4 Year Old Boy - Preschool

[sophia24]

My Son just started preschool 2 months ago, never being in daycare or any preschool setting prior. I had my first parent teacher conference yesterday and was told the following:

He is not sharing well
Becomes bored after a few minutes of activity
Does not like change in the curriculumn
Stiffens his body when upset/ crosses arms on chest
Walks on tip toes
Does not hold a scissor correctly
Jumps up & Down when he is happy/excited

Seems like a lot to discover for me in 7 weeks (3 days per week).
He definately has an issue with sharing that I have been strongly working on him with. He has never been in a lot of social environments prior to this. He engages at home in activities for long periods of time, I actually always thought he had a wonderful attention span until now. I have seen him stiffen his body & fold his arms when not getting his way very few times. He does tip toe 50 % of the time I notice when he's playing. I avoided cutting with scissors because it made me very nervous which is why unfortunately he does not know how to hold one.And I thought the jumping up and down when happy or excited was simply an innocent way a small child was showing emotion.
Please advise. I have made a doctor app. for the tip toe walking - otherwise I am not sure what to do/

[Natta1980]

Yeah.....For a 4 year old - you are lucky he attends to an activity for 4 minutes.....Anyway - I would look for regress, if there is no regression - everything is good.

I find that in US culture, schools/pre-schools expect 4 year olds to sit quitely and engage in art while very few children are able to do so for more than, say, 2 minutes

I stiffen my body when upset too:) And jump up and down when excited - even at work, and I am 28 years old...Nobody minds so far:)

To deal with change in a cirriculum - they can probably discuss daily activities during eary morning circle time - it may go over better


Good luck

Check with doc about the toe-walking


Good luck

[momagain59]

Did she have anything positive to say about your son? Is this the way she actually said these things? If this is all she has to complain about, I would say she is very lucky and you have a normal 4 year old. I would take him to the Dr. about walking on his toes.

He is not sharing well
Becomes bored after a few minutes of activity
Does not like change in the curriculumn
Stiffens his body when upset/ crosses arms on chest
Walks on tip toes
Does not hold a scissor correctly
Jumps up & Down when he is happy/excited

[margypops]

Sounds like a Normal child to me nearly every child I know does similar behaviors ,  Why does his teacher think that these things create a problem.Stiffening his body sounds okay when he is upset ,so is frowning and pulling a face and scowling, or is it a symptom now of a disorder, the whole thing is the teacher making a big thing of the same things other children do , it will be interesting for you to see what your Doctor says.Good Luck