LOL! I'm only laughing because I was a pre-school teacher about two years ago.... Yeah, about the tantrums, we were always told to let the child throw the fit if you cannot talk them out of it. I had this one 4 year old in particular that was obvious her parents heeded to her every cry. She tried to pull one of those on me but I was prepared for her.
I tried to let her understand the reason she couldnt hold the book was because it wasn't her turn and she just about flipped out. I had basically introduced her to one of her first "no's". Once that didn't work I tried the serene approach were I spoke quietly to her and asked her to please go to the screaming corner because no one wanted to see her scream and cry. She was sooooo confused, all the other kids and myself turned our backs and completely ignored her and she was trying to cry but she was more interested in the story we were trying to read.
3 months of fighting this and we let her parents know and asked them to please work with us. Well, 6 months later she broke and was able to interact positively with other children.
Sadly there are other more serious reasons to these tantrums, but this one was just lack of discipline, and believe it or not her parent's attention. Either way she was a dream once she got over this. :-) Im happy you stayed strong!!!! |