How to Respond to Attention Seeking Behavior | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH
Date: January 31st, 2026
Kids Learn How to Respond by Watching Adults
Date: January 28th, 2026
A little kid’s response – good or bad – is learned behavior. They learned this response by watching adults. What do you want your students to learn when they see how YOU respond to something?
Ask Polly Bath: Kids Constantly Fidgeting and Making Noises During Class?
Date: December 17th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “My classroom sounds like a percussion section. No matter what I do my kids are constantly making noises like tapping their pencils or kicking the legs of their desks. It’s so distracting! What do I do?”
Kids Need Help with Big Feelings! | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH
Date: December 14th, 2025
Big feelings are real! When a kid walks into your classroom in the morning with BIG feelings, here’s how you can help.
Ask Polly Bath: Teach Kids the Difference Between Equity and Equality
Date: December 10th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I have a student who saw another kid getting rewards for their behavior chart so now he’s mimicking the behaviors and asking for his own chart and rewards. How do I address this?”
Ask Polly Bath: Giving Elementary Students Sensory Breaks?
Date: December 2nd, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I’d like to throw in a couple sensory breaks every day for my elementary students, even though we’d miss some academic time. What’s your opinion?”
When Kids Can’t Make a Decision | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH
Date: November 22nd, 2025
Decision-making can be really anxiety driven for kids. Here’s how to help them make choices.
Attention? Avoidance? Control?
Date: November 5th, 2025
We need to teach kids the skills they lack in order to get their needs met. Help them build a ‘strategy toolbox.’
Train the Brain to Focus | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH
Date: November 2nd, 2025
Ask Polly Bath: Are You Letting Kids Misbehave By Not Responding?
Date: October 22nd, 2025
Polly answers the question: “You’ve said that sometimes it’s better NOT to respond to a behavior but isn’t that just letting kids misbehave?”
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