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Teacher: "Hot!" Students: "Dog!"--Gets students' attention

 * === **Send half of your children to line up **and then have a teacher/caregiver take them to wherever they are going. As soon as they begin to move out of the classroom, tell the rest of the students to line up and then follow the others. This step eliminates having children waiting and decreases their opportunities for getting in mischief. ===
 * === We freeze when play time is over. The teacher calls out, “freeze.” The children freeze right where they are and stand like statues. The I say, “Unfreeze and clean up.” And they know play time is over and everyone helps in clean-up. ===
 * === Play some sort of silly song such as "The Chicken Dance" to //signify a transition is coming//. Children are naturally drawn to music. They enjoy singing songs they know have a specific meaning when it's time to pick up toys or other things. ===
 * === Plan something for those children who finish an activity quickly so they are not waiting without something to do ===
 * === Sing a song, and by the time that song ends the students should be in their new spot and quiet waiting for instruction. ===
 * === Have students clean up under their desks, kind of like I-spy where the teacher finds a piece of trash that if a student gets a prize if they find that particular piece. The kids enjoy it and it cleans up the room. ===
 * === For centers, have students that are in read to someone raise their hands and approach one another to ask to be partners quietly...this should be done on the rug or a designated spot. ===
 * === Give everyone else in other centers to the end of a song or end of a timer to get to their spots and start working. ===
 * === Have children in particular color groups and use those groups to allow going to the bathroom, lining up, transitioning, etc. ===
 * === When lining up, children sing, "My hands are hanging by my side, I'm standing straight and tall. My eyes are looking straight ahead, I'm ready for the hall. 1,2,3,4, we're not talking anymore YES!--By the end of the song they should be in line ready to leave and quiet. ===