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Art of Redirection
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One time there were some children doing art on a table and another child wanted to join them and also do art but the table was full. I used redirection by explaining to the child that the table was currently all filled so they can do another fun activity. I explained how they needed to wait their turn and they would be able to do art after one person leaves, but as they wait they can have fun doing another activity.
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Great use of redirection to avoid conflict! Teaching effective communication can involve using visuals, turn-taking games, and role-playing to help children understand sharing concepts.
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One of my students was rolling around on the carpet and started to do yoga tricks. I asked the student if that’s how we sit on carpet and the student replied with no then sat down again. Next time I looked over the student had another student join them in yoga so I asked both students if that’s how we sit and they both responded no, so then I asked if they needed to get their wiggles out and they said yes. So I put on a Brian break for the class to wiggle it out. The students enjoyed it and then I told my class if they need a wiggle break that they can always ask but rolling around the carpet when its not the appropriate time is not a good choice. They all did well.
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Great job, Roxana! Your use of redirection and creativity with the wiggle break effectively addressed the behavioral issue and promoted effective communication with the students. Keep up the good work!
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I love to use redirections when a child is feeling sad when mommy or daddy are leaving….there are typically some big emotions. Knowing what most of my children in my class like I will start asking them about something they did recently, play dumb on all my dinosaur facts and they have to tell me what dino’s I have etc. It works everytime.
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I have a 4 year old almost non verbal child in my daycare. At times he gets frustrated when he can not communicate with kids or kids fail to understand what he wants. When he tries to interrupt on his class mates games and they refuse to include him then I have to intervene and sit down with the kid and play with him and then the other kids want to join us and play with us.
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Great job, Monaza! Your use of redirection to address the non-verbal child’s frustration and encourage inclusive play is a wonderful example of effective communication teaching.
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One time I had to use redirection with children was when two of my preschoolers were wanting to ride the same bike, I knew one of them loved to play catch so I grabbed a ball from the ground and asked that child if they wanted to play catch until the other child was done riding the bike. We played catch for about 10 minutes before the other child came over to say that they were done with the bike. By then, the child I was playing catch with, decided they did not want to ride the bike anymore and wanted to keep playing catch instead.
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Great job, Nicole! Using redirection with the bike situation was effective. Your approach of engaging in a different activity to divert attention was creative and successful.
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I have utilized redirection when I worked with one-year-olds. When they would throw inappropriate toys, I would say “If you want to throw, you can go get a ball. Where are the balls? Which color ball will you choose to throw?”
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I used redirection when a child was running around the room. Instead of saying ‘stop’ I offered for them to help me with a prep task.
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Great job, Jennifer! Using redirection to shift a child’s focus is a positive approach. In promoting effective communication, consider using visual aids and role-playing to teach sharing skills.
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One boy was disturbing the girl who was working on her work and she seemed annoying by that.
I brought other activity that might attract him and asked him if you want to try it.
He got interested in the new activity, and moved to other table to do that.
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Hiromi, your use of redirection to address the disruptive behavior was effective. Offering an alternative activity is a great way to engage and redirect young children’s attention positively. Keep it up!
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I recall something that happened a couple weeks ago at work. A new toy was brought out by another teacher, put on the shelf. It was a small playmobile playground set with little people and a toy structure. After establishing with some of the children who were already at school that it was best for two children to play with at a time, other children who wanted to also play with it had to wait their turn. One child was very upset and adamant about playing with the toy even though I had already established the boundary with them many times. So rather than continuing to escalate their emotions about having to wait, I take another toy from the shelf and suggest that they build a garden space to have next to the playground, they loved that redirection and that toy ended up being a counter-piece to the playmobile set for a whole week!
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Great job, Sadie! Your use of redirection effectively diffused a potential behavioral issue. Your creativity in teaching communication through redirection is commendable.
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give the child a choice on what they want to do in a positive aproach
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Chelsea, offering choices is a great way to use redirection. Incorporating visual aids and simple language can also promote effective communication in young children.
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we can ask the child how to sit and reply with positive way
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find another fun activety for that child to do
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getting them intrested in another activity in to solve he problem
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children like to be doing things to keep them stimulated and happy
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make a plan for the week for the children to keep them intrested so they are willing to learn
