We got kittens a year ago. My one line answer is: Be concise and firm when they're doing something wrong and extra supportive/loving when they're doing the things you like.
Don't ever punish them post-incident; they will link you with the bad feeling rather than whatever they did a while ago. You said they are rambunctious, your girls need to play with them until the kittens are tuckered out. If that's not possible make sure there are toys to play with! Store bought toys aren't necessary, string, twist-ties, cardboard boxes, and other things found around the house work really well.
A lot of monitoring will be needed at first, but with positive reinforcement for good things and a sharp NO! combined with stomping your foot really hard, at least with my kittens they now behave themselves the vast majority of the time.
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