Working in a kindergarten class has given me a chance to get the full experience of tattling! It seemed that every time I turned around, I had someone else pulling on my sleeve wanting to tell me what Hayden had done or what Gabby had said. There wasn't a day that went by that we didn't have to ask the question "Is it hurting you? Is it hurting someone else?" At first, the student's didn't respond well to this question, but eventually, they started to get the criteria for coming to me or the other teacher with their problems. I think having a visual in the classroom that they could go to with their problems would have helped them when they really felt like they needed to tell about something that happened in class. I love this for any class that has a problem with young children who feel the need to inform the teacher of every problem going on in the classroom. I know I will definitely be hanging one of these in my classroom!
http://gigglesgalore.net/tattle-monster/
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