Help needed! How do I get a student to stop chewing pencils. It’s become an epidemic for a few of my kiddos but today one precious kinder baby in particular chewed the FRONT of the pencil (lead part)

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Some students need that sensory input. Gum is an option but some kids swallow it or can’t handle that. They make necklaces kids can chew on and one of my students has a chew that goes on the end of his pencil.

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So I already do alternative seating in my room and LOVE it! This years class seems to like the tables more than other areas though. My one chewer is the worst when he is doing a write the room activity. I truly think it’s a thinking thing not so much sensory seeking behavior in itself

You need to give them something to chew on. Ex ~ gum or a chewy thing

Have you brought this up with parents?

I have only noticed it recently and specifically with this young lady only in the last week

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