Behavior

Giving students feedback about their behavior is just as important as checking in with them about aspects of their academic performance. But as you might have observed in your own…

Positive descriptive feedback is one of the most effective ways to reinforce desired behavior in young children and address behavior challenges in a gentle, nonpunitive way. Equally useful for both…

When your early childhood program has resumed in-person classes, you might notice an uptick in challenging behavior. This year has been incredibly tough on families across the country, and young…

As the new school year begins in schools and in homes across the country, self-regulation will be essential to students’ social-emotional well-being and readiness for learning. This week, we’re pleased…

Self-regulation—for both students and teachers—will be an important protective factor in virtual and in-person classrooms across the country as a challenging new school year gets underway. Today the Inclusion Lab…

How do you promote friendships and peer engagement in your inclusive early childhood classroom? Encouraging communication and cooperation is important for all your young learners, but it may be more…

Each October, we provide you with some practical tips and strategies for National Bullying Prevention Month—a nationwide campaign founded more than a decade ago by PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center. This year, we’re…

Interventions are important when students engage in challenging behaviors—but build a strong foundation of preventative strategies, and you’ll probably find that fewer students need behavior interventions. Today’s blog post is…

Strong relationship skills help lay the foundation for young children’s social-emotional development. As an early childhood educator, what can you do to help the children in your classroom initiate and…

As we approach the end of another school year, take a minute to think about the behavior challenges you’ve encountered in your classroom since September. What strategies worked best for…