Upcoming parents evening

[Nel81]

Hi, AS4 came home to me in July and started preschool nursery in October. I have his first parents evening next week so I wanted to see if anybody had any suggestions of what I should be asking. He is very inconsistent with colours and counting but I suppose I'm more concerned with his social, emotional and behaviour development. What can I say/ask if they just want to discuss academic achievements (or lack of)? He's very controlling at home in pretty much everything but also with the way we play so I'm concerned he's like that at school too (although nobody's said anything so far, so hopefully worrying about nothing 🤞) Thanks

At the preschool I worked at they had a long list of development milestones they used to assess children and their progress through the preschool. This was split into age 0-3 and 3-4 and then physical development, emotional development, and academic. All the children started on the 0-3 page which covered everything from sitting up and recognising their name to engaging with nursery rhymes and if they could sit and listen at story time. Then listening to and following basic instructions all the way through to speech, recognising colours and numbers, writing their name etc. The list they had was great and it meant that all children would have items ticked off and was really inclusive for the littlest ones and others with different delays or disabilities.
I am in no way an expert on this and this is just from my limited time on my childcare experience placement in a preschool but hopefully it gives you some reassurance that you'll have something positive and constructive to talk to them about at parents evening.

You could ask:
If and how he interacts with other children and adults?
What does he like to play with? - Does he explore the whole area or seek familiarity by returning to the same toy?
How does he cope when the session moves from one thing to the next? E.g. stopping playing to start story time
Do they have any concerns about his development and if so, what are the next steps? IEP? Referral for assessment?
If it's a preschool linked to the school he will go to, I'd advise starting discussions about how they will support him with this transition

If you or they have any concerns, you might want to encourage more regular meetings with them, or keep this in mind for when he starts in Reception.