My daughter Huzan hs just begun teaching Maths to gifted children in a school.

There are three classes she takes. Two are fine, but the third has unruly disobedient children.

At my suggestion she appointed one of the naughtiest as monitor.

He was in charge of the door, to see that the children did not just leave when they felt like it.

What was her surprise to see that when one of the children wanted to leave he approached the door,

and this monitor opened the door for him to leave!

Any suggestions? 

I would love to give you some suggestions,.

But before I do, it would be interesting to know the age range of the Gifted Children.

It would also be interesting to know what type of teaching environment is practiced in this school.

As a general guideline,. I would begin with Tapping on myself. in this case your daughter.

My wife being a Teacher is constantly encouraged to Tap on herself first before going the way of preemptive strike,..:)

Do let me know a few more details and we just might unravel a few self discipline and overall self presence issues here.

Many Blessings

Till

My daughter tells me the average age is eight years. The children are in Grade Two. 

What other details can I let you know?

She has now asked them to bring a book to read, if they finish early.

Also, she is giving them extra sums to occupy their time, to be taken home to finish in case any are left.  

Two classes behave well. It is just this one class, about eight children.

She doesn't like to punish them!

When we were naughty in school, we got stood in the corner, given black stars, minus marks, detention, names read out in front of the whole school, treats or privileges confiscated, etc.

And we survived! And became better children.

Hi,

There's no doubt that teaching is a challenging job, and some classes are more challenging than others. I think Till had an excellent idea for your daughter to tap for herself first to relieve the stress and frustration. For example, "Even though this class is driving me crazy, I'm still a great teacher." Whatever her emotions are, she can tap on them to relieve her own emotional stress.

Second, I think your daughter is on the right track in keeping them busy, but I would encourage her to create some fun, challenging projects or centers in the room that they can work on only when they are through with their regular work. She might talk to other teachers of gifted children to get some ideas.

If she isn't using a behavior folder that goes home daily to parents, she might consider that, as well. With second graders, a happy face/sad face folder is easy or a number system: 3 is great, 2 is ok, 1 means they didn't meet the classroom behavior expectations.

Since I am not familiar with her situation, I don't know if your daughter is familiar with EFT and/or if it is possible for her to do tapping in the classroom or not. It can be presented as a game -- "we are going to tap out anything that might keep us from learning today." Let the children offer ideas. They may come up with such things as, "I want to be home," "I don't like this class," "I want to play," "I don't want to work," etc. Just don't take what they say personally, don't be offended or hurt, and don't tell them they "shouldn't feel that way." The children generally love to do the tapping. If you have a TappyBear in the classroom, that's great, too. Sometimes as a special treat, students may get to hold the bear.

I hope some of this helps!

Hugs and Blessings,

Syandra