 | Thank you for the reply! I think you hit the nail on the head with my daughter trying to deal with frustration at school. On Friday, I got to school early for pick-up and noted that Isabella went to her teacher about three different times saying, "That boy over there pushed me." The teacher was talking to another adult at the time and basically ignored her (responded, "Then go play something else") and then on MOnday is when Isabella got in trouble for pushing another child. She also came home and pushed her baby brother for apparent reason, so I am also feeling like she is picking up some bad habits from other kids at school. This raises issues in my mind then why my daughter has been singled out (not knowing, of course, if other parents are being talked to about their own kids) i.e., why is she in trouble for pushing when the boy on the playground wasn't? I didn't see either pushing incident, so don't know if they were the same type of situation or not. But I think she is having a hard time dealing with other kids being toy snatchers, etc. She has never had to deal with that before as all her playmates have been significantly older than she is (8, 9 years) simply because our friends have children who are older than ours. She gets along just fine with these older kids and adults (aside, obviously, from her teachers.)
I'll try your idea for a chart to hang on her door. She loves making art projects. I have also thought about drawing a happy face or something on the back of her hand with a marker so she can look down and see it while she's in school and have it be a reminder to behave herself.
I am very upset over this whole issue. I, like every parent, want other people to like my daughter and I want her school experience to be a positive one. I am starting to see signs of frustration from her and I feel like one of her teachers doesn't like her at all (the other teacher has been great). I have a hard time emotionally leaving my little girl in a situation where I think she is unliked. Anyway, we'll see how it goes today. I am going to ask about observing her, but the way the classroom is set up, she would know I was there (plus I have the baby to deal with and no baby sitter.) Let me know how your little boy makes out!
Brenda
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