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How to Get Kids to Line Up

Sometimes things that seem small are the things that can create big classroom management issues. At the beginning of the year, many teachers struggle with getting children in a line. Knowing how to get kids to line up is not innate. Having kids line up is something that must be taught, a procedure that teachers put in place in the classroom. Let’s look at how you can set up your preschoolers…and yourself…for success with this routine.

Setting Up a Kids Line Up Area

The first step in teaching young children how to line up is to have a designated area for kids lining up. First, set a stop line. Young children don’t know how close to stand to the door or where exactly to start the line. Use tape or something else to create a line or spot that shows the beginning of your line.

Then mark where your line should be. I use colored tape or masking tape to mark the line. Or use shapes (like shoe prints) secured to the floor the packing tape or contact paper. Other ideas of things to use: window clings, sit spots, pieces of Velcro on the carpet.

Indicate where each child should stand, leaving appropriate space between each child. When marking the spaces, keep in mind times like dismissal when children will be wearing backpacks (and will need enough space to stand without being crowded). You may want to add these space markers after you have seen the children in the room, lined up. You could use a ruler to measure between children to make sure your space markers are at the correct distance. (Depending on what you use to make your line markers, it’s difficult to change/move these markers after you have placed them. Or at least it’s frustrating to do so!)

Tip: Make sure the flow from your group area to the line-up area is open and clear. If children must weave through furniture or take a long route to line up, other behavior issues could arise.

Being First in Line When Kids Line Up

Being first in line is a big deal to young children. They view being first as being the “best” or the “most important.” While you and I know this isn’t true at all, it can still be a big source of frustration in the classroom.

The best way to stop arguments about who will be first to line up is to have a designated line leader. To do this, you can set up a quick and easy classroom helper system in your classroom. One child is designated the line leader and lines up first. Rotate the task daily, weekly, or whatever frequency works for your classroom.

Tip: Treat each space in the line as important or special. “Yay, you are fourth in line today! Who is fifth?” (This builds math skills, too.) Help diminish the spotlight on being “first.”

How to Keep Them from Running When Kids Line Up

Transitions need to happen quickly but in a managed way. Release only a few children at a time. Using a gradual release avoids traffic flow problems (moving to the line and getting to place). Calling children to line up in different groups also builds listening skills, vocabulary skills, and problem-solving skills.

You can use these ideas below to have a few kids line up at a time:

  • Types of shoes: tie, Velcro, sandals, flip flops, sneakers
  • Shirt Color
  • Shirt Pattern (stripes, words, team etc.)
  • Shorts
  • Long pants
  • Long sleeves
  • Short sleeves
  • Collar on your shirt
  • Buttons on your shirt
  • Short hair
  • Long hair
  • Rode in a car today
  • Rode on a bus today
  • Walked to school
  • If your name starts with…
  • If you have a (letter) in your name

Tip: Jot down these ideas on cards and keep them with your circle time resources. Then you can scan the cards for release ideas instead of trying to recall them quickly.

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Teaching Trailblazers

Of course, lining up is only one small part of teaching preschool, the best place to ask questions and get personal teaching help is in the Teaching Trailblazers. We have many printable lessons and on-demand video training to help you be the best teacher you can be! If you want to get on the waiting list for the Teaching Trailblazers, do it soon so you don’t miss the next open enrollment period!

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15 Genius Lining-up Strategies to Make Your Life Easier

Lining up shouldn’t be a stressful, painful, or lengthy process. Yet, we know it can be a struggle, so we did some digging to find some great lining-up strategies, tested and approved by teachers. Here are some of the best ideas for getting your students to line up quickly and quietly. We have a great video on this topic as well. Take a look:

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1. Put a few kids in charge.

We love the idea from teacher Ody C. from our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook. She designates kids to be line leaders each week. She has three leaders total—one for the front of line, one for the middle, and one for back. The students take their job very seriously, and they love helping other students stay on track.

2. Use a voice levels poster to keep students on track.

This printable voice levels poster is available for free at WeAreTeachers. It would make a good visual reminder to post near your line-up location.

3. Encourage good behavior through chants.

This teacher has great line-up chants and posters that she uses to remind her students of good lining-up and hallway behavior.

Source: @polka.dots.please

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4. Make it a friendly competition.

Here’s another tip from ourWeAreTeachers HELPLINE group. Jaimi turns lining up into a friendly competition among teams. The goal is to be prepared as quickly as possible. For an added incentive, we suggest monitoring in a visual way to help students track their progress.

5. Mix it up with a different order.

Sometimes it just helps to mix things up so your students are always on their toes. Create a new order for your students to line up each week. When you introduce the new order, really emphasize the importance of good line behavior. This is a simple strategy, but it can keep your students alert instead of lining up just being a rush to be first.

6. Assign numbers.

You can either assign numbers directly to students, or you can also call out students’ names as you go. For example, “Brax, please line up on number 10.”

Source: @julie_bigideasforlittlehands

7. Try a song.

Try to choose a song that is short and sweet. The goal is to have all students lined up by the end of the song. This will help them stay on task from start to finish. The alphabet song works for Mary, as she mentioned in our HELPLINE group.

8. Encourage students to “pass it back.”

This quick game is a fun idea from Katie. With pass it back, you have the student at the front of the line start by putting their fingers on their lips. Then they turn and “pass it” to the next person. This continues quickly and quietly until it reaches the last child. This has really helped her students stay focused and on task in line.

9. Try a timer.

Whether you have a simple digital timer, a sand timer, or just the stopwatch on your smart phone, encourage your students to line up quickly. Tell them you’ll have to add time if they’re too loud. Encourage them to beat their time or consistently meet expectations of a certain time.

10. Get yourself a doorbell.

Teachers all over social media are talking about the magic of a doorbell. It really helps provide a strong audio cue for students when it’s time to line up.

11. Call on students one at a time.

Many teachers already have sticks, cards, or other methods they use to call on students. This can work well to get students to line up, too. By using something you have already incorporated in the classroom, it can provide just the focus you need.

12. Use visuals like arrows, shapes, or other designs.

Similar to the numbers-on-the-floor idea, you can also use arrows, shapes, or other icons to help students line up. We’ve seen some teachers trace and make cut-outs of their students’ feet. Otherwise, you can try any visual that will work for your kids.

13. Tell your students you are all spies!

This little fun game of pretend works for Nicole R., another teacher from ourWeAreTeachers HELPLINE group. She will often tell her students that they are on a secret mission. So lining up is a really fun activity!

14. Choose a mystery walker.

What is a mystery walker exactly? It’s a genius idea fromWeAreTeachers HELPLINE groupmember Mary C. She tells her students she will select a mystery walker every time they’re in the hallway to get a small prize, ticket, or to make a fun choice for the class. But the catch is that the person has to have good lining-up and hallway behavior.

15. Reevaluate the rules.

We hear it from teachers time and time again. They had great classroom management for tasks like lining up, and then things went awry—maybe because there’s been too much indoor recess or there was a recent long weekend. Never fear. Just set expectations and go over the rules, just like you would in the first days of school. Sometimes students need those reminders, no matter what time of year it is.

Do you have tips for lining up? Come and share in our WeAreTeachers HELPLINE group on Facebook.

Plus, The Secret to Classroom Management in a Title 1 School. 

Problem with enrolling a child in first grade in Kazan in 2022 - March 31, 2022

Lyceum No. 186 is designed for 1.5 thousand people

— On the first of April, admission to the first class opens. You can apply electronically through the State Services portal, or you can apply in person. The queue, which has gathered at the entrance to the school, forms lists according to which people will go to submit documents in person. The enrollment in the first class is for the first time, this has never happened before. Everyone must be admitted to the school. We are going to come here tomorrow at 8 am,” one of the parents told our publication.

Another woman explained to us that the children of beneficiaries, which includes the kids of law enforcement officers, will first go to the first grade. Also, the privileged right to enroll in the school will be given to those families whose older children are already studying here.

- Children are not enrolled because there is not enough space. We are told exactly that. There are only 224 places in the school, there is an official paper, and there are many more children. Nobody offers us anything in return. A spontaneous queue has gathered here, where lists are being formed,” the man in the queue told us.

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Parents also commented on the fact that it is now possible to enroll in first grade through the State Services. They are sure that the site simply will not withstand such an influx of people and will “lie down”.

Parents say that the school works in two shifts, and there are almost 30 students in each class. They hope that they will not have to take their children to different parts of the city.

At about 9 pm the director of the school Zamaldinov Azit came out to his parents. He explained to his parents that in order to get into the school, there are three options for applying. For example, through "Gosuslugi". According to him, the program works in such a way that, first of all, it will select beneficiaries. Zamaldinov added that parents can enroll their children through the school's email address or come in person.

— Last year, we enrolled 15 classes, this year we can enroll only 7 classes, this is the problem. So let's do this: give me a list of everyone who signed up here, and calmly go to sleep. Tomorrow you will go to this list,” Zamaldinov assured the audience.

Taking the list, the director told his parents that everything would be fine, because they got into the best lyceum - "Perspektiva". And with a smirk, he left his parents. He explained to journalists that there was such a stir among parents because there are too many people who want to go to school, and the school is overcrowded.

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— The school is designed for 1.2 thousand people, and we will have 2.5 thousand children. That is, two full shifts, but we cannot switch to three shifts. In a year, another building will be built here, then there will be enough space for everyone. It is already being built on our territory. It will be designed for 1.5 thousand seats. Children who do not get to school will be forced to go to another institution in any area of ​​the city, and in a year they will be able to return, the director explained.

Recall that the multidisciplinary lyceum No. 186 "Perspektiva" was opened in 2019. Then the director noted that the educational institution was built in a short time - construction started in the spring of 2018. The school formed pre-profile classes with in-depth study of individual subjects: mathematics, physics, computer science, biology, chemistry. The main areas of study in profile classes are physical and mathematical (engineering class), chemical and biological (medical class) and natural and mathematical (teaching class).

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Twelve assistance to refugees with Donnbass opened in the capital. It happened on Monday evening, and already on Tuesday morning, Muscovites went to them. Correspondents of "RG" found most of the townspeople in the largest point located in the resource center "Mosvolonter" on Leningradsky Prospekt.

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This house is located within a five-minute walk from the Belorussky railway station. Finding him is easy: by groups of people with packages and boxes, lined up in an impromptu queue. Each visitor is met by a volunteer in a white and red uniform, who finds out what kind of help the person is ready to provide. Here are volunteers helping to unload a heavy bag for a couple: powdered milk formulas, packages of oatmeal, wet wipes, coloring books… City Pedagogical University Lev Polyakov. - When they learned about the action, they threw a cry in the detachment. They raised funds and bought goods for children. Sonya and I are future primary school teachers, we understand that the children are having the hardest time now. " Lev's girlfriend Sofya Makhneva smiles wearily: February turned out to be a "helper month" for her: on weekends she went to the village to clear the yards of pensioners from snow, and on Monday they bought what children who found themselves without a home might need.

A student of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Ilyaz Shagiev, barely holds on to a mountain of boxes with "Jubilee" cookies and briquettes of drinking water: "I went to the store and immediately bought more. Everyone can find themselves in such a situation, we need help."

According to student Olga Polyakova, it was no coincidence that the misfortune of Donetsk residents resonated with young Muscovites: the city has a well-developed network of volunteer units. “One of them threw a cry in the chat, a dozen responded. I couldn’t go to meet the refugees, I decided I would help here,” says Olga.

"We opened the checkpoint at 9 am, and people keep coming and going," Alexander Levit, director of the Mosvolonter resource center, said in the middle of the day.

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