Lexi has decided she hates school.
For the past two weeks, every day she goes she says she doesn’t want to go. So I quit taking her to early stay which starts at 8 and is very convenient since I drop Emma off at school at 7:45. I’ve been going back home and waiting until 9 to take her. However, the past two days Scott has taken her at 8 with little complaint in the morning. But, she’s still saying she doesn’t like school in the afternoons.
Her reasons vary. It started out when a boy tried to take her blankie from her and then another day a boy stepped on her foot or something. Lately, it’s “school is boring“. I question her about their activities and individually she says she likes them but then several times she has come up with the complaint that she doesn’t like the snacks.
I called the school about it to see if there was really something going on with another kid she wasn’t able to tell me about. The teacher said they’d noticed she had had a tough time the past week in the mornings but couldn’t pinpoint anything. I would attribute that to her not going to early stay first (she stays with different teachers that first hour) and coming in less alert at 9.
She does seem to have a few good friends and enjoys certain aspects of it so although my first reaction is to pull her out, I know in general she likes it. It doesn’t seem like she’s being terrorized by anyone continuously so that’s not the issue. The teacher says she loves the activities. I have half a mind to talk to the teacher about this “awful snack” they’ve been having since Lexi isn’t giving details but how awful is that going to make us look? It’s not as if I can or should dictate what the class has for snack and Lexi can’t go in with her own snack. How ungrateful would that look?
I’m not sure what to do at this point. Preschool isn’t a must but I also don’t want to pull her out simply because she hates the food and yet I don’t want to complain about it to the teacher. I still wonder if there’s something deeper than a horrible snack. I guess we ride it out for now and see if it’s just a phase.
Poor Lexi…my heart goes out her and to you too because there is nothing worse than the worry when you leave them unhappy. Hopefully it will reolve itself quickly for you.
Of course today she comes home and says she likes it ok today because they had a birthday party and they had cupcakes for snack. If that is really all there is to this complaint…
Coming from “Big Lexi”..it very well could just be a nasty snack…doesn’t that kind of thing ruin your day?! Or it could be that there are several things that “just get on her nerves” and in whole makes school unfavorable. However, I just hated school cause it was “boring”…I mean really, who actually LIKES school?…I mean especially if you’re having to learn when you’d rather be doing something else….hmm…I don’t think there’s anything to worry about….or maybe there is………..
Heather’s last blog post..Never-ending Giveaways
in other words….good luck with that.
Heather’s last blog post..Never-ending Giveaways
I’m officially worried…
Isn’t she 3? I think she is the same age as my daughter. My daughter is in a 3-K program and is doing the same thing, except that she doesn’t give us any reasons. I think it is just a phase, but I am in the same boat as you. I don’t know what to do either. Let me know what happens with you.