3 ( almost 4) year old behaviour /attitude- help

[Michronrub]

I’m really concerned and Looking for ideas/tried and tested ways to help my 3 year old , especially at Nursery.

He’s very bright, loving , funny and I’ve noticed quite the attention seeker. Not in anyway shy around strangers, infact goes outbhis way to ask their name and try to be funny ??

At Nursery, developmentally he’s ahead in many ways , although they have picked up on behaviour, not so much negative as smarty pants? Cheeky, obstructing and not getting anything out of activity? Unless building dens, fighting or one to one time. He’s also developed this “macho” persona that he keeps putting on, like talking in a funny voice, hands in pockets - not sure why he would feel the need to act macho at that age? He’s now starting swearing the odd time.
Nursery telling me he’s not responding really to their attempt to discipline, ie when they take something off him as punishment he’s just saying “ well I didn’t want it anyway”.
He’s not aggressive in anyway, and responds well to praise. We’ve done a few reward charts/ star jars etc but they seem to have had their day.

We do a lot with him at home- he also has an iPad. He’s the only child in our house ( 14 older sister comes at weekends and he loves it).

My biggest concern is the lack of respect/care for adults at Nursery , if this carries on into school we’d be in real trouble! Another year at Nursery tho.

Any ideas?

I should say he’s boisterous but we’ll behaved generally, he knows limits etc. It’s the attitude and not really caring for consequences of being naughty? A bit too big for his boots kind of attitude. How do you get them to stop, listen and understand? If you try and talk to him and say how do you think that makes me feel? He gives you the stock answers he’s repeating of “Sad”, almost mocking you?

Help/advice - 4 year old behaviour

I’m really concerned and Looking for ideas/tried and tested ways to help my 3 year old , especially at Nursery.

He’s very bright, loving , funny and I’ve noticed quite the attention seeker. Not in anyway shy around strangers, infact goes outbhis way to ask their name and try to be funny ??

At Nursery, developmentally he’s ahead in many ways , although they have picked up on behaviour, not so much negative as smarty pants? Cheeky, obstructing and not getting anything out of activity? Unless building dens, fighting or one to one time.- things he finds interesting. He’s also developed this “macho” persona he keeps sometimes puts on, like talking in a deep voice, hands in pockets - not sure why he would feel the need to act macho at that age? He’s now starting swearing the odd time.
Nursery telling me he’s not responding really to their attempt to discipline, ie when they take something off him as punishment he’s just saying “ well I didn’t want it anyway”.
He’s not aggressive in anyway, and responds well to praise. We’ve done a few reward charts/ star jars etc but they seem to have had their day.

We do a lot with him at home- he also has an iPad. He’s the only child in our house ( 14 older sister comes at weekends and he loves it).

My biggest concern is the lack of respect/care for adults at Nursery , if this carries on into school we’d be in real trouble! Another year at Nursery tho.