I'm new here and am sure I'm asking something that's been asked many times here before so thanks for humoring me.
My DS is just 3 and is in a non-academic preschool this year. He is an early reader who is now reading probably at the level of a 7 or 8 year old. He's a fantastic kid who always struck me as smart but otherwise a completely typical (whatever that means), sweet-natured, loving boy.
Here's the thing - according to the school staff, he is apparently an anti-social bully while at school. He is perfectly happy and pleasant during story time, independent play time, when they are sharing a snack or things like that. He doesn't seek out other children and keeps to himself but they say he is content doing that. When his class spends time in their gym or playground or during music class or any other somewhat unstructured high-energy group activity he apparently spends his time pushing the other kids, knocking over their toys and generally only interacting with them in this way. I have seen him do this with me and others as well from time to time but not in the consistent and systematic way he apparently does it at school. He's been doing this all year. We have changed his class to see if different teachers might be better but he's still at it. He has no friends in his class.
I am at a loss over why he is doing this and what is going on. Any suggestions on where to turn or how to figure this out and help him?
I greatly appreciate any stories or advice you might have for me.
Thanks,
Sally
