The kids "misbehave" by climbing on the furniture, throwing toys accross the room, hit others, mess up the materials and not play with them, and refusing to follow the routines. I have been teaching for a couple of years or so, but my co-teacher has been teaching for 15 years. You are right when you say that about sound, today I had the control while we were waiting for lunch, my co-teacher was out, I sang their favorite songs and used more gestures; the little cave-kids listened!! and for a while. It was a great feeling When I wrote my post I wasn't feeling good because one of the children that has increasingly dissobeying me, stuck his tong out to me, and another child on the same path yelled No! and attempted to throw a toy to me. Even though that is expected behavior from children, it got me because they never do that to my co-teacher and it was just one more evidence of my inability to make myself heard! There is one little kid that is no angel but responds very well to positive discipline and loving care. Unfortunatelly, he is one of the few, I am going to have to adjust my methods according to the child at hand I guess. Well thanks for your input. The ducklings picture is adorable.