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Five year old talking to friends when the teacher's teaching... anyone know how to make it stop?

have the five year old teach the class? lol ... sorry ... can't think of any better solution!

I can think of about 100 different ideas honestly - but which one is going to work will of course depend on the child. Is it your child? Have you asked the child why they are talking? Is he/she motivated by anything that you could either offer up or take away in return for not talking?

FWIW, my dd used to do this - a lot - in kindergarten. We talked to her about it at a parent-teacher-student conference, didn't make a big deal about it, just explained that she was not supposed to be talking when the teacher was, that she was supposed to be paying attention, that when she talked, other kids were being distracted etc. - and that worked for my older dd. It most likely wouldn't work for my younger dd, who would instead figure out a way to go stealth and not be detected.

Best wishes,

polarbear

There's the object lesson approach of starting a cross conversation when the kid is talking. We've done that and it makes a good intro to the topic.

Id suggest the only way would be to focus on the manners aspect.

We teach our boys that when in a specific scheduled activity we need to respect the instructor and the space we are in as well as the rights of the learners around us. It works well for at home, at parties and social outings and for school/learning environments as well as formal sports and music etc lessons too.