- My niece is 6 and acts like a teenager ( rolls eyes, can’t focus on anything, spaces off, TWIRLS HER HAIR!!!) how can I motivate her in a positive way instead of getting angry, because her tentiveness is starting to effect her in school.{Noelle}
How do you try to push those individuals with a low activity level to an average activity level? Especially in a classroom where you might have some students bouncing off the walls and some that are as mellow as can be?
I am finding it very interesting to learn about the temperament traits and how we are able to distinguish the levels of each trait in people of all ages. Having knowledge of these traits will be a huge benefit in a future career with children. In my current career I manage a team of customer service representatives who take incoming phone calls. Within this job position there are service requirements that need to be met and I have one person in particular on my team who has a very low activity level. I have tried everything to motivate this person but cannot get her to show initiative or enthusiasm in her job. Have you worked with adults with low activity levels and what would you suggest I do to motivate an adult with a very low activity level? Thanks...Laura Roos
In the toddler room, at the daycare, where I work, there is a toddler boy that runs circles around everyone. He has endless energy and can not play with an item for more than a couple minutes. He always get in trouble for not sitting/staying in timeout. Although he is one of the smallest kid, he acts like a bully, taking any toys he wants, even if someone else has it. So by the time you stop and/or redirect his attention to a different toy, he is off in a different direction, for something else. I guess my question is; Is there a way and/or ideas to slow him down and get him to focus on something longer? (I know toddlers have a short attention span but his is much shorter!)
How as a parent would you treat the way you go about things if you have one kid that has a high activity level, one with a low level, and another that is in between? I am sure each kid wants to go about doing things differently. How would you make sure you meet every child's needs?
if the adult has a lower activity and most of there children have a high activity lever will they still be able to engage the kids or is this not a good fit
Laurie & Ashley - I love Activity Level questions :) As a highly active person married to a less active person I have come to appreciate the differences after 17 years. The key for me is understanding & acknowledging that they are not going to be like me. If I let it frustrate me then that is me making the choice to be frustrated. For active children you need to recognize that they are going to need more opportunities to move & if they stand while others sit does it mean they aren't listening or gaining as much from the activity? I don't think so. As children get older & go to school you can teach them techniques on how to work with their activity level but with toddlers & young preschoolers we first have to accept their temperament & then model for them other ways. They may or may not be able to use that modeling right now but you are the only one that can allow you to be frustrated with it. Yes Ashley we 'assume' that in order to learn/listed one needs to be still - but is that really the case? nope!
Going along with Laurie's question, one of the boy's I babysit has an attention span much alike. He cannot do one thing for more than five minutes and his distractability level is very high. He gets side-tracked a lot. If we start to watch a movie, he will watch, but the entire time he is constantly getting down and back up onto the bed. Up and down. The minute I try and make him sit down and concentrate he throws a fit. After learning about temperment in class I decided to watch what he does exactly while we watch a movie. I noticed that even though he is constantly moving around his eyes don't leave the television screen. I've come to conclude that even though it may seem like he is paying attention, he is. He just has a very high activity level. (Ashley Wilts 227)
I have a child in my Sunday school class who is highly active. She does not listen to instructions, cannot sit still, and usually refuses to sit down we get together in a circle on the floor to listen to the lesson. Considering I only spend 45 minutes a week with this child would I be better off to let her continue to fidget and stand up while the rest of the class is sitting in order to appease her active temperament? I am also concerned her actions are distracting to the other children and taking away from their opportunity to learn. Thanks! Laura Roos
One of my two year olds at the daycare I work at is very active. He likes to get up during meals to walk around the eating area. He doesn't eat very much because he is up walking around. How do I teach him to sit still for short periods of time so that he can eat some of his food? Sheryl Moerman (227)
How do you get a child thats highly active to calm down at night? My four year old daughter has been up at night until 11, 12 and even 1 some nights!! She lays in bed and screws around, tosses and turns, gets up to go to the bathroom, get a drink, anything and everything she is up! I have tried skipping nap during the day and it doesn't matter she is still wide awake at night. I have also tried doing alot of activites right before bed like playing ball but nothing seems to work. (227)
I have a very low activity and I am one of those students who gets really annoyed when we do "let's get up and move around" activities but I know some people love things like that. How do you find that balance to please everyone?
What is a good activity to do in the classroom to get young children with many different activity levels to be engaged in the activity and the learning? (ECE 227)
I think activity level is one of those traits that can easily frustrate adults. We want them to stop & listen because we believe they are paying attention better.... or we have something we desire to 'accomplish' with them while are still.
While it is important to offer all children the opportunity to 'move' active children need to be understood at a different level...it may be fidgeting, it may be tapping, it may be wandering. If you stop & watch you may find a very easy 'activity' that they can 'do' while you are still able to 'accomplish' what you set out to do.
Ask these questions.... if they stand does it matter? if they sit a few feet back & are able to tap their foot does it matter? will all the other children REALLY want to follow suit?(only if they are getting attention) :)
Whose 'need' is it to 'sit'? Is there another way? Think big!
I think activity level should be one of those things that can be balanced out by everyone no matter what the activity level each person has. What do you guys think?
After learning about different activity levels I was able to develop a new method for circle time in the toddler room that I work in. Now that I understand why certain children do not like to sit and listen to stories I have added direction following activities (such as touch your toes, touch your ears, find me something blue, find me a circle) that way the children can move around and aren't stuck in one spot for a long period of time.
Lori...Thank you for the comment you posted on 10-26 at 6:52 PM. It really helped me think about the question I had asked and how I may be able to address these "little things" in the future by "thinking big". :) Thanks, again! Laura Roos
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- My niece is 6 and acts like a teenager ( rolls eyes, can’t focus on anything, spaces off, TWIRLS HER HAIR!!!) how can I motivate her in a positive way instead of getting angry, because her tentiveness is starting to effect her in school.{Noelle}
How do you try to push those individuals with a low activity level to an average activity level? Especially in a classroom where you might have some students bouncing off the walls and some that are as mellow as can be?
I am finding it very interesting to learn about the temperament traits and how we are able to distinguish the levels of each trait in people of all ages. Having knowledge of these traits will be a huge benefit in a future career with children. In my current career I manage a team of customer service representatives who take incoming phone calls. Within this job position there are service requirements that need to be met and I have one person in particular on my team who has a very low activity level. I have tried everything to motivate this person but cannot get her to show initiative or enthusiasm in her job. Have you worked with adults with low activity levels and what would you suggest I do to motivate an adult with a very low activity level? Thanks...Laura Roos
In the toddler room, at the daycare, where I work, there is a toddler boy that runs circles around everyone. He has endless energy and can not play with an item for more than a couple minutes. He always get in trouble for not sitting/staying in timeout. Although he is one of the smallest kid, he acts like a bully, taking any toys he wants, even if someone else has it. So by the time you stop and/or redirect his attention to a different toy, he is off in a different direction, for something else. I guess my question is; Is there a way and/or ideas to slow him down and get him to focus on something longer? (I know toddlers have a short attention span but his is much shorter!)
How as a parent would you treat the way you go about things if you have one kid that has a high activity level, one with a low level, and another that is in between? I am sure each kid wants to go about doing things differently. How would you make sure you meet every child's needs?
if the adult has a lower activity and most of there children have a high activity lever will they still be able to engage the kids or is this not a good fit
Laurie & Ashley - I love Activity Level questions :) As a highly active person married to a less active person I have come to appreciate the differences after 17 years. The key for me is understanding & acknowledging that they are not going to be like me. If I let it frustrate me then that is me making the choice to be frustrated. For active children you need to recognize that they are going to need more opportunities to move & if they stand while others sit does it mean they aren't listening or gaining as much from the activity? I don't think so. As children get older & go to school you can teach them techniques on how to work with their activity level but with toddlers & young preschoolers we first have to accept their temperament & then model for them other ways. They may or may not be able to use that modeling right now but you are the only one that can allow you to be frustrated with it. Yes Ashley we 'assume' that in order to learn/listed one needs to be still - but is that really the case? nope!
Going along with Laurie's question, one of the boy's I babysit has an attention span much alike. He cannot do one thing for more than five minutes and his distractability level is very high. He gets side-tracked a lot. If we start to watch a movie, he will watch, but the entire time he is constantly getting down and back up onto the bed. Up and down. The minute I try and make him sit down and concentrate he throws a fit. After learning about temperment in class I decided to watch what he does exactly while we watch a movie. I noticed that even though he is constantly moving around his eyes don't leave the television screen. I've come to conclude that even though it may seem like he is paying attention, he is. He just has a very high activity level. (Ashley Wilts 227)
I have a child in my Sunday school class who is highly active. She does not listen to instructions, cannot sit still, and usually refuses to sit down we get together in a circle on the floor to listen to the lesson. Considering I only spend 45 minutes a week with this child would I be better off to let her continue to fidget and stand up while the rest of the class is sitting in order to appease her active temperament? I am also concerned her actions are distracting to the other children and taking away from their opportunity to learn. Thanks! Laura Roos
One of my two year olds at the daycare I work at is very active. He likes to get up during meals to walk around the eating area. He doesn't eat very much because he is up walking around. How do I teach him to sit still for short periods of time so that he can eat some of his food? Sheryl Moerman (227)
How do you get a child thats highly active to calm down at night? My four year old daughter has been up at night until 11, 12 and even 1 some nights!! She lays in bed and screws around, tosses and turns, gets up to go to the bathroom, get a drink, anything and everything she is up! I have tried skipping nap during the day and it doesn't matter she is still wide awake at night. I have also tried doing alot of activites right before bed like playing ball but nothing seems to work. (227)
I have a very low activity and I am one of those students who gets really annoyed when we do "let's get up and move around" activities but I know some people love things like that. How do you find that balance to please everyone?
What is a good activity to do in the classroom to get young children with many different activity levels to be engaged in the activity and the learning? (ECE 227)
I think activity level is one of those traits that can easily frustrate adults. We want them to stop & listen because we believe they are paying attention better.... or we have something we desire to 'accomplish' with them while are still.
While it is important to offer all children the opportunity to 'move' active children need to be understood at a different level...it may be fidgeting, it may be tapping, it may be wandering. If you stop & watch you may find a very easy 'activity' that they can 'do' while you are still able to 'accomplish' what you set out to do.
Ask these questions.... if they stand does it matter? if they sit a few feet back & are able to tap their foot does it matter? will all the other children REALLY want to follow suit?(only if they are getting attention) :)
Whose 'need' is it to 'sit'? Is there another way? Think big!
I think activity level should be one of those things that can be balanced out by everyone no matter what the activity level each person has. What do you guys think?
After learning about different activity levels I was able to develop a new method for circle time in the toddler room that I work in. Now that I understand why certain children do not like to sit and listen to stories I have added direction following activities (such as touch your toes, touch your ears, find me something blue, find me a circle) that way the children can move around and aren't stuck in one spot for a long period of time.
Lori...Thank you for the comment you posted on 10-26 at 6:52 PM. It really helped me think about the question I had asked and how I may be able to address these "little things" in the future by "thinking big". :) Thanks, again! Laura Roos
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