Classroom Management and Discipline/Handling Young Kids


 * High five
 * High five, down low, no, too slow
 * Wax lips or the glasses that have the eyes pop out
 * Pretend phone calls with a banana--hello, it is for you
 * Be Gallagher&mdash;splat fruit with a hammer
 * Play mad scientist&mdash;get bottles of things that look or smell cool and pour away&mdash;such as Alka-Selzer or those bath tablets
 * Bob Marley (reggae is the backbone of having fun)
 * Smoke from your finger tips&mdash;that you get from the same store that sells gum that turns your mouth blue and whoopee cushions
 * Blow up a balloon, start to hand to child then let it go dance across the room crazily
 * Those hair clips that are big now fit neatly on your wrist or a child's and make great teeth when you are a lion or tiger&mdash;they are also fun for "talking" when you squeeze and release them like a puppet
 * Borrow magic tricks: pull a candy out of his ear.
 * Electroshock (simulated please!): use your fists as 'shock pads' anywhere on his body - or have him do it to you and get very silly.
 * Crack an egg on his head: no, not a real egg! - one fist on top, hit it with the palm of your other hand, then both hands 'dribble' down his face - yuk!
 * Hot hands": his hands on yours, he has to pull them away before you can slap them.
 * Hand game: hand over hand over hand over hand - flat or on a pole, as you would do when choosing 'firsts' with a baseball bat.
 * Achey breaky heart
 * Put tape over your mouth and try to talk&mdash;or pretend you're trying to keep your hand from covering your mouth but can't.
 * Thumb wrestle
 * Wear a hooded sweatshirt with a draw string and make your head disappear as you tighten string. ask child to help to get you out.
 * Hand grenade deliverance of primary reinforcers. instead of giving an M&M, pretend to send it through the air with a whistling sound til it gets to child's mouth then explodes (i.e. you make exploding sound)
 * Pick up telephone&mdash;it's for you, (child)&mdash;add in dialogue.