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4 year old good at home naughty at school

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RichyPT · 21/11/2024 09:13

Hi I'm new here. I am a single dad with full care of my son his mum has my son every other weekend but sometimes this can change and she will not be available. At home my 4 year old is well behaved he does everything that is asked and plays really well sharing and learning and is very intelligent but at school he is very disruptive. The first term at school he was really good but after the last school holiday he has gone back to school and is very naughty. Running around the class room not listening to his teacher, acting out by shouting back at the teacher, which he doesn't do at home either. Would anyone be able to suggest anything that could help ?

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XJ15 · 21/11/2024 09:44

have you asked him why he does that? His response would help come Up with some ideas for you!

RichyPT · 21/11/2024 10:19

XJ15 · 21/11/2024 09:44

have you asked him why he does that? His response would help come Up with some ideas for you!

Yes his response varies from he doesn't like school to but mummy let's me. He only see her every other week and it is very hard to find out if she is staying consistent with the school and myself. But i don't get much more than that from him.

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TinyMouseTheatre · 23/11/2024 16:23

Are the school doing anything with him that's positive?

Are the school doing anything like Zones of Regulation?

TinyMouseTheatre · 23/11/2024 16:23

Sorry should have read that before I posted. Shockingly badly written post Grin

Littlemiracles232504 · 26/11/2024 17:35

Hi I also have a very disruptive 4 year old in school at the moment, I've had multiple meetings with his teacher (he does have ASD though) and honestly I think he's struggling to express himself and gets very overwhelmed and uses acting out in a certain way as a distraction from the way he is feeling, I've spoken to his teacher only last week and I've explained that although they do discipline the "bad" things in school do they reward the good behaviour also, because all I hear at school pickup is the bad stuff, so I'm never actually able to reward the good behaviour at home to maybe entice him to behave better the next day to get a reward when he comes home
So now they have put a plan in place where he was given a chart and for every good deed he does in school he gets a green sticker, bad gets a red sticker and if he gets more green than red he gets a reward, nothing massive but still it seems to be working so far
Maybe speak to his teacher and see what she/he can do to help encourage the good stuff you see at home and know he's capable of x

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