Watching everyone?

[Busy ECE mommy]

We’re all in one large room at my place, and I can visually scan the room easily. Yes there are times when you can spend the extra time sitting with a group of kids and all is good, and there are other times that i’m Patrolling the perimeter of the room. If I’m going to sit, then it’s in the middle of the room where I can see everything. It’s constantly looking up, and correcting behaviour verbally or catching them before they make a poor choice, and redirecting the behaviour. I have two 1 year olds/one two yr old/1 three year old, and even though they don’t all have great expressive language, they all can follow directions to some capacity. If I’m going to focus on one group or child for a bit, sometimes I will put out a new toy or activity and then introduce it to the other ones to keep them occupied in one corner of the room.Praise the good behaviour.
There are times when supervision is more challenging like outside in my backyard with play structures. The kids know that I literally do laps around the yard constantly. The kids also understand that I must be with them for using the ladder or slide. Again it’s constant looking and catching the behaviour/safety issue immediately even if it’s from the other side of the yard. Many times a verbal redirect about unsafe behaviour will work with my group, depending on their ages.