PROBLEM-SOLVING

As a general rule, the teacher will take responsibility for maintaining discipline in the classroom.  Being with the children on a day-to-day basis in the classroom may make her better able to judge the situation based on individual needs.  Then she can support you in helping the children resolve their own conflict.  Try to get a child who has been excluded by others interacting with a group.  If this isn't working, try to find something else for him/her to do.  Give the children enough room to work in.  If too many want the same thing, try to accommodate or get them interested in other things.  Recognize and appreciate adult standards of politeness and fairness, but don't expect or demand them from children.  In the classroom, the teacher must set standards which reflect the individual differences of all children.  When you are co-oping, give your child as much attention and love as he/she needs while he/she is learning to share you with other children.  Allow him/her to do things independently without interfering in his/her activities with others.  Avoid disciplining your child in front of peers.  Help your child understand that though you are here, school rules and routines must be observed.