LR & KR: Report Card for Kindergarten

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Maybe speak with the teacher to see if he is not being challenged enough with the school work...

Same thing happened with my nephew, he is very intelligent and would get done with his work before everyone else and act up. They moved him to a gifted and talented class and he has done well with school work and behavior ever since.

Just a thought

Well you did the right thing for taking his game away, let.him know these are the consequences of your actions when you misbehave in school.

Thank you Brian The psychology class I am in right now is teaching me a lot about children!

Anita- I most certainly agree.

I agree with Brian completely! I was like that as a kid, and they moved me to gifted and talented in 2nd grade. I had straight As, but an F in "conduct". (Now I'm finishing up my master's in mechanical engineering ) He also might be ADHD, but I disagree with giving them meds. They just need something productive to put all their energy into.

My daughter is in pre-k and I have the same issue. She is very smart and has a strong personality. I have talked to her about behaving in school but I have not punished her at home for it. I think it depends on how bad the behavior is. I am assuming that he has the appropriate discipline in school and by carrying it out at home would be too much. As long as you talk to him about it and let him know what you expect from him at school and that you support how the teacher disciplines that should be enough. That is if the behaviors are not really troublesome.

This happen with my daughter too. Request that he is tested for gifted. Im not sure how it works where you live, but here parents have to request. My daughter qualified and behavior stopped completely.

Skyla: You're right on that, the teacher does challenge him more. Everything he's learning in K he learned in Pre-K, which going into Pre-K he knew all his letters, colors, shapes, sounds the letters make, how to spell and write his first and last name, etc.

Nicole: He doesn't get "punished" at school. They just send notes home and call us if there is a problem so we can handle it.

Michelle: We have taken him to the dr. for ADHD, which he dr is sure he has but I refuse to put him on medication. I see a lot of kids on meds that make them like zombies and I love Cameron's personality and I fear meds will alter that. We just asked for excercises, diets, etc. what we can do to fix it. I've completely cut out all sugars out of his diet and I believe it's helped b/c we haven't had as many notes homes as before and I can tell a difference at home.

Jacque, there are probably an equal number of Ns and Ss. And to me, where he gets the Ss (treating people with respect, sharing, takes responsibility) are more important than where he gets the Ns. I mean, what kid in kindergarten follows directions well and remains on task? Heck, I'm at work, and as you can see, I'm not exactly remaining on task And I don't know one 6-year old that has self-control. I would monitor the situation and continue to talk to him about it, but I don't think you should worry too much about it.

Jacque- DEF get him tested then! He is very advanced!

From the perspective of a PK-2nd grade intervention specialist:

Without being personally involved with the student, and not personally knowing you, there are so many things to consider! I would like to share with you some of the general suggestions I share with my parents. I don’t mean to say that you aren’t a great mother. As you’re reaching out now for opinions, you seem very proactive, which is great! Here’s my advice:

1. To be thorough, I would bring the behaviors to the attention of your family doctor. I don’t advocate medicating every child right off the bat. However, should he have ADHD (there are three types), as the parent you could help him learn coping strategies. As with any student with an exceptionality, it’s important to teach them strategies for success. I find too often that parents inadvertently teach students it’s ok to, and subsequently students follow suit, take little ownership of their own actions and often pawn off these actions on their exceptionality. Students with ADHD are very capable, and I’ve found their abilities are truly reflected when they are directly taught meaningful skill sets.

2. Set up an after school routine and stick to it. I’d even go so far as to write the schedule down on a poster board and display it in your home. This helps students anticipate what’s coming next and transition between activates with ease. I’d suggest: 1st homework (no more than 3o min.), 2nd chores, 3rd free time, 4th dinner, 5th bath/get ready for bed, 6th bed.

3. (If there isn’t already one in place) You could implement a daily behavior log with his teacher so that you know at the end of every day what behaviors he’s exhibited.

4. You could suggest the teacher put a behvior chart in place for the classroom. (You could even implement this at home as well) At my school, we’ve got a card system. Students start every day on green. They progress through colors; yellow, orange, red and blue for misbehaviors. This provides instant feedback to students in regards to unacceptable behaviors. My other suggestion for this is to start by rewarding them at the end of every day they stay on green. When this becomes easy, only reward when they’ve been on green all week. On the other side, determine consequences of moving to yellow (maybe this is just a warning to watch themselves and they loose their daily reward), orange (6 minute time out), red (no video games/ tv/ friend’s for the rest of the night.), blue (no tv/video games/ friend’s for the week or weekend).

Hope you found my advice was helpful!

PLEASE PLEASE pm me...this sounds EXACTLY like my son and i have tons to tell you that would help!!

Ianthe: Lots of good pointers, Thank You!! I do a strike system. He receives a strike for not listening, following directions, etc. Three strikes and he's not allowed to play videos games/tv/anything he considers "FUN". He's allowed to lose strikes w/ continuous good behavior. We do have a routine set up this is how it follows:

5:00 - We get home

First 15 minutes of being home he helps me straighten up the house, now keep in mind he's 6 so he doesn't exactly know how to clean. Now he has free time until 6:00, if it's nice outside we go for a bike ride/scooter ride/ and play baseball or soccer..if it's not a nice day he usually plays video games. We usually eat dinner around 615-630ish. We sit at the dinner table and talk about our day and clean up. He then does homework and reads me a book. Then it's bath time which I let him bathe and play for about 30 minutes. Then it's off to bed.

Ok I haven't read all the comments but thought I'd throw in that my son had a horrible time in kindergarten to the point they threatened to kick him out if I didn't medicate him. He would climb the bathroom stalls and run around the class. I refused to medicate him. It turns out he was also not being challenged enough and is now in a gifted class and the teacher has since been fired for being mean to the kids. My youngest son is now having the same problem. Super good grades, but he makes his teacher cry.. ugh And they just don't get they need to challenge him more.

I read some of the comments and honestly the acting out sounds a lot like my stepson. One of the things I've learned is you have to punish him at home because of actions done at school because adequate discipline is surely lacking. Teachers don't do time outs or take things away (for the most part). There is a color code chart at my stepsons school and if he gets in trouble his magnet moves. Next time it moves he is sent to the office. Just two tuesdays ago his magnet moved all the way to red and he got sent to the office 3 times and had iss for 2 hours. At 6! It was ridiculous. He do is excelling at math, reading, writing, etc. He is just having a huge problem with acting like he is in school. I'm of no real help because I'm currently in the same situation but I just wanted to let you know that discipling at home is key. Corgan has to take a time out (at our house at least--his mothers is a whole new story) whenever we hear that he was bad at school. He does get things

Taken away and he has to earn them back by proving to us that he deserves them. Good luck!

This sounds exactly like my son and he is now in the 3rd grade. I always knew that he was a hyperactive child but I never fully understood it until my daughter was born when he was in head start. His behavior went from bad to worse and to a point that the school called me almost everyday to come and get him because of his aggressiveness. I used to work with children with ADHD so I knew something was out of the ordinary with him and even though I didn't want to I did put him on medicine. We went through a couple of different meds and since his weight has changed we changed his dosage a couple of times and I have to say that this year is the first time in like a long time that he has received B's in his conduct and I am proud of him. He is one of the smartest kids in his whole grade and is in the Talented and Gifted program at school. Punishing him for his behavior at school always made things worse for him and sometimes what worked one day for him didn't work for him for another.