Classroom Management!!!!

I am very blessed to be a mother of three wonderful children ages 6 years to 18 months. My life experiences as a mother will greatly benefit me in a classroom setting. Every day I am faced with the chance to build positive relationships with my children. I have been blessed by God and am able to stay at home with my children. This has given me lots of opportunities to practice skills that help resolve conflict! I know exactly what buttons my kids can push to make me upset (and so do they!). In knowing myself, I am better able to diffuse the conflict peacefully, than become negative. I don't always succeed, but I do try! Each of my children are different, and I know that in a classroom setting I will have many more students! The point is that since every one of my children is different I have had first hand experience dealing with different personalities. It is imperative to figure out the learning styles and personality traits that they each posses. I have tried various methods to handling negative situations and reinforcing positive behavior. I know that when I treat them with respect and make it a community instead of a mommy dictatorship, they respond so much better! Experience is the bottom line for me, since I am around children every day and have been for six years, it has given me great insight into myself as a teacher and mother.