Kindergardner not following the rules...already!?

Can you try play kindergarten at home, and make sure he understands the behavior expected of him?

Otherwise, maybe he has too much energy! Get him moving after school, and feed him less energy foods (sugar, white pasta, etc).

Well, that is part of what kindergarten is all about - learning what is allowed and what isn't - learing to live as a citizen of a greater community.

You need to sit him down and tell him that you are dissapointed in his behaviour - ask him if he knows the rules.

If he doesn't, have a special meeting with the teacher to go over them, and go over them at home several times - maybe every morning before school so it's fresh in his mind. Then tell him you expect him to behave properly and to follow the rules.

As long as there isn't some sort of underlying personality problem or behavioral problem, he should be able to do this once it's set down for him. Tell him you know this is a big step from preschool, but you know he's a big kid and ready for it.

Then praise him when he does it right, praise his classwork, and artwork, and try to be more involved in his schooling in general - volunteer when you can and ask how his day was, etc.

good luck

Is this your son's first time in a structured school setting? If he wasn't in preschool prior to kindergarten, he is probably just having a hard time figuring it all out. I think a lot of the problem comes from the fact that most kids have been in preschool and know how to behave in that setting and many kindergarten teachers now expect them to. Try to keep it positive...if he likes school, you don't want to ruin that. When i taught K, I used sticker charts for my kids that were struggling. They had the opportunity to earn a sticker for each activity (calendar, morning work, storytime, etc.). I would talk to them about what they needed to do in order to earn a sticker and after the activity they would either get a sticker or I would talk to them about why they did not. Their sticker chart went home at the end of each day and mom and dad chose how to reward. Many times it was just making a big deal out of earning X amount of stickers and putting it up on the fridge or, on a not so great day, talking to them about why they didn't earn their stickers. The best thing you can do is to let your son see that you are working with his teacher and that what he does at school, both the good and the bad, matter to you.

Your child is probably doing this for attention, not just to be naughty. He is probably used to an environment where he gets a lot more one on one adult time, and now he is one to thirty. You probably need to talk to him, and let him know that you do not approve of the behaviors. Ask him why he is doing this, and have him think of better ways to behave. You could also have him apologize to his teacher and class.

Then "practice" the good behaviors with him. Kids this age love role-play, and you could even make him the teacher and you the student. Practice good ways and bad ways of doing things.

It would be a good idea to talk to him every day right before school and again right after. Ask him how things went, what was good, what wasn't so good. Keep asking more specific questions until you get answers. Then maybe once a week you could email the teacher and see how she is feeling about his behavior. Then, if he needs to practice some more with you, he can.

Just remember this is new for him, and work on one behavior at a time until he is doing so great at school :). It will be ok.

Boys mature at a slow rate. Sometimes it takes an extra year to find their stride. It is not unusual for a boy to have to repeat Kindergarten because they weren't ready for the structure and socialization necessary to complete Kindergarten.

If he cannot settle in within a reasonable time, say a month then it would be easier on him to take him out. He won't be so frustrated and unhappy. School ought to be a positive experience. Especially Kindergarten.

Talk to his teacher, see what she thinks. He might be fine in a couple weeks, especially after he makes friends.

Don't rush into anythng until your son has had a chance to find his feet in this very new world.

Is the teacher concerned? It's hard for some kids to make the transition. Has he been in preschool or daycare before or is this completely new to him? If the teacher isn't concerned then I wouldn't be. If this is his first year in school/daycare/etc, then I would just try to stress the importance of the rules and how he must follow them or there will be consequences. Sorry I couldn't be a bigger help.

The way the teacher told us at the orentation is that they expect kids to have a hard time following the rules in the beginning and are more understanding of that as they are adjusting but after a month of being in school they should straighten up and there is more expected from them.

lol. I was a nightmare during kindergarten, although i didn't stick my tongue out, lol. My parents wrote me a letter from "Santa" telling me if i didn't straighten out my act that i wasn't getting anything for Christmas. If all else fails: lie, lmao.

when he does like that at home correct him right away. give a consequence every after he does somehting wwrong. let him stand in the corner no playtime for a big mistake hehas done. dont shout at him or yell at him when he does somehting wrong.talk to him in a nice way, heart to heart talk from tiome to time. ask him about school everytime you pick himn up from school. praise him for every good things he does.

Sign a waiver allowing the kindy teacher to bring the story time book down onto his head as hard as she possible can when he makes noises. His noises will change from annoyance to those of agony and humiliation.