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“Sit Down!” shouts Judy, with more than a trace of frustration in her voice. She is trying to maintain control of a group of preschoolers who are none too interested in the lesson she has worked so hard to prepare. “Jonathan, if you won't join the circle you'll have to sit in the time-out chair,” she states with determination.
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Marianne Modica is Program Coordinator for the Calvary Christian Academy and Happy Day Child Care Center in Wayne, NJ.
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MOdica, M. A positive approach to discipline in an early childhood setting. Early Childhood Educ J 19, 32–34 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01617475
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