I am working in a day care center that has some kids that give me trouble. how can i get them to cooperate with me?

Understand them better.

http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/ages.stages.2y.html

Let me take a wild guess.

They don’t sit down when you want them to. They bite each other (and themselves). They won’t keep their shoes on. When they are told to do something, they throw themselves on the ground and scream. They don’t want to eat their vegetables. They only want the toy someone else is playing with. They don’t tell you they have to go potty until they have wet their pants.

Welcome to toddlers.

Taser. Hey, it works for the cops.

no, I am not serious

Learn a good drop kick technique!~

Rubber hose, leaves no marks!

Slap them silly.

No, JK. You can sit them down and tell them about how bad a child you were, and how back then you were slapped silly for it. Then give them some cookies and learn how to befriend them.

It sounds like you could use some help. Maybe hire someone to come in. In the meantime read all the online information you can find about running a day care. You might have gotten into something you weren’t properly trained to do.

When the children misbehave, how do you try to handle it? Does the center have a discipline policy, such as using time-outs?

How many children are there in the class? Are you the only teacher?

Do the children spend the whole day in the classroom, or do they have places to run around even when the weather is bad? What is the average daily schedule? How much time do the children have for free play vs. structured activities like circle time or art?

Do you periodically change the toys and books in the room so the children stay interested? Do they nap in the afternoon? Do they have morning and afternoon snack?

If you can share some of these things, I might be able to give you some pointers. I worked in a toddler classroom for several years, and while there will always be moments (they aren’t called the terrible twos or threes for nothing), overall things should run smoothly. Describe the set-up of the classroom, the daily schedule, and the staffing, and we can start from there.

With that age group it is all about the art of re-direction and predictable routines. Learn how to turn actions you want into games. Here is a book that gives really concrete examples.