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My son’s kindergarten teacher said today that she talked to the behavior analyst about him and that they may do some testing on my son. I have ADD & it wouldn’t surprise me if he has something as well. He’s such a great kid at home. He will have an attitude a little when he’s tired.. He is always not listening in school.. I ask 3 out of the 5 days of school sometimes 2 out of the 5 how he’s doing.. everyyyyy time the teacher says he touches the kids, try’s to make everyone laugh, and talks a lot. I don’t ask everyday how he is because I already know what I’m gonna hear & I want to hear it from my son instead of the teacher.. my son swears he’s a good boy but always thinks he’s a bad boy when I ask his teacher & that’s part of why I don’t ask everyday so he can be proud of himself some of the days.. he will tell me every little detail from school, if he wasn’t listening. He a kid is being mean. anyways, my son is smart. Right now in kindergarten they are coloring, learning a new letter everyday, learning 1-20.. my son says he’s bored. He says things like “well, we colored today. AGAIN.” Or “I already know my ABC’s, numbers, shapes, math” and I have to explain to him that not everyone knows that stuff and that we have to allow the other kids to learn & for him to be patient. She said “he doesn’t turn in his work in first, he doesn’t know his sight words, he doesn’t know how to read” when I was telling her he’s so smart and may be bored. like I think my son is in the middle of not ready for 1st, but right now too advanced for kindergarten.. I tell him to be patient that it’s the only first few months of school & to wait until you start reading more, sight words, harder stuff. Well, today when talking to the teacher she had told me he backed talked & stuck his tongue out at her (which isn’t like him at allllll).. my son mentioned the other day “how come some kids don’t turn their homework in.. why do I get homework and not them”.. I was telling the teacher the things he would say and told her that he’s so focused on everyone else but himself. She said “all the kids do turn in their work” & I was explaining I think the behavior is due to being bored. I added not bored with her class or her, but bored with what they are required to learn right now. He loves his teacher! But I know she got her feelings hurt that I said that.. I could tell.. He always try’s to be class clown the teacher and I discussed today. We do challenging things at home so he can work his brain more. But, I’m failing being a mom. I’m trying to have talks with him, disciplining him for not listening, but I’m running out of things to say & do. Every time I ask the tesxhed, I already know the outcome so I just say “I’ll work with him on things at home”.. Sorry if this is all over the place, my mind & anxiety are bad today. Need help. Bad! Any advice? 🫨 I will ad, his other teacher was standing there for the convo (she had a baby and went on maternity leave. She was checking on her students & grabbing her daughter. So there’s a sub for now, who’s my son’s teacher for now) but you could tell they both gave eachother a look when I looked back and I felt so embarrassed. Forgot to add, he does know how to spell some words & read some words but not a whole book yet.
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Add he will eventually out grown it I did um reading that kind of crucial sit down with him and do short story books or leap pad read which I also do with my two year old

I did not read the whole thing, but if he is telling you that he is bored that’s why he’s acting like that. The teacher’s gonna have to give him some other things to do to keep him going. Because if he is bored he’s gonna be talking to the other student or he’s going to try and make them laugh or whatever the case is. I may add I work with 1st graders so I understand that kids can be a handful but when they’re bored that’s what they’re gonna do. You are not failing as a mom. I will say that your son‘s teacher/sub needs to figure out something to do with him or already let him know. Hey after you finish this work, I need you to go look at this book or go do a puzzle like something else needs to be given to him so that he does not get in trouble

If it was my son I wouldn’t discipline him for things he’s done at school at home, unless it’s something terrible which none of this is. I would keep home fun and work on the things that keep his brain engaged like you are doing. Keep his self esteem high. Kids with ADD do struggle, especially when bored. Let those teachers think what they want, it is their job to teach and manage behaviour. Dont let them make you feel like you’re failing, you’re not!! The system is failing your son, not the other way round. Hopefully they’re taking the right steps with getting him the support that he needs.

Did the teacher give you any advice on how to work on it at home? I think you are doing a great job with what you are doing. Just wondering what her professional guidance was? Or is that why she’s talking to the behavior analyst? Bored or not he is going to have to learn how to sit through the boredom. I’d work with the teacher on how to overcome that. It’s still something i struggle with.

Sounds like the teacher has given up on your son and only has negative things to say about him . It’s okay for teachers to point out concerns they have about their students but if she has never seen the positive sides of your son then you might want to have him in a different school and see if the teacher from the new school will have a different opinion of your son . When a teacher starts pointing out only negative aspects of kids and refuse to see the positive parts then you might want to do some background checks

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