to deal with as far as discipline problems are concerned, in my opinion. ![]()
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