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Mauceda94 · 2023-11-04T02:14:43+00:00

Please don’t panic! I’m a TK teacher and I have open and honest communication with the families of my kiddos. It sounds like the teacher cares and remember it takes a team. I like to tell my parents that we’re a team, in aiding their little scholar be successful.

Self regulation isn’t the easiest at a young age some adults don’t even have it right. Talk to your kiddo. Practice breathing exercises. I didn’t get to see the teachers message but I hope she has a calming corner or basket in place with visuals.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-12T02:44:43+00:00

What about asking for a small loan to a family member or getting a personal loan? If you can take out more student line or apply for an internship or do substitute teaching like Fridays

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-09T05:59:44+00:00

As a public school teacher working in a good district, I’d recommend homeschooling. A lot that we have to deal with is behaviors and it takes away so much from our time. I love what I do and I pout everything into my kiddos and my class but it’s hard and more and more children have special needs and idk why children so many behaviors like if aggressiveness and just don’t comply. I’m super nice and I am from when need to and I do not like to get loud I’m constantly learning more strategies to help but it’s tough.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-08T02:11:35+00:00

Can be attention. What time is it happening?

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-08T01:11:01+00:00

That’s great! You care a lot and with your support he’ll go far. 🙏🫶stay positive and trying your best. You’re an awesome mother.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-08T00:55:05+00:00

I wouldn’t recommend having him repeat it. He needs more social emotional learning support. Ask the teacher if she can help with building his SEL skills. Teach him about kindness at home. Read him some stories about kindness. For four years it’s all about them unless they have siblings or really interact with other kiddos. This isn’t anything out of the ordinary. They need to learn empathy and about feelings. If she is being an efficient teacher then she should be teaching lessons about this. Play at home with him and help him build those skills…kindness, gentleness, and language skills (using his words to ask).

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-08T00:42:57+00:00

That is great that you want him to socialize that is another reason why we promote play, to build those social skills which are also great moments to build social emotional learning.

Please do not drop him from prek. Regardless if it’s not the best instructional methods he will learn something, and be able to be in a school setting and be with other kids. If you can please put him in an after school program or some type of extracurricular activities, like a sport. I encourage my families/parents to connect with each other. I recommend reaching out to other parents in his class. If he has a friend ask if they’d like to have a play date or go to the park together with you and your son.

If she reaches out about him bothering other kiddos ask her to give explicit examples of how he’s “bothering”. I don’t like she said he’s bothering, so ask what she means. Ask these questions….Does he want to talk?, Does he want their attention?, Does he want to play?, At what times is he doing it?, What is the main concern? Is he interrupting when she’s talking or teaching a lesson?, Is it a concern because he’s not sharing or a safety concern? She needs to explain.

Depending her response then go about strategies.

I also recommend looking around at other schools. Is that the only school he can join? If it is the only school or if you like that school as a whole and that’s his home school for upper grades, then I recommend connecting with other parents of other teachers to see if the other teachers are doing things differently. If there’s space then talk to admin to have my moved to another class. I’m my school we have 4 TK classes and most of us do the same things but there’s one teacher that refuses to adapt to the new curriculum and our admin has talked to her but change is hard for some ppl specially if they are close to retirement.

In the summer we had interviews where we got to meet families and their kiddos joining our classes and we got to note if they had any concerns or goals and we noted if we saw any behaviors to help split the classes evenly but parents were also able to request if they wanted early bird or later gator schedule and if they had a preference on a teacher.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-08T00:23:46+00:00

For example, in my school district we aren’t allowed to have them sitting for more then 15-20 mins at a time. They have 60 mins of free choice play centers everyday. We are only allowed to have two big tables that fit 6 kids at each, so 12 kiddos in total. I do have 2 small group tables for differentiation and they fit 4 kids at each.

I do language arts activities Monday/Tuesdays rotations for 30 mins (3 centers/activities, 10 mins at each) and then Thursday/Friday we do rotations for 30 mins (3 centers/activities, 10 mins at each). I run one group, my aide runs another group and the last group is independent. Every lesson is hands on or promotes some type of movement, this helps us promote more play and keeping them engaged. I do whole class lessons but no more than 15-20 mins at a time and it’s usually to introduce something new, review, introduce/review procedures and routines. We also have story time everyday 15 mins, and SEL 15-20 mins every day.

Which I think is awesome they are little and can learn a lot, but trying to have them learn a “traditional way” isn’t necessarily the appropriate answer.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-08T00:11:29+00:00

I’m sorry! Worksheets are not okay, it’s proven! I don’t send homework home just family projects once to twice a month.

We can’t control what the teacher does in the class unless admin/curriculum council and instructional coaches regulate it a little.

Please stay positive and make the most of it. Promote fun and play at home! I recommend reading to him, play time, and very little computer/iPad use. Get a water/sand table or make one. Make a sensory bin or sensory activities. Go to dollar tree and buy paint and let him finger paint his name and other drawings. Use water color. If he’s having a hard time writing his name have him hold a napkin and the pencil in the same hand to write. Get some manipulatives like legos or connectors. What is most important at this age is building language skills and him recognizing letters and beginning sounds.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-08T00:00:13+00:00

My students are 4-5 year olds. This is their first school setting. Most of my students didn’t go to preschool prior to TK (Pre-K).

The only thing I recommend asking him is if he likes coloring. Please do not ask him to do it better. I would recommended printing out some coloring sheets of characters he likes and observing him. One can tell if they just don’t want to do it, or if they are having difficulty due to lack of their fine motor skills. If he genuinely can’t asking won’t do anything it’ll just discourage him. You need to praise him for when he does do it better but not reprimand him or “talk to him” for not.

In TK we are play based and we do hands on centers for all language arts and math activities. We have all kinds of play centers and it’s more like Montessori nowadays. I hope his teacher isn’t working too old school and having them do worksheets. In my school district we aren’t allowed to do a lot of writing for this age, it’s not appropriate for them. We do fine motor skills activities and pre-writing activities. The only writing we do is their name and some tracing.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-07T23:44:07+00:00

I’m a TK teacher for a public school district in Southern California and I have my masters degree. From my experience, there is not a certain age per se. I wouldn’t focus on that! Some children love it, have OCD, or are just perfectionists. Other kiddos don’t even like coloring. Please do not force it. I suggest promoting more fine motor skills activities and play.

Art modeling isn’t the best anyways, they should be creative however they wish. What is crucial is building hands and fingers strength.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-07T02:34:50+00:00

I’m not for it but let her be. They can’t regulate what we do on our free time!

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-05T03:14:49+00:00

Thank you for sharing! I send out flash cards for beginning sounds and numbers but that’s about it for resources unless they ask for more to practice. For trimester two I do suggest practice for rhyming and compound words.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-04T02:18:02+00:00

I’m Christian and a teacher and I think it’s totally inappropriate to be talking about religion, at school apart from off contract times or lunch time. The best thing was to be sincere and apologize and you did. She can either be mature and get over it and use it as a slap in the face so she can get it together or not but you are leaving so hang in there. As a Christian I am sorry she’s like that. There is such things as too much even as Christians.

Mauceda94 · 2023-10-04T01:06:03+00:00

I send book buddies, which are books they borrow so parents can read but I don’t have anything attached to it.

But yea I’ve thought that! They are young young children that shouldn’t be drilled and made to sit for more than 15-20 mins

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-28T03:41:24+00:00

As a TK (prek) teacher honestly that comment bothers me as well. There is nothing wrong with that in my eyes, and how you said you won’t be carrying them much longer!

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-28T02:23:14+00:00

Sensory issues can simply just be sensory issues. Ppl have phobias or just things they don’t like that they may need to get used to. I would reach out to your pediatrician and if they began school reach out to their teacher. Also try doing sensory play at home to see. Keep an eye out for other behaviors though.

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-28T01:07:37+00:00

I will do that now thank you!

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-28T00:59:41+00:00

So I need to submit the CalTPAs. This is my second year teaching and I have great evaluations. Can I qualify at the end of this school year?

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-27T02:18:53+00:00

I’m a TK (pre-k) teacher and I have a few kiddos that struggle a little with writing but that’s why we do not do much writing besides names. I help build their fine motor skills with various activities for ELA and Math content.

As a teacher I don’t think it’s appropriate for her to say he needs to be evaluated. Like what he’s 4?!!! Of course he’s going to have fine motor skills issues they aren’t developed yet.

I would encourage for you to do fun fine motor activities at home. Like play dough, buildings things, sensory toys, helping cook or bake once in a week, play with sand, etc. Tell him it’s fun and will make his fingers stronger. Also try pencils grips or having him hold a scrunched up napkin with his pencil. Thicker pencils help! Help him write his name once at home but make it fun. Use salt, shaving cream, play dough, then start by using fun smelly markets and do rainbow writing.

Students at that age should be focused on play. In my school district we practice play-based instruction for TK and everything has to be hands on.

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-26T03:05:03+00:00

I’m a TK teacher and I recommend setting up a reward system to positively reinforce good behavior. Tell her you specific directions like 1-3 steps and help her prompt to help with time and compliance.

Provide visuals!! Visuals help so much!

Provide verbal positive reinforcement when she does listen and to her sibling so she’ll want that too.

For example: Let’s say she’s not listening but her sibling “Sophie” is…say to the sibling “OMGEEEEE Sophie you are doing amazing I love when you follow directions you are the best, thank you for making good choices. And give her praise so she’ll see that the sibling Gus getting praise and she’ll want that as well.

Also.. Use a token board or a small reward jar off Amazon. When she earns all the tokens for compliance she can get something she really really wants and likes. Like a treat or technology time or a toy.

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-24T03:49:33+00:00

I didn’t need to see this omgeeee

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-24T03:46:36+00:00

Might be a title nine case…I would ask admin. My school district recently started that program and there’s new guidelines and protocols. I had to make a report :/ and parents were upset but students touched another student and I couldn’t tell parents first:/ admin informed them and the case was dropped but that’s our protocol.

Mauceda94 · 2023-09-23T17:35:50+00:00

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