Daycare/school ?- moving up to a new class

nvp05

Did anyone else's child have a really hard time moving up to a new class at school or daycare? Rena is transitioning to the two-year old toddler class at school and is having a really hard time with it. It's been almost 3 weeks and she seems to be getting worse instead of better in the new class. She's at a Montessori school so they slowly transition kids into a new class. She started going one hour a day (with several other kids who are moving up), then two hours, etc. She did ok the first week and was in the new class the whole 5 hours by the end of the week. But then she got sick last week and was home most of the week. So now this week she wants nothing to do with the new class. She screams the whole time and when they take her back to her old class she is just fine. She is really attached to her teacher and doesn't want to leave her.

And leaving her in current class won't really help because they say developmentally she has been ready to move up since the beginning of this year. They learn different things in the 2 year old class and I don't want her to miss out by staying with the younger kids. I know there's nothing we can really do and it will probably just take her time to get used it. I've tried talking to her about the new class at home. And she says "Rena no like new class, like Ms Lindsey (current teacher)." Just curious if anyone went through this and how long it took for your kiddo to adjust? TIA.

lilycat

Yes.

We have had a few moves. Some easier than other. All made easier because we (parents) managed to keep our little group together over the years.

Usually, teacher change / room change takes 1-3 weeks to work out. 

nvp05

Thanks lilycat. She is transitioning with several of her friends and I thought that would help some. Once the excitement wore off, she's just really missing her old teacher. And I guess being sick threw her off schedule too. They say she was a little better today, so hopefully that continues.

Nanner

Perhaps if she continues to fight it, they could repeat the weaning process they did before?  It seems like her being out sick pretty much erased the benefit of that process the first time.

nvp05

They have been doing the weaning process again this week, but it's not going well at all. She screams in the new class until they take her back to the old class. It was much easier the first week (before she got sick). The same thing happened when she started school. She seemed pretty happy the first week, but once the excitement wore off, she got really upset when she realized this was a regular thing.

Nanner

nvp05:

They have been doing the weaning process again this week, but it's not going well at all. She screams in the new class until they take her back to the old class. It was much easier the first week (before she got sick). The same thing happened when she started school. She seemed pretty happy the first week, but once the excitement wore off, she got really upset when she realized this was a regular thing.

Girlfriend clearly hates change!  lol  I really hope she gets comfortable soon.  It's so hard to see our children unhappy.  I cried like a baby the first day of a new school year, when Sam had to leave his old teacher who he absolutely loved.  But 6 months later, he barely remembered her!

nvp05

Nanner:

nvp05:

They have been doing the weaning process again this week, but it's not going well at all. She screams in the new class until they take her back to the old class. It was much easier the first week (before she got sick). The same thing happened when she started school. She seemed pretty happy the first week, but once the excitement wore off, she got really upset when she realized this was a regular thing.

Girlfriend clearly hates change!  lol  I really hope she gets comfortable soon.  It's so hard to see our children unhappy.  I cried like a baby the first day of a new school year, when Sam had to leave his old teacher who he absolutely loved.  But 6 months later, he barely remembered her!

LOL, yeah she takes after her mommy who hates change too! It is so hard to see her upset when I pick her up everyday. I hope she'll forgot about her old teacher too when she gets used to the new one!