and listen to stories for half an hour is expecting a lot? My DS is 14 months and I take him to a playgroup one morning a week. There is free play for an hour and then they have 'storytime' where they are all expected to sit still on hard chairs, not even on the ground, and listen to stories and songs for half an hour. My DS never sits still and won't sit on my lap either. He just wanders off to look at toys and will occasionally wander up to the playgroup teacher, stand at her knee and listen to one story but then wanders off again. Sometimes he pulls the pictures off the felt pinboard she has or picks up her puppets that she uses to tell the stories. I do tell him to sit down and listen but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
Is he a terribly behaved child with ADHD or something or is this totally normal for a 14 month old? The age group of the class is 13 months - 24 months so he is young but there are a couple of other kids his age in the class and they sit quietly (one of them is held in place in the chair by his grim-faced mother but never mind...).
I don't know much about child development but I thought it was completely normal for a 14 month old to be active and curious and loud, not sitting quietly in a chair for half an hour? The playgroup is starting to make me feel bad about my son so I'm starting to think I shouldn't take him anymore ...!
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NapaCab · 11/12/2012 20:03
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