Ch 14: Guidance

Active listing is

• Explaining to the child how to complete a project

• Reading to a child

• Repeating what the child said to you

• used when setting limits with the children

All are principles of guidance, EXCEPT:

• be positive

• be consistent

• consider feelings

• redirect attention

A loud voice should

• Only be used in emergencies

• never be used

• used every day to keep the attention of the children

• is normal

An example of indirect guidance is

• displaying art work on the walls of the classroom

• smiling at a child

• asking the child to hang his/her coat up

• taking the child by the hand to go outside

An example of direct guidance is:

• Putting out new games for the children to play with

• rearranging the tables

• Physically helping a child

• Hanging up new name tags on the cubbies

A warning should NOT:

• be given only once

• be provided when the children do not follow classroom rules

• be used to intimidate the child

• be used at all in the classroom with children

Open ended questions

• should be used frequently by the teacher

• should be used only once a day by the teacher

• should be used seldom by the teacher

• should never be used by the teacher

Every time you speak or move around the room, you are:

• redirecting

• suggesting

• modeling

• praising

The form of guidance that involves verbal and nonverbal actions

• Direct

• Indirect

• Consequences

• Rewards

Effective teachers use more __________, rather than commands.

• ideas

• techniques

• suggestions

• talking