My little man has been in his new nursery (we moved house) since September. He's settled in fine and he enjoys it. At his first parents evening a few weeks back his teacher gave glowing report however a little while on pick up his TA asked over the weekend for him to practice writing his name, 1 to 10 and the words sat and pin, so we did and I saw a big improvement over the next week when I asked her if she thought the same, she pulled a face (meaning no not really) and then went to spout off about him being last to settle down, the last to write his name, he needs lots of cajoling to get started, never wants to do it etc
Obviously I took this to heart, I don't want him being the last to do anything or to be holding the other kids up etc so tried to sit down and talk to him about it but I find myself doubting her as I know he is a clever little boy, he's just 4, in my eyes. She said he'd much rather run round playing with his pals ..... shouldn't that be what he's doing at this age?? Or am I totally wrong
We do do lots with him at home, he does write but when he gets fed up we leave it as I don't think he needs to be pushed at this age.
Am I doing it wrong and should be pushing him more. I've also gone along with the 'he's a boy, they are lazier than girls so I'm not worried about him' attitude but now I'm doubting that. Should I be pushing him more or should I take no notice of TA due to the fact his proper teacher never mentioned anything??
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lavalamp08 · 15/12/2017 12:04
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