I have a 3 - almost 4 (Dec.) - year old son who I started taking to a daycare/preschool last week. Until last June, he'd stayed with sitter in her home, and since she quit keeping kids, he's been with my mom. I thought that he would enjoy the interaction and stimulation of being with children his age and having some curriculum. At my mom's, it's just him and his 1-year-old sister and he'd been acting up a lot (to get attention). Unfortunately, my mom (God love her) isn't the type to get out the coloring books and play-do and really interact with him, and I'm sure he merely reacts to the attention she DOES give the baby. So, off to preschool we go...
His resistance is getting worse everyday, starts asking me not to take him as soon as he gets up in the morning. I leave him screaming, and this morning he actually ran out of the building and into the parking lot - and almost in front of a car pulling in! I thought that it was just his little melodrama for Mommy, but his teacher sent a note home Thursday that he's refusing to do his worksheets during class time. He is a very bright child, but also very strong-willed. I know he can DO the work - we do workbooks and computer games at home, so I know he's capable.
My question is how long do I give the situation to work out? And what do I look for to tell me whether it's his resistance to change, or that he's truly unhappy there? He doesn't HAVE to be there - he can ALWAYS go back to Grammie's, so that isn't an issue. Should he just go a few days/week? I thought about him going to Grammie's tomorrow, to see if he'd ASK to go to school.
His resistance is getting worse everyday, starts asking me not to take him as soon as he gets up in the morning. I leave him screaming, and this morning he actually ran out of the building and into the parking lot - and almost in front of a car pulling in! I thought that it was just his little melodrama for Mommy, but his teacher sent a note home Thursday that he's refusing to do his worksheets during class time. He is a very bright child, but also very strong-willed. I know he can DO the work - we do workbooks and computer games at home, so I know he's capable.
My question is how long do I give the situation to work out? And what do I look for to tell me whether it's his resistance to change, or that he's truly unhappy there? He doesn't HAVE to be there - he can ALWAYS go back to Grammie's, so that isn't an issue. Should he just go a few days/week? I thought about him going to Grammie's tomorrow, to see if he'd ASK to go to school.
