My DS4 is in his second year of part-time preschool (3 hrs/3 days wk). For weeks, he has been telling me he hates preschool, but won't say anything specific. I had a chance to mention this to the teacher yesterday when DS was out of earshot, and she said he's been telling her he's so smart and that he already knows how to do things, so he doesn't want to do any of the activities. She said she told him he has to show her, because she doesn't know he knows how.
Anyway, I was disturbed because I have never heard DS tell anyone he's so smart or anything like that. (It might actually be that he didn't actually use those words, but rather said "i already know how to do that.") Also, I'm a bit concerned because he's probably not liking not learning anything new. (Initially less concerned about that because we really didn't put him in preschool to learn academic stuff, but maybe I should be concerned? I'm hoping I don't have to pull him out of preschool. rats.)
We have conferences in a couple weeks, so I'll get more specifics from the teacher, but (1) what do you tell your kids so they don't get a big head? And (2) at what point do you pull out a kid from preschool? How much should we make him go through for the sake of learning how to cooperate in a class?
thanks!
