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Pre-School and Daycare
bride711
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Switching Preschools?
bride711
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Hi Ladies,
Some of you may have seen my previous post last week about our DS going to the emergency room after having sand thrown in his eyes on his first day. Following that incident the school reassured us that DS class would be going out on the playground seperate from the rest of the school for safety reasons and that they would not be allowed to use the sandbox.
At pickup each day following, his class has been amongst the rest of the school at pickup but is being told that they cannot use the sandbox but that all the other children in other classes can. So DS each day is told by his teachers that he cannot use the sandbox but sees other children playing in it.
When we start to talk about school when I get him in the car he seems to reference negative things. For instance, yesterday I picked him up and he told me "mommy no sandbox ever ever ever" says ( and then he says his teachers name). Then he says that kids were pinching him and demonstrated with his hands. He told me then because of that he threw rocks at them (which I discussed with him we don't do and what to do if that happens to keep him safe and feel comfortable) Then he says to me "I don't listen" and points his finger and shakes it in the air.
All these things seem to be a reference of what is going on in the school environment. I feel that it is only the beginning of school and he has been there at total of 3 times. Every time he is picked up his demeanor is quiet but rather upset and then he says " mommy no more talk of school".
My Dh and I have created a very positive safe home environment and DS from that is a very loving, gentle, great spirited child. When he comes home from school he is so focused on negative, what he can't do at school, what they told him he is not doing. To me, it seems so unhealthy.
So DH and I interviewed with another school a few days ago as our gut with the school he is at now is just unsettled. We of course brought DS to see how he did. When we left he turned to us and said " I like that one better" ( The environment seemed very nuturing and light whereas the school he is currently enrolled in seems stoic and abrupt). The school we visited also took out all of his favorite activities ( unintentionally) trains, sea life, and trucks.
We only want to do what is best, safe, and comfortable for DS. He has been waking at night lately, complaining of eye pain, and stomach aches. ( on the first day of school he got a corneal abrasion from a child throwing sand in his eyes)
What are your thoughts? How would you handle a transition from school to school at this age?
We just want to make the right decision. Needed to get some thoughts.
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Re: Switching Preschools?
Clean break. DO it. Whether he is perseverating, going through a phase or the instigator, do it. It's not like he will learn to manipulate you into quitting school for the rest of his life. Do it. Shake him out of the funk- uproot him. Clean start.
The whole sandbox policy is stupid. How about montitor the kids, not banish one class. These are the years you have the power to nurture and protect and control his environment. There's a reason for that- he's little. For a toddler to prefer the unknown to the status quo says to me it's the right thing.
this. GL!