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Hey Everyone,

I am a director at a center. One of my teachers in my 3's class is having a problem with our boys in the bathroom. I would love some great ideas to help her out.

We are a small center that has central bathrooms for all of our classrooms. The boys and girls are right next to each other, with two stalls in each one. We have 5 boys and 3 girls who are using these at the same time. A teacher is monitoring both bathrooms at the same time, helping when needed. Our problem is our boys are not able to keep their hands to themselves, they are always being silly, and bathroom time leaves the teachers so frustrated at the end. We have a helper teacher who, whenever able, is helping in the bathroom. Even with the helper in the bathroom with the boys time is very difficult. How can we move through bathroom time in a positive and time conscious way so others can use the restroom as well. Thanks for brainstorming with us.

Have the helper do songs /chants with the children while they are waiting. This is a good time for some transition learning time. As A mentor I see this all the time and I will model for the teachers on how to sit/stand with the ones who are waiting and do songs/chants/fingerplays or even have a short learning activity (flashcards), for example: Letters, Rhyming, compounds words.

Hey Everyone,

I am a director at a center. One of my teachers in my 3's class is having a problem with our boys in the bathroom. I would love some great ideas to help her out.

We are a small center that has central bathrooms for all of our classrooms. The boys and girls are right next to each other, with two stalls in each one. We have 5 boys and 3 girls who are using these at the same time. A teacher is monitoring both bathrooms at the same time, helping when needed. Our problem is our boys are not able to keep their hands to themselves, they are always being silly, and bathroom time leaves the teachers so frustrated at the end. We have a helper teacher who, whenever able, is helping in the bathroom. Even with the helper in the bathroom with the boys time is very difficult. How can we move through bathroom time in a positive and time conscious way so others can use the restroom as well. Thanks for brainstorming with us.

Hey Everyone,

I am a director at a center. One of my teachers in my 3's class is having a problem with our boys in the bathroom. I would love some great ideas to help her out.

We are a small center that has central bathrooms for all of our classrooms. The boys and girls are right next to each other, with two stalls in each one. We have 5 boys and 3 girls who are using these at the same time. A teacher is monitoring both bathrooms at the same time, helping when needed. Our problem is our boys are not able to keep their hands to themselves, they are always being silly, and bathroom time leaves the teachers so frustrated at the end. We have a helper teacher who, whenever able, is helping in the bathroom. Even with the helper in the bathroom with the boys time is very difficult. How can we move through bathroom time in a positive and time conscious way so others can use the restroom as well. Thanks for brainstorming with us.

Hey Everyone,

I am a director at a center. One of my teachers in my 3's class is having a problem with our boys in the bathroom. I would love some great ideas to help her out.

We are a small center that has central bathrooms for all of our classrooms. The boys and girls are right next to each other, with two stalls in each one. We have 5 boys and 3 girls who are using these at the same time. A teacher is monitoring both bathrooms at the same time, helping when needed. Our problem is our boys are not able to keep their hands to themselves, they are always being silly, and bathroom time leaves the teachers so frustrated at the end. We have a helper teacher who, whenever able, is helping in the bathroom. Even with the helper in the bathroom with the boys time is very difficult. How can we move through bathroom time in a positive and time conscious way so others can use the restroom as well. Thanks for brainstorming with us.

In our program, we do potty tries by taking 2 children at a time to the bathroom while another teacher is with the rest of the class reading/looking at books.  This allows a teacher to help children in the bathroom and another teacher to keep the other children focused on something of interest to them.  It works well for us.

Hey Everyone,

I am a director at a center. One of my teachers in my 3's class is having a problem with our boys in the bathroom. I would love some great ideas to help her out.

We are a small center that has central bathrooms for all of our classrooms. The boys and girls are right next to each other, with two stalls in each one. We have 5 boys and 3 girls who are using these at the same time. A teacher is monitoring both bathrooms at the same time, helping when needed. Our problem is our boys are not able to keep their hands to themselves, they are always being silly, and bathroom time leaves the teachers so frustrated at the end. We have a helper teacher who, whenever able, is helping in the bathroom. Even with the helper in the bathroom with the boys time is very difficult. How can we move through bathroom time in a positive and time conscious way so others can use the restroom as well. Thanks for brainstorming with us.

Thank you for all the ideas you have come to me with for our Bathroom time dilemma.

Maybe the one thing that I did not share is that Normally there is only one teacher in the group, and a second helper cannot be assumed to be there. This is what makes it difficult to plan for every bathroom time. Sometimes I have a floater who can help, but sometimes this floater is helping other classrooms as well. Any ideas for a teacher on their own?

In our program, we do potty tries by taking 2 children at a time to the bathroom while another teacher is with the rest of the class reading/looking at books.  This allows a teacher to help children in the bathroom and another teacher to keep the other children focused on something of interest to them.  It works well for us.

Hey Everyone,

I am a director at a center. One of my teachers in my 3's class is having a problem with our boys in the bathroom. I would love some great ideas to help her out.

We are a small center that has central bathrooms for all of our classrooms. The boys and girls are right next to each other, with two stalls in each one. We have 5 boys and 3 girls who are using these at the same time. A teacher is monitoring both bathrooms at the same time, helping when needed. Our problem is our boys are not able to keep their hands to themselves, they are always being silly, and bathroom time leaves the teachers so frustrated at the end. We have a helper teacher who, whenever able, is helping in the bathroom. Even with the helper in the bathroom with the boys time is very difficult. How can we move through bathroom time in a positive and time conscious way so others can use the restroom as well. Thanks for brainstorming with us.