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[quote=Anonymous]It's a phase many kids go through and it doesn't make your kid "bad", but it isn't appropriate school behavior so she does need kind but firm guidance to stop talking at inappropriate times.

School is for everyone to learn. It isn't kind, helpful, or respectful to talk in ways that interrupt other people's chance to learn. She needs clear guidance. I suggest something like this. It is unacceptable to talk when:
- the teacher or another adult is trying to talk
- another student has been called on to say something 
- it is time for each student to work on their own assignment 
- the person she is talking to is trying to work & isn't assigned to work together

She should slowly work on additional guidelines to make sure she is not monopolizing conversations inappropriately at times when talking is allowed, but the first priority should be to make sure she isn't talking out of turn.

I would role play with her a lot at home, stay in close communication with her teacher, and consider starting a behavior chart tying earning or losing privileges to her school behavior. 
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