Positive Discipline Books for Preschool: Which Approach Fits?

Quick answer

For teasing and bullying prevention, choose The Anti-Bullying And Teasing Book. For understanding why strategies fail, choose Push Past It!. For creative last-resort strategies, choose When Nothing Else Works.

Trade-offs at a glance

• The Anti-Bullying And Teasing Book For Preschool Classrooms: Best when your goal is to prevent and stop teasing through community-building activities. Includes family involvement strategies. Less helpful for severe or persistent challenging behaviors that do not involve peer teasing.
• Push Past It! A Positive Approach to Challenging Classroom Behaviors: Best when you need to understand why common strategies fail and want a candid, experience-based guide for persistent behaviors. Does not provide a structured activity bank; it focuses on mindset and root-cause analysis.
• When Nothing Else Works: Best when you need creative, off-the-shelf strategies like aromatherapy and affirmations for behaviors that resist standard interventions. May feel too unconventional for programs that require strict evidence-based or scripted behavior plans.

Product facts at a glance

• The Anti-Bullying And Teasing Book For Preschool Classrooms - Paperback: Over 40 activities that focus on controlling teasing and bullying with friendship, community, and expressing feelings. 128 pages. If your main concern is relational aggression among children, this book gives you ready-to-use group activities rather than general behavior-modification advice.

  

• Push Past It! A Positive Approach to Challenging Classroom Behaviors - Paperback: Author Angela Searcy explains why most behavior-management strategies don't work and offers a raw, real approach to handling challenging behaviors. When you have tried sticker charts and time-outs without lasting change, this book helps you diagnose the root cause instead of cycling through ineffective tactics.

  

Which book fits your classroom?

Best for

• Teachers who need structured anti-bullying activities and family involvement tools
• Educators struggling with persistent challenging behaviors who want to understand the 'why' behind failed strategies
• Preschool staff looking for creative, last-resort ideas when standard behavior management has not worked

Not for

• Teachers who want a single comprehensive behavior management curriculum covering all types of behaviors
• Classrooms that require strictly evidence-based or scripted intervention programs