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I was so happy when my daughter went to Nursery School. She loved it. It was fun. I told her it would be fun when she went to Kindergarten. Now she is in Kindergarten, and she is not quite happy. Not that she is having problems, but she comes home and is a bit ...well... surly. She doesn't tell me what they do. She says there is work, and she doesn't like it, no, not one bit. Don't get me wrong - when I asked her was the work too hard she said " no, it's just right". When I asked her if she felt bad about something at school she said "no, it's good". I don't think she is being harassed. I don't think she should be held back for another year. I don't think the school is bad. I don't think the teacher is bad. She is learning.
I just don't remember not liking school. I always did.
I guess I feel that there is something not right about a Kindergartner not happy to be in school. So I tried to figure out why.
Sometimes the kids don't get time to play. Now. I know they are only half-day. I know they have something called Centers which are stations around the room where they can do an activity- like art easels, or sand and water tables. But they don't get to just run around for 15 minutes or whatever. In summer, sometimes they did. But now it's winter and they don't. I feel funny about that.
There is so much pressure right now for kids and parents. My daughter's school sends home about five pages a day - - book lists, magazines for children, activities to do with your kids, town programs for kids, how to help your child learn, articles on "how to be a better parent". I feel a little insulted sometimes reading all these magazine articles. If I ever did all this stuff they write home about, we wouldn't have time to eat a meal.They want kids to learn to read in Kindergarten. Learn learn learn. In another twenty years they'll be wanting Kindergartners to do Algebra.
I know they want to help kids whose parents maybe aren't very involved, but they are overloading the caring parents with too much "junk mail". I also know that the teachers and the schools are under pressure as well. What happened to "Every kid learns at their own pace" ? Honestly, I wish they would back off and trust the parents and the kids for a change. I don't think my mother ever brought home anything except my report card from school when I was 5 or 6.
Sorry, I'll get down off my soapbox. I know my attitude is bad, but how is a kid supposed to enjoy learning when it is thrust at them every waking minute of the day? My daughter has 12 more years of this. I am not equipped to Home-school, nor do I think that that is the answer. I just never expected Kindergarten to be so high pressure.
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