Saturday, September 12, 2009

2nd Day Of Preschool......

Today at preschool pick up the Teacher asked me to stay after so she could have a word with me . So as I waited for her to release the other children to there parents I started thinking..... What did this kid do? hit someone, not share, swear ? Well Monkey boy had a major meltdown when the Teacher asked him to put away the crayons after the were done doing a workbook page. Monkey boy later told me that he wasn't finished and our crayons at home are too old so he wanted to finish. The teacher made him put away the crayons. He got very upset and started yelling at her "Noooo I don't want to" She reminded him that he needs to be a team player. "I don't want to be on a team... I 'll be on a team when I play soccer. " He was crying and totally over reacting but in his 4 year old world this was a major situation. The teacher then asked me what I do at home when he acts this way? She was very concerned because he seamed so angry. I informed her that usually I tell him to go calm down in his room and when his attitude is better we talk about it. I think they put fuel to the fire because they were trying to talk him out of it right away. With my kid that doesn't work. He just keeps fighting back because he is very strong willed and HE wants to win. Well after school we went to the park with his best friend and ate lunch and played. I'm going to have Monkey boy draw the Teacher a sorry picture. I only hope this doesn't put a "label" on my child in her head for the rest of the year. I hope Mondays class goes better.

5 comments:

Amy said...

Poor little one. He is only four. I would have just talked with him and told him if we had time later we could come back to this.

Helene said...

It's so hard for them at that age! Esp when in a school setting having to share with 20+ kids. You know, in a way, she could've looked at the situation positively....he was expressing his emotions, which is good considering he could've bottled them up. Maybe next time she could say something like, "I see that you're angry and I understand that. Why don't you take a few minutes to calm down and then we can talk about it?". At that age, the teacher's are supposed to be helping them express their emotions in a healthy way. It's okay for him to be angry but she can take it a step further and help him find ways to express that anger in a healthy manner. Not tantruming obviously but using his words or taking a time-out from the situation until he could cool down. Sometimes I think teachers expect our kids to come into school knowing more than they do.

Hope all goes well next week!

Lucco Girls said...

Listen - just remember - this a quality you'll admire in him one day! Maybe not today...but one day. LOL

natalee said...

Oh that poor baby...he'll be okay. it's so hard to be four..(LOL) my four year old has similar issues. all i know is it has to get better...smile hell be fine.. you will too..

Carly said...

THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THRE GREAT ADVICE ...I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW MONDAYS CLASS TURNED OUT .