I feel really furious so just have to get this off my chest. DS started school in January and so far has loved every minute of it. He's very bright but puts most of his energy into creative things and imagination and has not so far been that interested in numbers and letters but lately he's been getting much more involved and this weekend wrote his sisters name without any help which really impressed me.
Anyway this morning his teacher (who has a reputation for being a dragon) took me aside and complained that she had been testing his letters. She was horrified he didn't seem to know them all yet (well isn't that why he is there!) but then went on to complain that he won't say the letter, only the word it starts off, so instead of "n" he says Noah and instead of "M" he says mummy. She complained that I had been teaching him the wrong way. That I should focus on other letters and not mention what the letter stands for. Or better still I should stay well out of it and leave it to her.
Now I don't claim to know more about teaching but the sad thing is I feel terribly guilty because I never have time to teach DS - anything he has learned is something he has developed himself to help him remember. I feel he has just not learned the distinction between words and letters yet and if someone spends some time on this with him he will grasp it all fine.
I feel really arngy as I don't feel she is accepting that this is my sons way of doing things. She is trying to impose on him rather than letting him develop his own ways which I think is wrong. But most of all I feel it is terrible for her to blame me for something he has got wrong and to order me not to teach him at all. Does anyone else think this is unreasonable? And if so how do I stick up for myself. I am not a confrontational sort of person and to be honest I find her scary. Do I just let it pass and do my own thing at home. I just feel really bad about it all.
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Told I'm teaching my son the "wrong" way. Grrrrrrrrrrr.
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Katherine · 18/03/2003 12:51
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