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book recommendation - playing 'behaviour'

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alem · 13/01/2011 19:01

I have just been told today, by a teacher at DD's pre-school, that there have been some issues with her behaviour - specifically how she plays and interacts with the other children. For instance, she approached a group of girls today, who were playing happily, and then in trying to join in, ended up telling them how to play, and/or changing the way they were playing together. Needless to say all the other girls got fed up, got up and found something else to do, leaving my DD alone.

Pre school have addressed the issue, and discussed generally playing nicely in circle time, without singling out my DD, which i am very grateful for.

Can anyone recommend any books which we could read at home with her, so that we can talk about playing nicely, without having to talk about her specifically (unless she brings it up). Or indeed, any other methods of dealing with this.

Thank you

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southeastastra · 13/01/2011 19:08

i have unwritten rules of friendship, maybe worth looking up on amazon, has some techniques you could use at home

randomama · 17/01/2011 20:13

Playful Parenting by Laurence Coen (sp?) has some great tips for addressing issues including bossiness etc, through play. Adressing issues through play really seems to help kids understand things (IME) and means it doesn't become an 'issue' about them IYSWIM. it's a fabulous book all round IMO and has been helpful with my whole relationship with DS. x

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