Just started school - too tired to do ANYTHING!

[nebthenoob]

Dd1 started reception in September. She used to be fairly amenable. Now, I pick her up from school and drag her home whining as she is so shattered. I guess that is normal....

However, I am meant to be doing reading / writing etc with her at home. She doesn't really want to and she can hardly focus when she gets home so I get her to bed as quickly as possible and don't worry about it - although apparently I am in a minority with this at school...

Will this extreme tiredness pass, or has she just figured out very early how to avoid homework . Advice gratefully received from those who have been there...

my ds comes home from school and lays on the sofa watching bob the builder and grunting like some bizarre under-tall teenager. I have the feeling it will pass. HTH

Dont make homework an issue.
Snuggle up on the sofa if she is tired and read to her. She is too young to be expected to read write etc.
My DS is in afternoon nursery and often falls asleep by 3.30!!!

aww bless. Last year after a good start dd was flagging by half term. They are so litttle that think it is counter productive to force after school work on them. Tell the teacher you'll keep it for weekends and half term for now. Her stamina will increase .

We've also started Reception this term, full time - which I'm guessing you are, and we're more tired some days than others.

My DD1 eats/drinks a lot when she gets home, she's usually a bit more amenable after that. On very tired days I try and give her some quiet time, preferably away from her noisy younger siblings, and she usually perks up. We do the reading book before dinner and the story book at bedtime. We have skipped the reading book when I judged it to be too much.

Friends inform me that DCs usually have a better handle on it after Christmas, which leaves plenty of time for them to catch up with reading etc (if they need to).

This perfectly normal, especially so close to half term. My ds (Reception) and dd (Yr 1) are both very tired in the evenings and someitmes i do not do the 'homework' The teachers understand, and if I have not done it all week I will let them know why.

Last year my dd in Reception was the same - very tired in the first few weeks, but by the summer term she was climbing the walls with energy so they soon get used to it all (until they move up and it starts again ...)

My DD was exhausted and also very hungry. I learnt to take a substantial snack to school. I also just told the teacher when she was too tired to do her homework.

Thanks guys - roll on half term...

(Then I will be the one absolutely in bits - 3 kids under 5 at home all the time....maybe school isn't so bad!)

It's outrageous to make them do homework in Reception. Just don't do it!

Its either one thing or the other with us - they (one in year 2, one in Reception) are either manically letting off steam, tearing round the house (until they crash into a wall, or each other) , or absolutely knackered, and end up watching telly or on the computer - I guess this is their downtime. School reading very sporadic, and can't be forced - its really not worth it and there never seems to be a good time after school.

Have a word with the teacher and find out what they mean by reading/writing etc. Surely they don't expect them to do it themselves, what happened to play!!! Just read to them as you would anyway and let the rest come on naturally.