Love and Logic

I think Love and Logic has some valuable strategies.

In the preschool world, I work a lot with my staff on keeping several factors in mind:

1. Keeping a loving tone of voice
2. Give the child choices - and choices you can live with and live up to
   
3. When a child does not comply with the teacher's request, there should be a natural consequence

In terms of giving the child choices - and choices you can live with and live up to, an example is "Are you going to come to circle, or do you need me to help you come to circle?"
"Can you find a shape to sit on, or do you need me to find you a shape to sit on?"
"Are you going to build with blocks or do a puzzle?"

When a child does not comply, there will be a natural consequence:

• When a child takes a prolonged period of time to get all their snow gear on, he or she will have less recess time (because all the other students are already dressed and outside with another teacher).
• In one way or another, a child needs to asked to be excused from the lunch table. If a child does not want to ask to be excused, he or she can sit at the lunch table until he or she decides to respectfully ask to be excused.

These are just a few examples of how the preschool tries to use love and logic.