Wednesday, 4 September 2019

Pre- K troubles


Hello, I seem to be having issues with pre-k, I’m not sure what to do here and was hoping for some pointers.My 4 year old son goes to pre k in a small rural church led daycare/ pre-k. His class consist of him and 5 other boys. Yes, this teacher, a lovely middle aged woman, only has to care for 6 boys, three hours a day, M-ThuHe started the second week of August. After each pickup we were told that he needs to work on keeping his hands to himself. I thought “ok, we will work on it at home each day and make a point to remind him before school. After one week of classes, the teacher asked my husband as he was picking up our son, to ask me if I would sit in one of his classes to observe his behavior. Now, I had no problem doing so, but we had just moved to town and I still have a ton of work to do there. . I sit in the class and I see absolutely nothing wrong with my child, other than he gets excited to learn and try new things! He acts like you would expect any 4 year old to, and how his classmates were acting as well.I tell his teacher that we are trying to teach him at home to keep his hands to himself, and he’s been doing a very good job of it. We use his special LEGO stickers as rewards for each day his teacher tells us they were good.. and he doesn’t have too many.Other than his hands to himself, all he needs is some positive reinforcement and much more time to get used to school. This is his first experience away from me, his mom, as I am a SAH moms. He listened to the teacher, was excited during learning time, played well with the other boys and transitioned from the blocks to the play dough and then to the toy area when told to. He ate his snacks and put his dishes away when told to. He does not bite, hit, scream, yell, steal toys from kids. He then has playground time and crafts.. that’s it..His teacher one day at pickup talked to my husband again about my son not listening at times and asked him if we had talked to the school system and tried to get him at the pre-K there. (Who only accept on my way pre-k vouchers that we don’t qualify for and would require we drive across town to drop him off, where as now we can walk)This teacher 1. Only seems to talk to my husband on days he does pick up. When I do it, it’s “yes everything’s fine” and we are rushed out of the door. 2. Has now made it clear that she doesn’t want to deal with him, asking us if we tried anywhere else. 3. ONLY had 6 kids in this class! Am I being ridiculous in thinking that he is not even too much to handle here.We really don’t have another place to send him. We are paying out of pocket here so he can be prepared for kindergarten next year. I don’t know how much longer we will be able to deal with each other. If I pull him out, I can still teach him at home but he will miss out on socializing.Should I just give it more time, tell her were continuously working on behavior at home? Or pull him out completely and save an ass load of money? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2NQS84E

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