I'm looking for some ideas on how to help DD. I hate the word 'shy', but that seems the easiest way to explain her behaviour. She went to playschool from 3-5 years and has since been HE. At playschool they had the same problem & she took the whole of the first year to warm up enough to participate in group work, although she never talked at circle time, she showed and the teacher talked for her.
She is 7 now and I'm getting pretty concerned at her 'shyness'. At home she is bubbly, happy and fun. In HE groups with me there and others she knows well where there aren't too many people she is also fine. However she has now been going to Brownies for a term and hasn't spoken, and she didn't talk at Rainbows for the year previous. She also goes to an HE group without me and rarely speaks. A couple of things have happened that are making me worried. For example rather than speak to one of the grown ups at the HE group to ask to go to the toilet, she wet herself and then went around wet for the rest of the day. She is now 7 and a half & has full control over her bladder.
She also went on a playdate recently and something happened which I don't want to go into, but she wasn't able to tell the person to stop.
I am now concerned about her going places without me but she is fiercely independent and continues to want to go to these things on her own.
So, how do I help her find her voice? How do I help her be more assertive?
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picnicinthewoods · 10/11/2013 09:41
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