I'm still hoping for a good year

That Myrtle is a thorn in my side. She and Ellie got into trouble yesterday at the carpet and the teacher had to talk to me about it. It was some pretty disruptive behavior and the kind of thing that Ellie has never done in class before (poking and bothering another kid who was trying to listen).

I know Myrtle is the instigator. I also know that Ellie has to learn to control her own behavior, because she is going to meet kids like Myrtle over and over in school. So we gave her some consequences, told her there would be more dire consequences if she continues to misbehave in class, and asked her to give us her thoughts on how she is going to control herself better. I am hopeful because a) she's a good kid, b) she likes people and wants people to like her, and c) she knows she has trouble controlling her impulses and needs to try. I'm worried because a) she really does have trouble controlling her impulses, b) she's the stubbornest kid you ever met, and c) she spent a lot of our talk about controlling impulses throwing her legs back and forth and squirming around.

I am crossing my fingers that this is a transition and she will work it out. But if she doesn't, I have no qualms about putting her in an empty room and piping in It's A Small World for 10 hours straight. That should do the trick.