Am I worry too much? Today will the fourth day of school for Josh and still have the “funny feeling” inside me. You know, the feeling like..err..like..err you nervous about something! And it reminds me of my schooling day ::”>:
I can’t help myself but thinking about Josh. How he is in his class. Does he listen to his teacher? Does he disturb his friends while the teacher teaching? Does he refuse to read or sing or write when the teacher ask him? Does he? and as a result, I can’t sit still in the office. Anxious for the time to pick him up and expecting Josh teacher telling us how naughty or bad Josh is, but so far, the teacher never says anything. Is it a good sign or what?
Then, this morning, hubby can’t help wondering anymore. We took Josh to his class and manage to talk to his teacher. Now, after listening to the teacher, we got more worried (or is it normal for kids to behave like that?)
Hubby : So, how’s Josh in class?
Teacher: Ok lah but he is too hyper active! When we asked him not to do something, he wouldn’t listen. Maybe he does not understand us coz we speak in Mandarin..but we do tell him in English too. He also likes to disturb/talking to other kids while studying and yesterday, he spoil one of the pictures and I did hit his hand, but not that hard..
(long explanation from the teacher..and when we look inside the class, Josh is running and jumping here and there leading other kids while the others are singing. Pengsan I tengok his character!)
Hubby: Hmm..I know he’s too active and I don’t mind you hit him to discipline him..It is good. I hope you will tell us from time to time his development ok?
Teacher: I will. Don’t worry!
We left the school with mix feeling. Now, after hearing all these, I am more worry about Josh. *sigh* I really appreciate if any of you out there can share your experienced handling a super hyper active boy! Pleaseeeeeeeeee!
but although Josh does not understand anything at the moment, he do enjoys going to school! Maybe I am too emotional??
03 Jul 08
10:56 am
i think u don’t have to worry too much…..u would rather he be active than passive right? so guess being optimistic & positive about him would be good for both parents & kid. d most important is that Josh is happy & not cry going to school….u will be heartache if he is !!
i think he is kinda have the “leader” type charactor….isn’t that great?
03 Jul 08
1:03 pm
haha! the exact description of my son!! just to pakai kasut takes him a long while cos first he would sit down to wear his shoes, then suddenly he stood up ran inside the kindy without his shoes, shouted inside to his friends, then went back outside again. so that is why the process of wearing his shoes pun takes a long time.
as for the first few days he was in kindy when he was 3 years old, the teacher did tell that he bit his friend. haha. that was classic. poor friend. other than that he also kena la once in a while.
nowadays in class he sometimes kena beating from his teachers for playing too much.
yup, i think it is way normal for hyper active kids to behave like this. however u need to teach him to sit down and do his homework and not to run around. while eating he should stay at the dinner table and not run around again. i bet the only time he doesn’t run is when he is on tv.
i didnt emphasize my son on the running around thingy when he was smaller. so there is much scolding now when he runs around during makan time. very difficult when we go out to eat.
so all the best. minimise on the beating and scolding (except when he is really naughty), cos if u take the time to explain he will understand sooner or later.
03 Jul 08
1:06 pm
Hi Jppmom..I understand your feeling..My son is like josh..But he is the opposite of Josh when he is at home..At home, he is one hyperactive kid who cannot stop jumping around and ‘destroy’ whatever thing in our house. But come to school, i was little a little surprise he was very quiet. Something is wrong because he is not the quiet type. When i asked his teacher last time, she told me, My son always day dreaming in the class!! hahaha!! Sometimes teacher asked also he didn’t listen. She had to call her like every minutes to get my son attention.
So my advice here, Josh has been to school for only few days. He is probably still very excited with his new environment. Give him sometimes, maybe 1 month. I’m sure he will change once he is adapted to his school environment. Kesian bah i think..all this time he can play without any restriction, suddenly pi school, have to sit down diam2 for few hours.
Apa pun nothing wrong of worrying our kids at school. Besa lah bah tu..
03 Jul 08
2:52 pm
Hi Fele, oh come on…its normal bah tu, not to worry so much as long as the teacher could handle it and as long as he wouldn’t cry upon arriving his class. If he do cry in the morning well, thats different story lah… that definitely will makes you thinking this and that… just like my experienced with my daughther, she cried the whole month of January but after that Sunday pun dia mau pigi school ohh… Being active in the class is good, just let Josh be the leader of all, we need to trust the Teacher alright. Fourth day is still early to say, see how it goes after a month, you will find a different…
03 Jul 08
2:57 pm
Hi Fele, I know how u feel about josh been so active in the school ..well that is normal lah ..don’t worried too much ..maybe he dpt kejutan bah cus environment baru right and get to know so many kids apart from him kan…thats why he is very active. Just give him some time and see how his progress …normally if kids are too active ..a bit susah want to follow instruction lah but lama2 will be okay jua tuu. Ive seen from first time sending my daughter to school early this year, there was this one boy ..he was like josh too, running, shouting and don’t bother of the teacher but now when I go and fetch my daughter he is like very quay2 jah hehehe ..kid will learn slowly and bit by bit then after a while …okay already ..
03 Jul 08
3:28 pm
fele, dont worry i think josh ni got too excited bah.. My worried about sean masih lagi until today and i usually jumpa his school teacher minta update from time to time.
Sometimes sean slow catching up.. sometimes he is okay.. i think its normal even though he have been in play school from kecil lagi. Josh never go to school so i guess memang he is excited, he is happy ada friends, just tell him what to do and what not to be disturbed. Should be okay, i am sure he needs time to adapt the environment, macam kita juga if we ada kerja baru etc. Take it easy… hugs to Josh… from ina ley.
03 Jul 08
3:59 pm
No worry, kids are like that, especially boys. It is good that he is happy and running around. This means that he is very comfortable in his environment — this is what’s important. If he’s not acting normally, THEN YOU MUST WORRY!!
03 Jul 08
5:18 pm
Of course you cannot expect Josh to be kuai-kuai just because he’s at school. If he is an active boy, he will be active anywhere kan?
To me, he will perhaps need time to learn the kind of attitude he needs to have in school (give him time and encouragement) and perhaps keep in touch often with the teacher because not all teachers are emotionally equipped to handle active kids.
In the mean time, Josh seems to enjoy being at school so count your blessings that getting him to school is not a problem
04 Jul 08
10:48 am
don’t worry, you know, sometimes a lot of teachers mis-used the word of “hyperactive”, they just like to related this word to the active kids.
“hyperactive” cannot be said freely without the doctor confirmed, that’s why i always correct the teacher if they simply mentioned “hyperactive” in front of me.
take it easy, every kids tend to have this problem when they just first started their school, because everything seems so interesting to them. Jo was like Josh before, but now he is ok.
07 Jul 08
6:26 pm
i have the same worry too, when qiqi started school. even turn my car back, went to peek at her class window to see how she is doing. go down to talk to the teachers, asking all the related teachers. Even question her BM teacher when she comes home one day telling me she does not wanna go to BM class anymore. Haha….so *susah to entertain* this mummy!!