--- title: Teachstone Blog | CLASS & Effective Teaching Strategies | Mary-Margaret Gardiner (2) description: Mary-Margaret Gardiner works as a Special Projects team member. Her work with the Professional Service Team includes, master coding, training, Observer support content design. . Mary Margaret has been involved in the early childhood community for over 35 years, driven by her passion to support the teachers who work with our most valuable asset, our children. She joined Teachstone in 2010 and has been a CLASS convert since the early days before Teachstone was even started! Mary-Margaret loves to play in her rock band and spend time with her family and horse! 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Infants and toddlers ... [![](https://info.teachstone.com/hubfs/roughhousing.jpg)](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/how-does-roughhousing-impact-behavior-management-scores?hsLang=en-us) ## [How Does Roughhousing Impact Behavior Management Scores?](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/how-does-roughhousing-impact-behavior-management-scores?hsLang=en-us) By [Mary-Margaret Gardiner](https://info.teachstone.com/blog/author/mary-margaret-gardiner) Dear Master Coders, I recently heard about risk competency and big body play at a local teaching conference. I have spent time considering this in ... 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