Podcast: Understanding Young Children’s Behavior
Claire (right) and Leslie (left) at the Early Childhood Christian Network
I’ve had the honor of presenting at multiple ECCN events over the last year and I’ll be back again February 2025 to present at another ECCN event!
I’ve personally learned so much from this organization over the past few years and am honored to be a part of equipping fellow educators with helpful tips, tricks, and strategies to make early childhood education and more positive experience for both educators and children alike.
Funny enough, I recorded this back in July but every single point rings true for my current teaching situation in kindergarten! I’m grateful for the reminders that I needed to hear for myself as both an educator and a parent, and I hope it’s encouraging to you, too!
One powerful way to encourage young children to listen and respect boundaries is by focusing on what they should do rather than what they shouldn’t do! Join me as a guest on the Reimagine Childhood podcast, where I’ll share insights on guiding children with positive direction.
Hit play on the podcast at the bottom of this page and let me know what you think. I love your feedback! claire@summitlead.org
Ep. 46: Unwrapping the Whys: Understanding and Guiding Young Children’s Behavior with Claire Turner
Host Monica Healer:
Today’s episode will be valuable to all of you at this time of year. I’m looking forward to introducing you to Claire Turner. As an educator with two decades of experience, Claire provides a unique perspective on positive behavior interventions, collaborative communication, and other valuable team-building topics. Claire is a Kindergarten teacher and serves as the Director of Programs and Lead Educator for W.I.L.D., a ministry of SUMMIT focused on equipping women to root, bloom, and flourish while disciplining others along their journey of leadership development. Claire strives to inspire personal and professional growth in leaders and educators through interactive training courses, including everything from conferences to camping trips.
Claire and I are talking about the motivation behind behavior in young children today. This episode is a little bit longer than usual, but I think you’ll be glad you listened in. We’ll focus on attention-seeking behaviors as well as control-seeking behaviors and what you can do in your classroom to reinforce specific positive behaviors. We will also spend some time on the four main motivations of behavior: escape, sensory input, attention, and esteem.
I think what we will really learn is there are underlying motivations in all of our behaviors – adults included. This time of year with more candy, more celebrations, more everything (except sleep!) children can be a little extra challenging…and we have a little patience for their behavior. I hope this episode gives you a few new tools to use as you help these little ones learn healthy behavior patterns to meet their needs.
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