Tonight it was parents evening at Rebecca’s nursery.
Honestly these things can be difficult , i imagine every parents wants to go and be told how amazing their child is. The best, brightest and wonderful behaved BUT does anyone ever hear all three?
Rebecca has her issues and i do admit i had thought she was starting to overcome them in nursery but from what they said she is not progressing much .
- She does not talk much unless forced into it , the teacher is not letting her away with not saying stuff like Please and Thank you any more.
- She does not interact much with the other children , the 2 girls she ignores most of the time (both her age but are loud little chatterboxes) and the boy (who is 3) she only plays with now and then . She does prefer to do her own thing though.
- She is stubborn and often refuses to do what she is meant to be doing , such as sitting at story time or helping at tidy up time.
The teacher asked if Rebecca talked about nursery at home and i was easily able to tell her everything they have been doing lately . She seemed happy with this as Rebecca was obviously learning and picking up the teachings even if she does not let them know that.
She did mention Rebecca is very confident and sure of herself. She seems happy and goes about her activities having fun . She often seeks out her teacher to play with her or waits for the other girls to leave an area then goes there. I wonder if it is because her home life is so busy that she prefers her own company in nursery?
We discussed school and if we felt she would be ready and no one can say for sure , i think we will all just have to wait and see.
We also talked about Eilidh starting and how it would affect Rebecca , will Rebecca be more willing to talk and join in, with her sister around and able to understand her? Or will it stop Rebecca attempting any interaction with the other children? . Either way the teachers will deal with it and told me to stop worrying.
Overall Rebecca is doing good in school , she is bright and i know she loves it. I sometimes wish i could force her hand in talking but that is not fair to her , this is something only she can over come. I just wish i could do something to help her.
I am glad it went well! I wold not worry about it too much. Phabian outside of school is a very social child but his teachers have said to me many times that in school he tends to like to play by himself or with the teacher in her center of the day. He did get a little more intereactive when his cousin and brother joined his class this year but still enjoys his time to himself.