A Must-Have for Kindergarten Classroom Management
As a kindergarten teacher, you want your classroom to run smoothly. The trouble is that maintaining consistent routines, reinforcing positive behavior, supporting individual students, and communicating with parents can feel like a full-time job on top of teaching! This is why it’s so helpful to have systems in place to help you streamline your kindergarten classroom management. I’m going to share a must-have tool that will help you set up effective systems that will last all year: The Kindergarten Management Toolbox.
What is the Kindergarten Management Toolbox?
The Kindergarten Management Toolbox is a one-stop library of resources designed to help you keep your classroom running smoothly so you can get back to teaching. This membership gives you unlimited access to over 100 behavior management printables that you can easily print and use in your classroom. These printables include whole-class incentives, individual reward systems, and communication tools. The Kindergarten Management Toolbox is a growing library with fresh resources added regularly, often based on member requests!
5 Reasons the KMT is a Must-Have for Classroom Management
This toolbox is changing the game for kindergarten classroom management! Here are five reasons why it’s such a helpful resource for kindergarten teachers who are feeling stretched thin:
1. Build Relationships
One thing that’s always bothered me when it comes to classroom management advice is that everyone says you should build relationships to improve behavior. The problem is that no one ever gives actionable advice or tools to help you build those relationships!
The Kindergarten Management Toolbox is full of resources that you can use to build relationships with your students and their families. For example, you can use Glow and Grow notes to recognize the positive choices your students make in the classroom as well as the areas for growth that you notice. You can send home these Glow and Grow notes as you work to build relationships and partner with the parents and guardians of your students.
2. Create a Positive Classroom Community
The Kindergarten Management Toolbox is jam-packed with a variety of whole-class incentive systems that you can use to set goals for the positive behavior you’d like to see in your classroom. As you reward your students for these positive choices, you are building a more positive classroom environment, since you’re looking for the good things happening in your class. This is another great way to build positive relationships with your students!
Whole class incentives are such a great way to encourage teamwork in your classroom. When students can work together towards a common goal, they become teammates instead of competitors. You’ll see a huge decline in the amount of bickering and tattling, which also creates a more positive classroom community.
3. Support Individual Students
When you have a student who could use additional support with their behavior, it can feel like you have to go back to the drawing board to find something that will work. The Kindergarten Management Toolbox has a variety of print-and-go individual reward systems that you can try with your students. You’ll be able to find an effective incentive for an individual student without having to spend all of your time scrolling through Pinterest. You can quickly browse our organized library of individual reward systems and print the one that you want to try.
4. Maintain Consistency and Buy-In
It’s no secret that young kindergarteners can lose interest in things pretty quickly. However, they also thrive on consistency! This is when the Kindergarten Management Toolbox really shines! It’s full of reward systems that use a consistent, predictable format but come in a variety of different themes. It’s so much easier to maintain student buy-in for your whole class and individual rewards when you can swap them out for different seasons.
For example, students can build a snowman during the winter months and then build a flower in the spring. Even though the overall format is the same, it feels like a fresh system every time you switch out the reward the students are trying to build. The toolbox gives you instant access to those consistent reward systems whenever you need them. There are even digital versions if you don’t have time to print and prep a fresh reward system.
5. Feel Supported
I know what it feels like to be on an island as a kindergarten teacher. The challenges that we face in a classroom of 5- and 6-year-old kindergarteners are different than those of any other grade level. It can feel like other primary grade level resources aren’t the best fit for your classroom, so the only way to get what you need is to make it yourself. But who has time for that?!
The Kindergarten Management Toolbox can help you feel more supported and less isolated, since the tried-and-true resources inside this library are designed by a kindergarten teacher who’s been there. The library also continues to grow every month based on recommendations and requests from other kindergarten teachers. You can even make your own requests for future additions to the Kindergarten Management Toolbox!
How to Get Started
Would you like to use the Kindergarten Management Toolbox to keep your classroom running more smoothly all year long? It’s easy to get started!
All you have to do is click below to learn more about this subscription and decide if it’s the right fit for you. Once you’re ready to sign up, you can decide between a monthly, yearly, or lifetime subscription. From there, you’ll have unlimited access to over 100 different behavior management tools! These effective, high-quality resources will help your classroom run more smoothly so you can get back to actually teaching!
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