( FOR THE WOMEN) Working with unruly kids..?

Entertainment helps a lot. Do the kids have any structured activities while they are down there? Has anyone ever talked to them about the rules? Do you have any type of discipline for misbehaviour? I work with elementary schoolers in an afterschool program and have nannied several children since they were born. At the beginning of the school year when the afterschool program starts we always have a talk about rules and expectations and what happens if you are misbehaving. We ask for their opinions on what the rules should be a make a big poster that lists the rules and then have them all sign it. That way all we have to do is point to that poster and ask if they are following all the rules. Keep it a minimum, no big long lists just stuff like: talk with respect, act with respect, ask permission. Talk about consequences, a warning then time out, then you talk to their parents. Have activities that are appropriate for all age groups: colouring, play dough, simple cut and glue, tag, Duck Duck Goose, etc. to keep them busy- a busy child usually behaves much better than a group of bored children. If things get super unruly you blow a whistle and everyone lays their heads down for two minutes while they get lectured at- restrict activities for the rest of the time or have them all clean when they get up. Tell them when they have trouble cleaning up then the next week they will start five minutes earlier and then put their heads down for the remainder of the time. Every few weeks or months have another lesson about rules and consequences. I know it's tough when you have a vast age difference- I used to do daycare/children's group at a domestic violence shelter where we would have kids from infancy to twelve years old.