Yes...that's when we switched from the bus pick up/drop off to me picking him up/ drop off...we eventually started having dh do it. It's a transitional thing. It's easier for Payne to accept school time when he has something seperating home from school or school from daycare...etc. Bribery didn't help us much...there's not much that he likes enough to get him to stop acting up. It DOES get better. It's all about routines...the only problem is when something throws a wrench in the routine (ie dh being sick/ having a VERY early meeting and can't drop Payne off), but Payne has been doing a lot better since he knows what is expected of him.
hello all
My daughter is in first grade and she is crying every morning to stay home. She says she wants to stay home with me all day. The guidance counseler and her teacher suggested having someone else drive her. My Mother is bringing her and she does stop by the time she drops her off. I am great full my mom is doing this for the time being. I explained to my daughter when she stops crying in the am I will bring her. Until then Grandma will be driving you.
Have any of you experienced this? I know most kids do this in pre-school, kindergarten. I really thought this year in 1 st grade would be different. She also has to bring a stuffed animal. The teahers say she is doing fine all day and we do have a communication notebook that comes home in her back pack.
I guess it is separation anxiety, but I thought it would sudside by 1st grade, it stresses me out in the morning. This morning was a rough one, she took her shoes off and through them at the wall! I was ready to blow a gasket
Any suggetions or ideas? I have used stickers in the past for getting up and now throwing a fuss, bribery etc. Also have taken away computer priveledges which she does not like that at all. Iam thinking she may have to lose computer time after school so maybe she will get she has to go to SCHOOL!
Thanks everyone...........Will it ever get better? I feel like my kid is the only one crying and hates the transition.
Tanglewood
Last year we went through this a lot...I just felt like Mason HATED school. He is having a rough year again this year, but luckily it's not at home before school...it's just once he gets there...I guess not lucky for the school, just for me.
Anyway, what we did was something called a "working for" card. Mason LOVES the computer. So we made a card that had pictures of all the things he needed to do in the morning (brush teeth, get dressed.) When he completed the task he put a penny (I put velcro on the back of them) next to that picture. I set a timer, and he had 30 minutes to finish all the tasks...whatever time was left he got to use the computer before school. I was worried about him not wanting to stop once the timer went off, but he would actually shut everything down by himself once the timer went off. He did so well with it, once we got it in place. Once in awhile he would pick a different thing, like watch TV or listen to music...but either way he was "working for" a reward in the amount of time slotted, and it really helped him having that time to himself before school.
We still use that now, even though it's not really an issue anymore...I just don't want to change his routine now that it's sooo set in...he still needs help doing all of this, but now he just cooperates and does it so he has his computer time.
If your dd is anything like Mason...taking away a priveledge after school probably isn't going to help much in the morning...Mason needs to have immediate rewards and consequences or it really has no impact on him.
Good luck!!