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PRE SCHOOL SCREENING


toady_buckshot_noodle wrote: Well, I was afraid it would happen!!

AnaBeth went for her Pre-K screening Monday. they do that here to determine which kids can get in and whether they need all day or the half day program. They go by the home life, abilities, so forth and so on. Well, I didn't even sign her up for all day cause we don't meet the financial requirements.

Anyway, AnaBeth is one of those shy stubborn kids that will not talk to people until she warms up to them and she won't talk at all if she simply doesn't feel like it growl.gif .

They had 5 different teacher screening in the different areas of skill so after the first one lost patience with her not answering she sent her to the second so AnaBeth never got a chance to warm up to any of them and in about an hours time she answered about 3 questions and drew one shape. ARRRRGGHHH!!!

I understand she was scared but I was with her (the only parent I saw actually sitting with the child). To go to show it is attitude, she got tired of one of them asking about shapes and she finally yelled to the top of her lungs, "IT"S A CIRCLE!!!!" I wanted to strangle her!!

Well, I left there in tears and they will have to try again after school starts for them next week.

I am so upset.

MommyToAshley replied: Aweee, I am sorry that happened. hug.gif
I've never heard of preschool screening, but you would think that they know kids have different personalities and different temperaments and accommodate this. It will be a totally different setting once she is in preschool. She will have the same teacher every day and have a chance to warm up to her.

mckayleesmom replied: OMG.....Im doomed.... blush.gif

Crystalina replied: Yep, Mommy was with her. I never do that. Izabella is the same way. She freezes up and it frusterates the heck out of me because I know she isn't like that. One time I was asked to leave and that really made me mad but then when it was over the woman came out and told me that kids will do that when the parents are around but when the parents are gone they open up. For her kindergarten screening they would let absolutely no parents in and one mom was going off. She said "what can they be doing in there that we can't go in." I explained to her why but she didn't calm down. She thought something sinister was going on. rolleyes.gif

Kaitlin'smom replied: for per-school? oy I can see how many kids wont pass. not sure I understand the reason behind that one.

MyLuvBugs replied: Oh Gosh! hug.gif hug.gif hug.gif I hope it works out for you both. Hopefully next week will go better. hug.gif hug.gif hug.gif

Kirstenmumof3 replied: hug.gif hug.gif I'm so sorry that it went so badly! Maybe once she relaxes a little bit, the next time she will do just fine! hug.gif

amynicole21 replied: Oy! Sophia would fail that for sure. You would think they would offer different means of evaluating kids that age... most preschoolers would be shy in that situation I think unsure.gif

jcc64 replied: That's very predictable behaviour for a child of preschool age in a foreign situation. If the screeners were put off by that, they don't know their subjects at all.

coasterqueen replied: I'm sorry that happened. Surely they have to account for things like that, don't they. Gosh I hope so because mine is going to go in there yapping her head off and they won't want to pass her in fear of never getting a word in edge wise. laugh.gif

FYI for those that are curious public school systems require a pre-k screening so they can determine if your child is elegible for pre-K. Or at least ours is that way.

mckayleesmom replied:
That is why I think Im doomed...Mckaylee will just start asking them a billion questions and never be quiet....She will just bounce off the walls.

coasterqueen replied:
Well you'll have to tell me how her screening goes since it sounds like she'll be going before Kylie. happy.gif I'm still trying to deal with her yapping in ballet class. She gets 'scolded' for it constantly. Last night I told her "no yapping in class, k?". She said "mommy, what's yapping?" I replied with "talking too much" biggrin.gif So when she got out of class she said "mom was I yappers too much in there?". emlaugh.gif

C&K*s Mommie replied: Agreed. yessmiley.gif

A few private pre-k's here do the "prescreening", not the public ones to my knowledge.

holley79 replied: hug.gif I'm sorry she had a bad day. Maybe next time it will be better. Do they have a free Volunteer PK where you live? I have seen tons of places which offer it here. Took me a while to figure out what "Sign up for free VPK now." maybe I need screening. emlaugh.gif


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