Aim 3

The aim is to give more positive comments to the children.

Rationale

During my teaching practice, I used to get the children’s who act and behave in bad way by naming them or punishing them and this happened in both circle time and focus group time. Instead I should emphasize the positive which  is a technique used to modify children's behavior by reinforcing desired behaviors. It also could improve the children’s self-esteem instead of using punishment which could hurt their self-esteem and emotional growth.


Strategies

•Praise good behavior by using names.

•Noticing something the child has done well and patting him/her on the back and praising him/her in front of the class.

•Say positive things about the children who have positive behavior, so the other children who have negative behavior can notice that and act as the same attitude as the other children.

 

 

Children's pictures

 

Mentor Observation

 

 

Self evaluation

Week 1:

o I praised the good behavior children by using their names. Such as, very good (name), good job (name), well done (name) … . This encouraged them to act in a good behavior and let the other children to imitate them. This is a type of social reinforcement which is most effective when the action being praised is clearly communicated.

o I said positive things about the children who have positive behavior. I like the way (name) is sitting, I can see (name) is a good listener, (name) is a good boy/girl because he/she cleaned up the classroom … . This made the other children who had negative behavior noticed that and act as the same attitude as the other children.

 

 

Week 2:

o The same as last week.

o I provided a behavior chart which I glues on it the children’s pictures at the bottom of the chart and yellow stars at the top of the chart. The children who acted in a good behavior got star stickers at the top of their pictures and whoever reached to the big yellow star got a gift and a certificate.

Week 3:

o I used the behavior chart to get the children who reached to the big star and gave them gifts and certificates.

o I praised the children who followed the rules of playing games and dealing with their friends correctly. This had been noticed from the other children who were broking the games and fighting with their friends.

o I praised the good behavior children by using their names. Such as, very good (name), good job (name), well done (name) … . This encouraged them to act in a good behavior and let the other children to imitate them.

Week 4:

o I said positive things about the children who have positive behavior. I like the way (name) is sitting, I can see (name) is a good listener, (name) is a good boy/girl because he/she cleaned up the classroom … . This made the other children who had negative behavior noticed that and act as the same attitude as the other children.

o I am still using the behavior chart with the children because the children were happy about it and all the time they were counting how many stars have they got and how many stars have their friend got.

Week 5:

o I praised Obaid who used to leave the school running on the road and never hold his nanny's hand. However, this time he hold her hand and walked with her to the car. I praised hem in front of all the children which encouraged hem to act in the same way every day.

o I gave Saeed a special time set aside for a computer game because he listened to the instructions effectively and did what he had to do. This reinforces is referred to as natural reinforces because the activities are tasks that are enjoyable and come naturally to a student, not an assignment.