Does NOT Listen

Be very consistent in your discipline. Small children tend to work on pattern more than real understanding. It takes alot of energy and time but make sure you respond everytime she does not obey with a consequence and everytime she does obey with a positive word of encouragement. She will come around with you nudging her in the right direction.

you really need to stay on top of her... be consistant at all times even when it is not convenat for you... It will be hard however stay on top of her now before she gets older..start maybe a reward system... what I did with my 3 year old was started a ticket system... he got time out too of course but when he misbehaved he got not only time out but a ticket and I also had his teachers at the preschool do it as well too,,, we would right down what it was that he did and then at the end of the day if no tickets he got 10 pennies in his piggy bank which was see through.. if he got a ticket then he has to take 3 out (for his age) this seemed to help out since he really liked the consept of money. If he did not get a ticket then he would get to put 10 more pennies in .. maybe something similiar would help.. with my pre teens I started a marble jar and if they misbehaved I took the marble out since the in a sine had "lost there marble's" by not acting correctly.. lol this seemed to work rather well with them since at the end of the week they were rewarded with things that they liked to do.. hang out at the mall for a few hours the skate park or what ever.. if not enough were remaining then no fun for them that weekend... I even gave them options after a while to remove and replace marble from each other if they were not being nice to each other (hard one for the only girl with the boys who liked to pick on them and she would yell at them) good luck to you .. we all go through it

I too am a stay at home mom to my 5 yr old daughter and my 2 yr old son. My daughter too started kindergarten this year.
When she was younger we had problems with her following rules and simple directions. My husband and I stayed consistent with her and our son. We put them on the wall, (not the corner) we set a timer and when the bell would ring they new they could get off the wall. We would ask them to come over and tell us why we put them on the wall, and explained to them why they are not allowed or supposed to do what ever it is they did.
When I say " stay consistent" I mean it. When we are in public I find a wall and put them on it. For example we were in Home Depot our son was not listening to me so I put him on a wall. It took 3 min. to get him to act right. You might get a few people looking at you, but it is a different look than if you child was screaming or crying.

Good luck!! Please let me know if this works for you.
Happy New Year!

I am in a similar situation as you are. I have a 5 year old girl who started Kind. this year. She is also going through a "not listening" phase and it's driving me nuts! I have found myself losing my patience with her quite often and NOTHING seems to work to get her to do better. There are times that I tell her to go to her room until she feels like she can listen to me. I let her dictate that amount of time she spends there and when she comes out she says "I think I can listen now" and I give her the chance. This repeats itself a few times a day, but I find that if I stay on her with it, and do it constantly, she gets the point a bit and calms down and listens a bit more. Good luck, and if nothing else, know that you are not alone!!!