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.