Hello, I was hoping to get some advice to help with my 4 year old daughter. She started school in September so is two thirds of the way through reception.
She has always been very reserved in certain situations, particularly with adults. At home, and with close family members, she is very loud and chatty (no issues with vocabulary/speech). She doesn’t seem to have any problems making friends, and me and her teacher see her playing well and talking with her friends. However, she generally will not talk to adults unless she knows them well. She will sometimes talk to her teacher but not always - it seems to be very much on my daughters terms when she wants to speak to her. She will join in loudly with the register everyday and joins in with class reading in small groups (quietly) but she will never talk to supply teachers (even those she has met several times before), have a speaking part in assemblies etc. The teacher has said it is slowly improving, which is great, but she is worried it will start to hold her back. I also see this outside of school as she generally won’t talk back to unfamiliar adults that great her or other children’s mums who she knows from school.
Otherwise she has settled great into school, she seems to be enjoying it and comes out very happy everyday and has some very lovely friends. She is doing well on the reading/writing side.
Although the teacher has raised it as a concern, she couldn’t really give me any tips to help improve it. So I just wondered if anyone has any ideas? I’m not sure if it’s something I would go to the GP about…or a child psychologist or something else? Or as things are improving and she’s still young do I give it a bit more time? I would consider paying for private help but I’m not quite sure what route I’d need to go down. Any thoughts gratefully received