A teacher uses a visual board where students choose their posture, hand placement, and voice level during transitions. Instead of telling kids how to sit, the strategy lets them pick from options, which builds autonomy and puts responsibility on the learner rather than the teacher.
Nice because it gives a lot of control and choice to students, which many students, that's a big reinforcer, and I get it. I like to pick, you know, how I spend my time. So I use this with a dry erase marker. You could put even like a little Velcro guy or something there. So picking, okay, how do you want your hands? Do you want your hands folded? Do you want your hands by your side? Do you want your hands in your lap? How do you want your body? Do you want to sit in a chair? Do you want to stand? Do you want to sit on the floor? How do you want your mouth? Do you want to be quiet or do you want to whisper to a friend? So it's really kind of putting the accountability on the student and knowing their own body and what they want to do, which I think is just one, really respectful respectful, and two, gonna really give that child a lot of power in a good way.
