Well the new 4 year old daycare boy I have has a hard time listening...when I tell him not to do something and he does it anyway, I give him a warning and will count to 3. If he doesn't respond, I give him a time out.

His first couple of days here I found myself repeating myself over and over and over and he wasn't listening. So when his 3rd day rolled around I started the time outs when he didn't want to listen..right now he gets 3 min. because he doesn't turn 4 until 2 more weeks.

I don't ever need to yell at him..it's simple, if he chooses not to listen I calmly put him in the time out chair and set my timer. He throws a fit, I ignore him..when his time out is over he can get up.

I think he will get the hang of this eventually. Not listening= time outs.

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