Question

1. List three or four misbehaviors that you witness while observing children play together. Describe how you might use natural or related consequences (i.e., deprivation, exclusion, doing to the child what he or she has done, or restitution) to help the children make connections between their actions and the results of their actions. Provide a rationale for the consequences you select for each situation.

Answer 1

1)

Situation: Victor leaves his tricycle outside the gate in the rain.

You leave the tricycle outside and tell Victor, "If you leave your tricycle out it will rust or be stolen."

Natural consequences are those things that happen in response to your child's behavior without parental involvement. It is an unplanned behaviour.

It could be very effective if you are willing to allow the trike to rust or be stolen. If not, you might want to try a logical consequence instead.

2)Situation: Gabel  refuses to wear a coat outside even though it is raining.

You allow him to go outside without his coat.

Yes! Being cold and wet is the natural consequence of going out in the rain without a coat. Gabriel is likely to learn this lesson quickly at the hands of Mother Nature.