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Learning things at Daycare

MrsThirdBirdMrsThirdBird member
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Hello!  I was just curious if anyone could share input on whether they are in the same situation as me and whether this is normal.  My 15M DS is enrolled in daycare 5 days a week 8 hours a day.  He seems to be doing well, and they tell me that he is starting to learn all these things - but most things I don't see at home.  According to them he says a lot more words than I'm aware of.  He tries saying 2 of the teachers names (so I understand why he wouldn't use that at home) and Tarzan when playing with a Tarzan toy they have but there are other common words they say he uses which he never says at home even with my prompting.  And recently I arrived early and he was responding to the question where are your ears and pointing to his.  I did this with him while we walked to the car and he showed me twice. Now 4 days later I can't get him to repeat it (or any facial part) no matter what (they say he does it there and even shows the other kids - he is one of the older ones in his room).

I'm happy to hear he may be learning things, but I cannot help but feel bad that I don't get to experience any of them and feel like I try and teach him colors, animals etc and he doesn't seem to learn (or at least express it to me).  Is this at all normal?  I feel like he's messing with us!  But I don't know what to do to get him to open up at home :( 
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  • traveltheworldtraveltheworld member
    I don't know if it's normal but DS (14.5 months) does this too.   His DC teacher told me today that he said "humpty-dumpty" and pointed to his head and said"ow-wie" when they got to the part of the story where humpty dumpty fell.  Since DS hardly says any real "words" at home, I was surprised and asked his teacher whether she was sure he said it.  And she said yes, she was absolutely certain.  His DC has a webcam so I know he does other things at DC that he doesn't do at home - for example, he started walking at DC but wouldn't walk without holding our hands at home, he played with cars at DC but wouldn't do it at home, etc.  I figure it's probably because at home he is just relaxed and wants to have an easy time with mommy and daddy.  I don't really mind.  As long as he is learning, that's good enough for me.
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  • eyenigheyenigh member
    Nicb13 said:

    I've realized that kids never do what you want them to, when you want it! I don't think your LO is messing with you...their little brains don't work like that :) 15 months is still young and most kids are still learning to talk and only saying a few words so it sounds like your LO is on the right track.  

    If I push DS too much to say or do something, he gets overwhelmed and he refuses. Just keep helping your LO learn while he's with you and be happy that he's learning so much at daycare. Pretty soon your LO will be talking your ear off and you'll wonder why you ever worried about this in the first place!

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  • MrsJetSetMrsJetSet member
    Nicb13 said:

    I've realized that kids never do what you want them to, when you want it! I don't think your LO is messing with you...their little brains don't work like that :) 15 months is still young and most kids are still learning to talk and only saying a few words so it sounds like your LO is on the right track.  

    If I push DS too much to say or do something, he gets overwhelmed and he refuses. Just keep helping your LO learn while he's with you and be happy that he's learning so much at daycare. Pretty soon your LO will be talking your ear off and you'll wonder why you ever worried about this in the first place!

    This. Dd does stuff at home she doesn't do at daycare and vice versa. Eventually it will even out.

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  • MrsThirdBirdMrsThirdBird member

    Thank you for all of your input!  Sometimes a little reassurance goes a long way :)

    I guess I am slightly more overparanoid about it because I am contemplating taking him out of daycare and staying home with him and wasn't sure how much that would hinder his learning. Obviously I would continue to try and teach him myself but since he hides some of the stuff he knows I was afraid he just wouldn't learn from me. (I know that will sound stupid!).

    Sometimes I also wish daycare would keep us more informed of the things he is doing (but they must assume he does those things at home).  It's only by accident I find out most things during pick up,

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