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Meeting with Preschool teacher this afternoon, HELP!

Meeting with Preschool teacher this afternoon, HELP!

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by: foxymama Active Indicator LED Icon 14 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 9:49am  
 I am guessing the teacher wants to move her down to the 3's class. She is shy and takes time to warm up to adults but I think she is too smart for the 3's class. She took it last year and can count to 20, recognizes the numbers 1-10, can count objects , knows her alphabet, can write her name, loves science and knows several body parts and can regonize them including her esphagus, heart, lungs, kidneys etc.  But may she isn't ready emotionally? She is an August birthday, so she just turned 4.Any advice please this is my only child?  I cried a lot in kindergarten but i didn't go to preschool and mothers day out like my daughter has since she was 1 year old. 4951
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buffaloglenn Active Indicator LED Icon 11
~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 9:53am  
Kids need to be with other kids that are at about the same place emotionally at that age.  It doesn't matter what they can do scholastically.  Pre-school is to teach kids how to relate to other kids and their teachers, and get used to being in a classroom setting (learning the rules and expectations).  4951
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 9:57am  
Don't guess, it just makes you worry. If it is sometHing else, you will be totally taken by surprise, and may not handle it properly. Go in with an open Mind, think what they tell you through, don't panic. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 10:04am  
Is she happy at school? Be ready to share the side of her you see for the discussion so you both can come up with the best solution for your daughter. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 10:10am  
It will be fine, maybe she just wants to tell you about how great your little girl is doing. Whatever it is, just listen, think it through, and you and your little one will be fine. 4951
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Goodnightmoon Active Indicator LED Icon  New Member
~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 10:58am  
I was a pre-k and K teacher for many years! If her teacher feels she needs to be in the 3 year old class please ask why, is it immaturity? My thought would be leave her in the 4's and at the end of the year if she is on the young side maturity, then a transitional kindergarten class (an extra year of pre-k but with children who are late summer birthdays). Many of the private schools have this program. To be very honest most,but, not all, children who have late summer birthdays truly benefit from that extra year. Kindergarten is so very different than just 5 years ago. The reading level benchmark has been set at a level 4 this year. Kindergarteners are expected to write, read, and solve math word problems. The day is long and packed with very structured academics. It is not learning letters, colors and shapes. It is a lot of sitting and pencil work. Also, it is very hard to retain a child in K, because the only requirement for 1st grade is that a child be 6 on or before September 1st. I held my son back a year, did it matter that he graduated from College at 23 Instead of 22, no it did not! He is an engineer!   4951
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 12:51pm  
You have received great advice. Go in with an open mind, do not overreact, try your best to not become emotional and do not make any decisions based on emotions. As hard as it is to hear things about our children, sometimes it is for the best and it surely won't be the last time. If the children in her current class are much more advanced emotionally or socially, it's worth considering moving her into the 3 class or she may "wither away" so to speak instead of blossoming into self confidence. Whatever you decide, I would make sure her academics do not suffer. Perhaps, the school could do a hybrid situation where she does specials with the 3 year old class and academics with the 4 year old class.
 
If you think she needs to be with the 4s, stand your ground and be the best advocate you can be. Is this public or private preschool? 4951
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foxymama Active Indicator LED Icon 14 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 1:58pm  
The meeting went well. She wanted me to know that my daughter has been having trouble transitioning from one area to the next. Like going to chapel then science etc. S she isn't worried about Her academically. She said she is very smart. She is concerned with her emotionally. My daughter has been crying she wants her mommy, and wants to be held and cuddled all the time. The class has a fast pace and She is having trouble adjusting. My daughter had trouble adjusting to a schedule at first last year too. So we agreed to give it till October and re-Evaluate. She didn't have much advice on what I could do at home to help though. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 2:12pm  
The meeting went well. She wanted me to know that my daughter has been having trouble transitioning from one area to the next. Like going to chapel then science etc. S she isn't worried about Her academically. She said she is very smart. She is concerned with her emotionally. My daughter has been crying she wants her mommy, and wants to be held and cuddled all the time. The class has a fast pace and She is having trouble adjusting. My daughter had trouble adjusting to a schedule at first last year too. So we agreed to give it till October and re-Evaluate. She didn't have much advice on what I could do at home to help though.
 
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Is she counting down before the actual transition takes place? For instance, "We will be going to chapel in 5 min." Also, a visual board may help so that she can "see" what comes next and thereafter. If the teacher cannot incorporate this into the classroom structure, perhaps you can at home by creating a board with her schedule on it and going through it with her before and after school. It is the first couple of weeks of school. By next evaluation, she may have become more accustomed to the transitioning and pace of the class. I think all kids have difficulties with transitioning at some point.
 
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~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 5:30pm  
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taramay Active Indicator LED Icon 14
~ 7 years ago   Sep 13, '16 7:32pm  
At 4 years old, of course she has trouble transitioning from 1 activity to another! Especially if they are making her stop when she's in the middle of doing something. Her activities may seem meaningless to us...but her little brain is concentrating on something. So making her stop in the middle is like making us put down an article right when it's getting to the best part! Not cool!!
 
She's smart and will do just fine with time I'm sure. Just start having conversations with her about how sometimes we have to put our work away even if we aren't done yet. And I'd suggest having the teacher tell her she can come back to her activity when the time is appropriate. I used to leave kids work out over night all the time because I wanted them to know that what they were working on was important to me also, and that it would be there for them the next day. That seemed to help the meltdowns of having to stop when they weren't done. 4951
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