Ripeberry
22-04-2009, 03:17 PM
Sorry, maybe a bad title but i regularly help at our local pre-school once or twice a week and on a few of those days, one child in particular ends up annoying and upsetting everyone.
He is just over 3yrs old but just won't let anyone just play.
He does understand how to share and we praise him when he does but he just does not like anyone else enjoying themselves.
Today he has hit 4 children, almost pushed one down a small slide backwards, had a screaming fit at another child.
But at least he does not attack adults or shout at them and if you give him attention or distract him it work for a couple of minutes.
He does have a short attention span so he will grab things off other kids and then find something else to do.
I usually tell the kids to not fight with him and just wait until he is bored and most of the time they get the toy back within a minute or two.
Is that the right approach or could i be doing something else?
He is just over 3yrs old but just won't let anyone just play.
He does understand how to share and we praise him when he does but he just does not like anyone else enjoying themselves.
Today he has hit 4 children, almost pushed one down a small slide backwards, had a screaming fit at another child.
But at least he does not attack adults or shout at them and if you give him attention or distract him it work for a couple of minutes.
He does have a short attention span so he will grab things off other kids and then find something else to do.
I usually tell the kids to not fight with him and just wait until he is bored and most of the time they get the toy back within a minute or two.
Is that the right approach or could i be doing something else?