What to Do When Kids Won’t Do Their Work… (Until Recess!)
Today I would like to tell you ten different ways to help kids that simply WON’T do their work… until it’s recess time! This is such a common a problem that most elementary school teachers may have at least one or more in every class, every single year. Children with this issue often CAN do their work, but just won’t push themselves to complete their work until it’s too late. Then, once they realize that they are about to miss something fun, they RUSH through the whole thing as fast as possible so that they can go out and play! This is incredibly frustrating for both the teacher and parents, who wish the child would just settle down and work, but nothing seems to help. “Dawdlers” such as this work veeeerrrryy sloooooowwly, perhaps stopping to get drinks, chat with friends, use the restroom, sharpen a pencil, laugh with friends, break the pencil, sharpen it again, lose their paper, stop to talk, forget the instructions, ask for help, draw a little monster on their paper, and...