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Glad to hear it....maybe you could suggest that this teacher do some kind of seminar/workshop so she can teach other teachers some of her strategies to them? It would be great to get that expertise out there.....

after last years experience, we were all on edge about kindergarten.  Cliff notes version:  Son was in private K5, I had a fight with her uncle who lives on my street. She came to play on street one day, told my son to go away. I told her that he lives here, this is his street and if she didnt want to play with him, go to her own subdivision.

Son starts coming home crying noone will play with him.  Not sure what is happenneing.  Find out this girl, who was in his class, was telling children terrible things.  I was told she told one child he picks his nose, he is nasty, told another one he was smelly, etc....  She ostracised my son. I told this child off in front of other kids by telling them that they should be nice to people who are nice to them and that they should not judge based on what others say.

Had my son so upset he told me that noone at new school would like him.  Got him an exception to attend school right up the road. This childs parents did the same so they are in the same school again!!!  Told principal to make sure they are in different classes.  I was SSSOOO happy to have this teacher. I think that since her own son went through the same, she is very protective of my son.

I am writing this to say how WONDERFUL my sons kindergarten teacher is and her class aid.  The teachers son has ADD and OCD and she has been teaching for over 20 years. She called me this am to see if my DS had his meds as he was all over the place this am.  Ds told her he did not get them.  I went to the school to medicate him.

Both of them said that he was a great kid, always sweet, highly intelligent. Even with the ADHD, they have gone out of their way to help him.  Noone is pickig on him, he has made friends and fits right in with the class.  I know that this is partly due to them and the way they do things.  She even told me today that she puts off certain activities until certain times of the day because she knows when his meds are starting to wear off. He likes school for the first time and I could not be happier.

That is wonderful. It is so good to have a caring, knowlegable teacher that can make a difference in a child's life.

  

     ok, pms again.  I swear, I was not mean to that little girl.  I just get frustrated with children who behave badly and their parents allow it.  No child should be allowed to bully other children, whether they have ADHD or not.

     I correct my child and am teaching him about empathy and putting himself in other peoples shoes.  It upsets me that people do not do the same.

Me too, and I have also been known to correct other children in public when they act badly....like "Now how do you think that made Joe feel when you told him he couldn't play with you because he smelled funny?"  or  "Wouldn't you be sad if no one wanted to sit next to you?"  And I am the first to correct my own children as well in similar situations.

The way that I read your post, it sounded to me like you didn't actually tell the child off directly, you just pointed out to a group of children (that included her) that one should not judge others based on things another child has said to them, but on your own experiences with that child..put in kid friendly/age appropriate terms of course.....

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That's great!!! Want to send her our way... We seem to have her evil twin teaching kindergarten at our school.

It's great to hear good stories.  So many times we are all ready to strangle our kids who are misunderstood by their teachers.  I am glad that there are a few good ones out there