Anger management for a 5 yr old??
Posted 31st March 2008 by Jean, tagged anger management
Ok here it is..... I am stumped. I have two children. My daughter, Emily, who is 4 and who is currently staying with my mom for the school year so that she could go to a special school for her speech. A whole other story and difficult decision I had to make last year, to be away from my child, but something I believe has payed off.
Then I have Micah. He is 5. He is so sweet and kind and well he is my boy. But he keeps getting in trouble in school for fighting. This is like the 5th time this year the teacher has called me. This time he is on bus suspension and will miss lunch recess. Yes again he is 5 years old and in Kindergarten. I am TERRIFIED!!! I don't know what to do. I have tried to be understanding and let him express his feelings, and I have tried to let him know what he needs to do when he gets angry or if he feels bullied and it goes along great for awhile, then it happens again.
He has always had a short temper. I don't know if there is something I am missing or there is something I have done.
And to boot the teacher needs to talk to me about Micahs school work. Which is totally out of the blue. I thought he was doing fine, anytime I have talked to the teacher she has said he is doing good. I read to him and he even is starting to read to me. I never drill him, I always try to make it casual and fun. Has anyone found that in school kids are able to kind of skim and pretend they know things when they don't?? I catch that with both my kids quite a bit and I have to back them up and make them think a little harder.
Im sure I could sit here and analyze for hours. Im just so frustrated and I dont know what to do.
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But he was being bullied on the bus this time. And there is no body but the bus driver to supervise, he had no one to go to and things got out of control.
The bully here is known for being a bully and that worries me.
The biggest thing is he is behind in school now. He has always been hard to motivate. He is social and would rather play then learn. I have to get him up to speed before the end of the year or it would be best to hold him back.
There are no tutor programs or any programs in this school to help him. Which concerns me, you would think there would be something. Does anyone know of any good site? Or places for help?? Ways to motivate??
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Jean on 2nd April 2008
Flag as inappropriate Posted by on 1st April 2008
Diane's ideas are great, too!
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by on 1st April 2008
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Diane on 1st April 2008