What do you do when your Kindergartner hates going to school?
That’s the problem I am in currently.
Last year when Little Miss Spice was in Pre-K, she came home so enthused about her day. She couldnt even wait till we got home to tell me all about it. What she learned, what she drew, and about her stickers she got for being smart. She was in love with school, and I was in love with seeing her so happy.
This year, though has been drastically different. In the beginning, she loved it. She still came home happy, still gushed about her day, still had stickers as proof that she was smart. Her first report card was not short of perfection. She was excelling at everything. Reading, writing, social management, interacting with peers, math, & science. Her teacher had nothing negative to say. She even told us that if Little Miss Spice didn’t learn anything for the next year, and 1st grade, she’d still be ready for 2nd grade.
Great, right?
Wrong. I’m beginning to think she’s bored with school. Maybe that’s her reason for coming home so unenthusiastic. Or the reason my not even 6 year old reminds me of myself in my high school days. Begging to stay home, pretending I was sick.
I don’t know what to do. I always thought placing her in the gifted programs meant pushing her too hard. But am I failing her for keeping her in regular classes, when she could be showing signs of boredom, and possibly not learning much for the next year?
Do Your Kids Hate School?
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My oldest went through the same thing. If she continues to be unhappy, I’d definitely look into a gifted program or maybe more accelerated courses. It helped my daughter and she loves school now! Good luck!!
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:49 pm -
Thanks, Lydia! I’m def. going to look into that =)
March 3rd, 2010 at 6:26 am -
I think the accelerated courses will work for her. I’m not sure, and I don’t mean it to sound like bragging, but I think when my daughter goes to school she might have this issue as well. She already knows all the stuff that I taught when I was a Pre-K teacher…and more actually (i.e. my sister is a K teacher and gives me the extra stuff she has in her classroom at the end of the school year, and she knows how to do the K work already), and she’s only 3. I hope you find something that will be a better fit for her, because we should all be excited about learning. There’s many more years of it to come.
March 3rd, 2010 at 4:09 pm -
Thanks, Joyce. I def. agree. I want her to be happy and excited about school. and it’s just not that way right now. Hopefully a gifted program will suit her best =)
March 4th, 2010 at 7:02 am
