Preschool & Parenting Blog

How to Get Preschoolers to Listen to You & Respect You As a teacher or early childhood educator today, many wonder how to get preschoolers to listen in the classroom or outside the class room and respect what they are told from their parents or teachers, and act accordingly. Getting pre k kids, or young children in general to listen is no easy task for many teachers, and is the cause of much frustration for many.   The preschool educational article written below is an original article written by Marisa Robinson, a professional early childhood educator (R.E.C.E) which gives insight into how to get preschoolers to listen by being consistent and firm in your actions. She provides some very valuable information and real life experiences for parents and teachers looking to take charge of the preschool or kindergarten children in their care and getting preschoolers/children to listen using some great ideas for fast, effective results that work. Read the entire educational article by Marisa Robinson (R.E.C.E) below and please Bookmark & Share. Getting Your Preschooler to Listen to You Information for Parents, Caregivers, and ECE Teachers Dealing with Behavior Issues In Children As an Early Childhood Educator I have had many parents approach me and ask this question: “How do you get my child to listen to you, they won’t do that for me, or, they don’t listen to me like that.” The answer is simple. If you want to know the answer please read this article and share accordingly. No means no. Now before you roll your eyes and say, “I’ve heard that before, I’ve tried it and it doesn’t work.” You need to read what I have tried and guarantee will work.   I was a supply teacher for a while and would cover vacations and maternity leaves and sick days at a daycare. So I got tested really badly from the preschool children in my care. Why wouldn’t I, I was a new teacher that wasn’t there everyday so the children wanted to test me to see what they would get away with. One day in particular I had set out the teeter-totter for the children on the playground (among other toys to play with). One of the daycare rules that the children know very well is that when they are on the teeter-totter with a friend, they are not supposed to jump off the teeter-totter while they have their friend on the other end, up in the air. They know that their friend will end up slamming down to the ground and could be injured. I observed this one young boy do it to one of his friends. So I reminded him that we weren’t supposed to do that. About 15 minutes later I saw him do it again. As a Parent or ECE Teacher – What would you do? A. Give him 2 more chances? B. Remove him from the teeter-totter and let him play somewhere else? C. Keep reminding him of the rules hoping he will stop? D. Ignore the situation; he’s […]