....need parenting help...
- Pearlz -
Hi,
My husband and I have a beautiful, sweet 5 year old boy.
He is in Kindergarden. Recently he was moved to the
"gifted and talented" kindergarden. He is very bright.
He is also a big goof-off at school and a daydreamer.
I do not think this is entirely bad as I am the same
way, but I want to do the best we can to help him both
develop his talents and function successfully in society.
Richard is a spacey little fellow, very into his
own inner reality. Richard is like an absent-minded
professor. His daycare and pre-K teachers have remarked
on this (usually with frustration). He is a dawdler and
usually the last to eat, the las to take off his coat,
the last to get on his snowsuit, the last to finish
coloring his picture etc... He often will "forget" to
put things away etc...
At age 2 he said he wanted to jump up and kiss the moon.
At 3 he rubber-banded magnets on his feet and laid on
the floor and tried to walk up the metal door to the
ceiling. At 4 he said he never wants to grow up because
grownups only work jobs and have no fun. A month ago he
asked me if birds are the eyes of god what animal makes
up the feet.
Last week he asked me what is wrong with him, if it
is being left-handed or what, and are right-handed
people better than lefties like him. Richard hates school.
He says "Teachers are bossers
and yellers. All of them are bossers and yellers. They
don't fool me." He said that at age 4, while in pre-K.
He still dislikes school. Needless to say, he does not pay
attention as well as he should and he does not try to develop
his talents. My husband and I are tyring to get him more
disciplined and performing better at school, without
crushing his uniqueness. Can anyone suggest some techniques?
Thanks,
Lvx.Pax.93.
- Pearlz -
Elaine Gallant
Another school? There are schools that compete for gifted students. How
'bout researching it, and finding a school where your son will be
challenged, and will have fun? Prove him wrong. Let him experience a school
where the teachers/leaders are not just bosses and yellers.
Show him how to build a life that is more about being creative and having
fun than it is about work.
- Pearlz - wrote in message ...
Rupa K. Bose
>
>
> Hi,
>
> My husband and I have a beautiful, sweet 5 year old boy.
> He is in Kindergarden. Recently he was moved to the
> He says "Teachers are bossers
> and yellers. All of them are bossers and yellers. They
> don't fool me."
Did you try a Montessori school? They provide a nice structure, while
allowing each child a lot of space to do what he wants. I don;t know
where you live, but some cities have Montessori schools that go all the
way through the elementary level.
Rupa
Bill and Melanie Nelson
just like yours and the parents were very concerned and frustrated. Finally,
after a year or so of different tests, it was discovered that their child
had a problem distinguishing background noise. The background noise would
interfere with his ability to concentrate and follow directions because he
wasn't getting everything. This child was smart too but wasn't able to
participate up to his potential. Maybe you could contact your doctor about
testing for this.
John G. Torgersen
The little boy went first day of school
He got some crayons and started to draw
He put colors all over the paper
For colors was what he saw
And the teacher said.. What you doin' young man
I'm paintin' flowers he said
She said... It's not the time for art young man
And anyway flowers are green and red
There's a time for everything young man
And a way it should be done
You've got to show concern for everyone else
For you're not the only one
And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen
But the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
Well the teacher said.. You're sassy
There's ways that things should be
And you'll paint flowers the way they are
So repeat after me.....
And she said...
Flowers are red young man
Green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than they way they always have been seen
But the little boy said...
There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun
So many colors in the flower and I see every one
The teacher put him in a corner
She said.. It's for your own good..
And you won't come out 'til you get it right
And all responding like you should
Well finally he got lonely
Frightened thoughts filled his head
And he went up to the teacher
And this is what he said.. and he said
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen
Time went by like it always does
And they moved to another town
And the little boy went to another school
And this is what he found
The teacher there was smilin'
She said...Painting should be fun
And there are so many colors in a flower
So let's use every one
But that little boy painted flowers
In neat rows of green and red
And when the teacher asked him why
This is what he said.. and he said
Flowers are red, green leaves are green
There's no need to see flowers any other way
Than the way they always have been seen.
- Pearlz - wrote in message ...
>
>Hi,
>
>My husband and I have a beautiful, sweet 5 year old boy.
>He is in Kindergarden. .........Can anyone suggest some techniques?