I will preface by saying the half day play based preschool was great for me ds. He is very emotional and social. 3 was his 1 st school experience and he was still sorting out who he could Spanish bs English. We got lucky. 8 kids in the class with sweet kids.
I would definitely approach the teacher about the kid who is giving your ds a hard time. This needs to be dealt with immediately. (Ds did have a problem with 1 boy in 4yr year- lucky not in his class, but saw him on the playground. It was immediately addressed.)
Encourage your dc to keep talking and telling you. Also, tell dc that you are working with the school, because its not ok to be mean (insert your words).
Part of my ds sensitives including not wanting to say mean things (even if they are the truth. Ex: wouldn't tell anyone except me that he didn't like his teacher, cuz it's not nice.) Also, doesn't want to get anyone in trouble, so won't tell. (I didn't find out he was being bullied in k until summer. I was really mad and sad that he hadn't told me.) he also seeks out acceptance from kids that bully him- making things worse.
I have been trying to work on teaching my ds (who is6) that he can only change his response and not what someone else does/says.
This is a hard excitability, but I think make nice, kind people. Good luck!
