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 Children need adults to teach, guide, and support them as they grow and learn. Child care providers play an important role in guiding children's behaviour in positive, supportive, and age-appropriate ways. The most appropriate ways to guide behaviour vary according to the age and stage of children and dependant on their developmental abilities and needs.
For example, two year-olds may need a lot of redirection, but five-year olds can be great problem solvers. Effective guidance strategies also depend on an individual child's personality and strategies that work well for one child may not be effective for another child of the same age.
Strategies for Guiding Children's Behaviour in Child Care Settings
Here are some basic tips child care providers can use to guide children's behaviour:
Keep rules simple and easy to understand.
Discuss rules with children and consider their suggestions. Write the service rules down, keep them simple and consistent and refer to them often. A few rules that work well with children include.
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