Hello,
for the last year we’ve had a battle of my daughters behaviour being unpredictable. At her school nursery she would swear, spit, hit and not listen up until July when school finished. (We are a non swearing household mostly apart from odd slip up although I think picked up from grandparents just putting it out there)
Fast forward to September we thought wow different child, listening was better and all the bad behaviours had stopped.
the last two weeks she’s started hitting again to the point she’s now excluded for the rest of the week.
I’ve asked her everyday for 2 weeks why does she hit and hurt her friends and teachers she said cos she’s angry cos she wants to play.
she goes in at 11am which is 20 mins before lunch so she’s basically forced to sit down and eat for 1 hour when I get it, she wants to play first as hasn’t played all morning.
I’ve suggested and awaiting an answer from the school if I take my lunch break at my work (wfh) 10-11 and take her to the park for an hour before to get playtime in and energy burning so she’ll build an appetite
until she behaves they won’t increase her hours but I need some techniques to get through to her to tell a teacher / walk away when she’s feeling angry. I’ve taught her breathing but obviously in the moment of a 4 year old she doesn’t do it unless told.
once the hitting stops we can focus on her attention span which is basically 0 (awaiting OT appt)
any techniques would be appreciated I’ll try anything