The Kindergarten Toolbox
The Kindergarten Toolbox
Amy Murray
19. How to Survive End-of-Year Behavior in Kindergarten (Without Starting Over)
11 minutes Posted May 13, 2026 at 4:00 am.
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If your kindergarten classroom feels louder, messier, and harder to manage right now, you are not alone. End-of-year behavior in kindergarten is real, and May can start to feel like pure survival mode for teachers. In this episode, we’re talking about the “May-cember” effect, why classroom behavior gets harder at the end of the school year, and realistic ways to make these last few weeks feel more manageable for both you and your students. We’ll chat about why it’s easy to focus only on negat...