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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I hope you ignore 90% of what people are suggesting.

1) check on and care for the injured child

2) remove the toy temporarily

3) tell 3 “Ouch. 5 is hurt. I can’t let you hurt your brother. Let’s find something safer to do.”

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Janet Lansbury has lots of good advice about these kids of situations.

I’ve worked with 3-year-olds for 21 years, had my own kid who went through preschool, and never once have I seen a 3 be intentionally hurtful in a way that couldn’t be rectified by the above approach. 
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At this point the kid needs consequences.  Big difference from home and school.  And, child needs better supervision.  [/quote]

Those are consequences. I think you mean “punishment.” And no. I prefer to model appropriate behavior and institute calm and rational consequences. Taking away attention, removing a toy, and finding something different to do are the consequences. Eventually the kid will self-regulate and do this on himself own. Modeling compassion for the hurt child means that kid will also see the appropriate response when someone is hurt and begin to model that. [/quote]

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