What are some simple classroom guidelines for preschool children?

Question

I must be able to add some type of picture to go along with each preschool classroom guideline.

Answer 1

NO EATING

NO TALKING WITHOUT PERMISSION

KEEP HANDS AND FEET TO THYSELF

AND NO ELECTRONICS!

Answer 2

Generally speaking people try to make preschool rules too difficult.  Children can not read and will not remember long sentences.  In my class room we use simple word prompts with pictures to remind children what the rules are.  At the beginning of the year we explain what the rules mean.  In example we use Gentle Hands.    We explain that we want the children to be gentle and that being gentle is not hurting the other children and being supportive of children who have been hurt or are scared.  Then for the rest of the Year we just say Gentle hands when the children start to get rough.  

Gentle Hands- Put a picture of childrens hands

Walking Feet-Picture of feet

Listening Ears-Picture of ears

Clean Up-Picture of one of the shelves with everything put up.

Each classroom may have more depending on the enviroment and way they do classroom organization.

We have ladybugs on each center.  Each lady bug has spots with velcro tabs.  The children each have there name on a spot that also has a velcro tab.  The number of chldren allowed in each center is determined by the number of spots on the bug.

So to be in that center they have to go and put the spot with their name on an empty spot on the bug.  It controls the number of children in each center while still allowing free choice.  So then we have the rule.....

Spots on ladybugs

But this rule is very difficult to implement until the children reach the older 3s.  So it depends on the age you are working with.  Younger than that they loose their name or just don't get the idea.  I have seem many schools try to implement it with 2s and young 3s but I have never seen it work well the teacher ends up doing all the work.  

These are just some ideas.

Answer 3

Not to take guns into school like the other kids do there is far too much gun war in the usa   and we know why  B.W. bush  knows who really did evil on 911 day  we have seen the pentagon video  and we know there was no plane at the pentagon abd the plane that hit the south twin tower that had a missile under it  look at G.W. bush he knows who did this

Answer 4

Our class rules are:

Be Safe

Be Kind

Be Neat

To display our rules I typed the words in the center of a paper then cropped every child's photo and placed them around the edges.

We refer to the rules reguarly and discuss  ways to be safe, kind and neat.

Answer 5

Go to ERIC- Education Resources Information Center's website. Use this link:http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.po...

Answer 6

1.No talking while the teacher is talking

2.Raise your hand when you want to ask a question

3.Pick up after yourself during clean up time and

4.Stay quiet in line

Answer 7

keep your hands to yourself

dont throw your food

pick up your mess

listen to the teacher

raise your hand to talk

Answer 8

The ones listed here are all your basics. Just be sure to phrase them in a positive manner. 'We keep our hands to ourselves' instead of 'no hitting' - Like that. Clip Art at microsoft office . com could help you find pics. I'd use

We are Safe

We are Kind

That pretty much sums up everythng, and the kids could easily memorize and recite it. Then, when suzie steals mikeys paint, you could say, suzy, are you being kind? - and when jonny is climbing up the bookshelf, you could ask him as you extract him from the light fixtures..Jonny, it that a safe choice?

Keep it simple!

Answer 9

NO SPITTING.

NO BITING.

NO HITTING.

LEARN BY PLAYING.

REMEMBER MUMS AND DADS........PLAYING IS LEARNING.

Answer 10

We have a pictoral rules poster in my classroom of older 3s, younger 4s.  We use positive language as much as possible, avoiding the use of "no" or "not" in our rules; instead, we aim to teach the children what they CAN do.  The four rules that we have are:

Gentle touches (a picture of a child giving a hug)

Listening ears (a picture of a child's ear)

Walking feet (a picture of a child's feet)

Inside voices (a picture of a child's mouth)

I also agree that using photographs is better than clip art.  I was lucky enough to use our center's digital camera and take pictures of the children in the class, but you could also use magazine cutouts if needed.

We posted the four rules on a posterboard and had each child "sign" it.  When a problem arises, I walk the child over to the poster and ask them what rule they need to remember (pointing to it to help out if needed).  We also review the rules as a class, especially when there is a particular problem.

Answer 11

Rules/guidelines often work best when they're stated in a positive way. Instead of constantly telling kids what they CAN'T do, tell them what they CAN do. Things like "we play instead of wrestle" or "blocks are for building" or "walk indoors and run outdoors", etc.

Often we tell kids what they can't do without giving them any ideas for what they can do. When children go running through a classroom and someone yells "no running!", the kid is suddenly out of options. If you say "We walk indoors - how slooooow can you walk? Can you show me a silly way to walk?" or something like that, it reminds them of the rules and gives them choices. They're more likely to follow the rules this way.

Be sure the post the rules with pictures AND words so that the kids begin to understand print concepts. Also, try to use actual photographs instead of cartoon/clipart pictures. According to Developmentally Appropriate Practices, they're more appropriate.  

One more option - discuss the rules with the kids. Have a class meeting and ask them what kinds of rules they think would help them feel safe and have fun. Chart their responses on an easel or chalkboard so they can see them. Have a few ideas of general rules in mind at the start, but be open to new ideas. Then, try to summarize all the ideas in only 3 or 4 broad rules. That way it's not overwhelming. Besides, the kids are more likely to follow rules they helped come up with. Good luck!

Answer 12

i agree i with toomanybuns00

Answer 13

keep your hands and feet too your self

share

no hitting

Answer 14

I was a preschool teacher and belive me it is not easy but some guide lines I used were no biting, no hiting, no punching, no kicking, no screaming, and to share

p.s. it was only a part time job and i was an assistent bc I am only 13