Practices
Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
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3 practicesHow long you have · Twenty minutes
Who it is written for
Where you are right now · Getting ready for something
On your own, or with someone
Theme · Feelings and focus
When you cannot skip it, shorten it. Come for the meal and skip the drinks afterwards. Two hours of you at your best is worth more to everyone than five hours ending badly.
Decide the leaving time before you arrive and say it out loud on the way in, so that it is a plan rather than a walkout. Booking something afterwards…
Explain the calming corner on a quiet Tuesday, not in the middle of a meltdown. New instructions do not go in once a child is already rising.
Walk them through it when nothing is happening. This is where it is, this is what you can do there, this is how you come back. Let the whole class…
Whatever the correction is, teach it before you need it. A routine the child already knows can be started with two words instead of a negotiation in front of everybody.
Show them the table, the worksheets, what happens when they finish, and let them try it once while nothing is wrong. After that the instruction is…
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