My 3yr old tends to pout when her teachers tell her to do her work, I dont understand why she does that cause she is not like that when she is at home. Does any one have any advice?
Thank you all for the advice and I will take all of it into account.
What type of work are they telling her to do? It may be that it is above/below her level. It also may not be developmentally appropriate for her age - 3 y.o. is pretty young.
Sorry to sound simplistic, but don't you think it might be because she's three and three year olds naturally want to play... and play IS their work? What kind of "work" are they requiring of three year olds at her school?
Another thought is to elicit cooperation by enthusiastically inviting her to participate rather than "telling her to do her work."
Hope this helps.
I have a son who everytime I would tell him to do his work, he would pout, throw a fit, say he can't do it. But with his teachers he would just fill in the lines, not caring if it was correct or not. I held him back last year because of his IQ scores. Since this year has started he does wonderfully, everything is clickin in his head. He does try to pout but I let him know that is not acceptable behavior and if he continues it he will be in trouble. I also believe that the teacher he had last year was not a patient to his disability, I am sure she is a wonderful teacher but just not for him.
For your child, maybe the teacher is coming across wrong to your child. Maybe like so many other folks are saying, maybe the workload is too constricting. when you drop your child off do you tell your child to have a great day, and have fun and do everything the teacher says. I have to tell that to my son every morning, alone with a I love you of course. If i should miss a morning I hear about it in the agenda pad. Children need to be told constantly what to do but in a posotive way. Not in a negative way otherwise you will get a negative reaction.
Sorry if none of what i have said does not help you..
I raised two children (boys) who were fourteen months apart. I recall that 3 year olds can be exasperatingly independent and their moods change like the wind. I agree that 3 years old is a tad young to be expecting exemplary behavior all of the time; though this does not mean that structure and adhering to a schdule are not important for this age level. I would not stress too much over your daughter's lack of response to her teacher. It is her age. Perhaps the teacher may need to look for a different approach to your daughter given her age.
This may not be nice to say but 3 yr olds know how to work adults. She could be pouting because she does not want to do the work. The pouting may have gotten her out of doing something she did not want to do before. You should talk to the teacher and have her stick her ground with your daughter and then see if the pouting disappears.
