Yes we abandoned the tidy up music a long time ago for the same reasons, it just hypes some up. I realise it is my classroom management that is the problem, so I was just looking for advice. What I am trying to do is to make these transition times as 'flowing' as possible, so that the children are not standing about doing nothing, or running around. I would prefer the transition to not stop and start as much. Also, I just don't like the idea of 'lining up' nursery children. I am new to the class this year, and I know the previous teacher lined them up for outside play, and they waited in line to get their coats on, but I don't want to do this, because I think they will still push and shove, and be standing around doing nothing for this time, waiting. ![]() There is a class set of waterproofs, but I haven't even attempted this yet, which I know is a shame. It is a little easier now that it is getting warmer and children are not wearing coats, but when we need coats it is tricky. I have tried to let some out first with my nursery assistant, but our playground and nursery are as such that when me or my assistant go out by ourselves it is hard to see all of the children, or to see the other member of staff if someone falls for instance. The problem is that the room needs to be tidied before we go out because our routine is outdoor play and then story, and my nursery assistant re-sets it when I am reading story so the tables need to be cleared, but as the room gets tidied I realise children are 'milling about' and I know that is why the behaviour starts. This presents my second problem: Our hallway is tiny, and I am having difficulty stopping the children from rushing towards the door to get out after tidy up time, and then pushing and shoving in the small hallway. Straight after tidy up time we go outside. We try to model tidying up, and obviously do it with the children, but it is very difficult to manage the behaviours sometimes when we start. I realise the music is very jolly, and I have tried different tempos, or not putting music on at all and using a shaker for instance, but it is very hard to stop some of the running about. ![]() When we start, some children tidy and quite a few others start to run about the room and get quite 'hyper'. When we tidy up I put on a tidy up song as a cue to start (I also verbally remind them beforehand that it will be happening soon). ![]() Hi everyone, I've just joined, so apologies if I have put this in the wrong place or if it has already been covered - I did a quick search but couldn't find anything.Īnyway, my problem is this: I have one nursery class (Northern Ireland) of 26 children aged 3-4, and one nursery assistant.
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