Back to school

Posted under All About.... by angel

Today is the fourth day of my son’s trial at Tadika Diyana.  He seems to adapted pretty well there compared to last year, but he WAS just three years old then.

After picking him up, I would ask him what he’d been up to at school.  Was he a good boy? Did he jump around? Which teacher does he likes the most? How many new friends had he made so far? Which new friend does he like to play with? What sort of activities did he participate in?

He would create all kinds of stories (even things that didn’t really happen!).  He seems excited to go to this school so far.  This is what concerns me the most, because his previous school didn’t do a good job in making sure he was settled in.  Sometimes, he’d come back without his underwear. Another time he’d come home wearing his shirt backwards and pants inside out. I complained to the principle about this and she told me that my son did those things himself. Remember, this is my three year old son and he hadn’t learned how to put on his own clothes yet.

Everyday the feedback I’d get when picking him up from school would be a negative one. He’d be punished for running about in class and for not listening to the teacher. It had become an almost daily occurrence which made him hate going to school. To me, they weren’t doing enough to ensure that he was sufficiently interested in the topics they were teaching. He was acting out because I think he was bored. He’s the sort of child which easily gets bored and is captivated by new things. Even when he is running about, he picks up what the teacher is teaching him. It is up to the teacher to find a way to get his attention and not reprimanding a three year old daily. Every toddler has a short attention span. Most if not all toddlers can only focus on something for maybe 10-30 minutes at a time. They’d get bored after that.

I hope this new school will do a better job in educating my lil guy.