Help! 4yr dd stressing about nativity lines ...

[santaslittlepeatbogelf]

Bl*dy school - some of them have lines, and she's been freaked out by dress rehearsal in big hall with half school watching ... Was in tears this morning, 'don't want to go to school', etc. I also hated speaking in public - any advice on the best thing to say to her??

Poor soul. 4yo is too young for speaking parts. our shool just have reception kids singing in the chorus.

I the play today? Can you tell her teacher that she doesn't want to do it.

Poor dd

Off the top of my head, could you arrange for a favourite teddy to be located somewhere in the hall and ask her to only worry about letting teddy hear what she has to say? Just wondered if this would provide a bit of a distraction?

Good luck & hope you are all able to enjoy the show because it shouldn't be traumatic for any of you.

my ds is also stressing about going to the BIG church to do the play.
He hasn't got a speaking part (than God!) but is worried about performing.

I told the teacher about it this morning and am going to help out on the day.Is this something you could do?

Maybe the teacher could give the lines to someone else.

I'm going to have a word with her teacher, and tell dd she doesn't have to do it if she doesn't want to. Not sure what they'll do with her lines - just drop them perhaps! The play's on Wed. morning. If she's more cheerful about it then I'll tell her to just look at her teacher and speak the lines to her, no one else (specially not me and dh!!)

4 is a bit young, isn't it? Quite a pushy school, and luckily we're moving her next year.

My daughter was also a narrator and she had 5 lines to read, she was stressing, crying, saying she did not want to go to school. I was really upset and also thought this was a bit too much for a 4 year old. I went to see the teacher, hoping she would say oh she can be an angel then... but she said she would be fine, and she had to wear her best dress. I was still annoyed but this seemed to do the trick. I bought her a lovely dress and she was happy after that. They did their 4 performances last week and she did it very well ! One thing the teacher should have told me is that all the narrators were lining next to each other , not just my daughter in the middle of the stage all by herself ! I still think these nativity plays are totally over the top at this age - 4 performances in one week !! That is utter madness !!! One performance on a Sunday afternoon would be enough ...

OMG - 4 performances! Luckily we only have one. They're dressed as angels, so no leeway on a new dress, sadly. But will try some other form of bribery/reward!