Fall is just around the corner and all of us are getting ready for our new group of children. Teaching preschool means you are their first teacher and they have no expectations or experiences of what school is all about.
I believe that the sooner you set teach your preschoolers how to pay attention is with a rhyme that they can easily learn and know the expectation when they hear it.
Even better is that they begin to complete the rhyme when you start it and give you their attention quickly.
This idea is similar to one I have used but works even quicker! One of my readers sent it in for all to try.
123 Eyes on Me
When you start teaching your class and the children are not listening just say, "123. They will look at you and wonder what you are doing.
Say to them, when I say 123, I would like you children to say, "eyes on me".
They love it when I say this to them.
They love to answer back and it helps remind them to listen.
I get more done in the classroom setting because if it does start to get out of hand, I will just say 123 - eyes on me .
Once you start doing this they will automatically stop. It works every time! Most important--don't move on until they are quiet.
The whole point is to teach them politely to listen and they will mirror it back to you.
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Mary
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