Active Learning: The HOMES Scale

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adequate choices contribute to children's challenging behaviors. Hands on, sensory

Our classroom teacher generally comes with an end product in mind, and children follow pre-determined idea or model.
We have many children whose ages differ from 18 months to 36 months so it is not easy to notice about children interests.

Using sensory-oriented activities we can let many of the kids to use their senses and reach them all.
Noticing about children interests,we can lead them to suitable activities according to their ages and interests.

I would create activites that include the HOMES scale so that it is engaging and interests them and can reduce their need to fight or demonstrate challenging behaviors.

My classroom consists of a multi-age environment. Often there are multiple activities happening at once. A teacher may be reviewing a lesson with one group of students while another group may be working independently on a project. Using the HOMES Scale could help me to re-think activities to be more engaging for students and therefore provide suitable activities.

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There may be to many options for the children. Focus more on the classes interests to come up with meaningful activities that would engage the children.

There may not be enough space in the classroom to accommodate the children. There also may not be enough material for the ideas that the teacher has.

Changes would include finding out what some t=of the children are interested in and building meaningful learning experiences for the children.

We use a lot of sensory objects in class.

I would set up the paly area differently so everything isn't so close together

in the classroom I think that a lack of enough space and the limited amount of toys are what contribute to childrens challenging behaviors. in my classroom I wouild improve the amount of space I hgave and I would also change the number of things I have in a classroom.

There may be inconsistencies in my classroom which could cause challenging behaviors.

I think one of the factors that is causing a problem in the classroom is that some areas maybe a little to crowded, the children all like to be in the dramatic play area or the climbing area. I believe that if I move the dramatic area and make a bigger space to were there is no other work that is distracting that some behaviors may change, like the push and struggling with other children and with children who argue over work areas. I also think that if I watch my children closely on the work that is more in engaging for the children that, that will make a lot of challenges easier.

I love the HOMES scale. Now every activity needs to meet 3 or above of those standards for my classroom. This is a very smart idea to make sure that you are both teaching the student but also the student is learning something. The most important part is that the children like and have fun with the activty.

Lack of "free play" items (blocks, Duplos etc) anything that they can use to imaginatively build things. If these items are in short supply conflicts for their use could arise leading children to display challenging behavior. Not having enough creative space that encourages children to work n groups or on their own if they prefer. Lack of consistent contact and interaction with the teacher.

Reversing the conditions above will create an environment which lessens a child's threshold for exhibiting challenging behavior.

my co teacher tends to take the fun away from kids. They dont get to be as creative during her lesson plans

Some of the factors that may contribute to children's challenging behaviors are having too many children in one station/space, Bright lights can sometimes be overwhelming, The classroom being too noisy, having the children participate in activities that are not interesting or meaningful to them.

Using the HOMES scale,the classroom would be more organized, more meaningful activities for the children and the experience would be more enriching

The more children are engaged in something the better. Some children learn better when doing hands-on and being engaged.

Unstructured time definitely contributes to children's challenging behavior. As well as outside factors. Throughout the last 6 years working with children I have already actively implemented much of HOMES in my daily routines. I utilize whole brain and body strategies while teaching and make learning engaging.

Emotional and Environmental factors.

Yes, HOMES scale is very helpful.

Some factors would be not enough space. Mainly for the older infants they need more activities to do to reduce challenging behaviors. I think hands on and engaging are really important but all of them can be used here.

In my classroom, certain behaviors do occur, for example, the children like to run and chase each other. My co-teacher and I try to engage them in another activity that doesn't involve running or chasing each other around the classroom, weather it's working on a puzzle or coloring, we try to prevent the children from getting hurt. Some changes I would like to do are a sensory activity or an activity where they are given a paper or worksheet (like coloring) to work on.

We sometimes have a lot of going on in the classroom. when they have activities on the table they would rather go run around and play with something else.
I feel like if we are more hands on with real materials and are taking part in the activities with them they will enjoy it better.

I don't have a classroom as of yet.

I believe our classroom is too crowded and small, with too many toys available. Most of the time I notice that children re interested in activities, but we always struggle with a couple of them that are not interested in planned activities.

The fact they have to sit down long enough to learn when they rather be playing with toys or going outside.

I think a large class size is our only problem... we have a wide variety of centers set up that allows for the child to choose where they would like to play and also with who. We only allow two children per center or activity at a time so it reduces arguing and makes for a calmer environment

Our classrooms are set us to provide many leaning experiences for the active learner. There are sensory centers, math centers, reading centers, dramatic play centers, etc. These offer a variety of choices to satisfy the childs curiosity and need for activity or quiet.

my class has to mqny choices and to much furniture.

Some factors that play a part in the behavior in my classroom is the second teacher lets them do whatever they want. Another one is when there is not enough of a toy they fight over that one toy.

HOMES is a great idea and will really help on our classroom.

im my case it would be a crowded classroom. i have notice the classroom is too busy so kids often get distracted by going to one place and another/. The changes in the classroom would be more open ended question and engaging

The class that I work in is 3 days 2 1/2 hrs each. The classroom that I work in is the smallest one in our preschool. This has presented some challenges. Right now I am just an assistant. My lead teacher has done some great things to make the classroom environment positive. We have a building center, writing center,and reading center. We also have trays at each chair at the tables containing a different activity following a particular theme. Children are able to move as they wish between all these areas. We also have a sensory table that is used with different items weekly. Using the HOMES scale, I believe that my teacher does an amazing job. She is on her 29th year and is very loved in the community.

Children love learning but run on a limited attention span. The activities have to be something that engage and interest the child or underlying behaviors will arise.

some problems in the classroom could be due to not having enough activities that interest the children therefore they get bored

Factors that exist that create problems in the classroom could be due to not having enough activities that interest the children as well as means for them to move around and explore.

The HOME idea is great and really helpful for those of us who are just starting out. It also seemed like a good idea for any environment when your working with little kids.

the HOMES is a great resource for everyone's classrooms.

I love the HOME scale! I am printing a copy for each of my staff to use and study. I know one of my preschool classrooms is def a "time square" mess, I am going to work on that next week.

The HOMES scale is a great way to make sure that the children are fully engaged with classroom activities and helps mitigate unwanted behaviors by retain the children interest, attention, and cooperation.

I'm getting a classroom this fall and it's current set is open in the middle and no defined boundaries for centers of where one ends and another begins. The room will need to be completely rearranbed. Also the materials offered were overwhelming and the children just threw everything around instead of actually exploring what they are.

looking forward to seeing how the lead will set up the class!

This is my first year as an assistant teacher, so I am interested in seeing how the lead teacher sets up the classroom and the activities.

i don't have a classroom yet

Our classroom is set up in 6 sections that are open every morning before circle time. I feel it works well, but we need more space in certain sections. we have talked about moving the room around to make more space for the children to explore.

The classroom I work in is school age children and we have a good size room. Our toys are in sections and we only allow play time with no more than three sections at a time. I believe we use the HOMES method in our class room and it works.

I work with toddlers, We use water table and dirt to play. I think we use HOMES scale very well in our classroom.

I haven't worked in an early-childhood classroom in many years. However, I do remember that the classrooms I worked in were small and cramped. There was little room for the children to move freely, and we had a lot of children in the room. I never really thought at the time that the classroom set-up and lack of space was a factor in some of the negative behaviors we saw in some of the children. Children in the early-childhood classroom are curious! Using the HOMES method of active learning helps to satisfy their curiosity and meet the learning needs they have. I wish I had used this years ago.

We have a lot of children interested in sand and water tables and both of those areas are very small so children fight and hit each other. Our classroom actually uses the HOMES scale significantly already.