to expect my children's teacher not to show them how to pretend to hit people

[schmee]

My 3-year-olds came home from school today very excited because the teacher told them it was ok to pretend to hit people and showed them how to do it. Am I completely stark staring raving bonkers to think this is a bad idea?

in what context? ds2 has been doing stage fighting at drama club for a while (he's 9), but 3 does seem young for that kind of shenanigans

In a how to stick up for yourself in the playground/if someone else does this to you it's ok context...

Do you have this story from the teacher or are you going by what a 3yo told you? Is it possible she could have misunderstood?

My MIL still cringes at the memory of how she went storming into dh's school after he had told them they were being taught wrestling in PE. The school were totally non-plussed, as they had never had any wrestling on the premises. Dh was 5 at the time. MIL is 84.

I really hope I have misunderstood but it's both my boys and they are adamant. Mentioned to a teacher that one of the boys had got a scratch from another kid the other day and she told me she hadn't seen it but it wasn't malicious. My response "I'm not sure a three year old is able to distinguish between a malicious scratch and one which isn't" may be the reason she feels she needs to educate them in how to pummel in the general direction of someone's face but not actually to hit them.