At one time or another, all parents need to take on the role of teachers in a classroom, using teacher tools that help manage children. Managing classroom noise level with common sense is not all that common, after all. But it will happen to you – it might come at a church retreat or a large babysitting party where kids are gathered for a game of learning. Regardless, it can be daunting to understand how best to coral their spirits while keeping things flowing and fun. Existing teacher tools can help.

Rob Plevin’s tutorial for taking control of kids using his Classroom Management Strategies have been followed by thousands of teachers. Now, it’s worthy for us parents to also evaluate these ideas for our own use with the kids we undoubtedly have to manage from time to time.