No gross motor play

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. I am used to a preschool that has a multipurpose room where there is some tricycles and things like that for the kids to play with either in addition to going outside or instead of it.

I would not say he is unhappy, but the school is a co-op so I have had the chance to eat in the classroom multiple times. I observe a good deal of boredom and frustration on the part of the kids. The teachers are excellent though aside from this.

It feels like there’s a lot of time elsewhere in the day but there isnt for us. He comes home and naps, and then his older siblings are home, and the focus goes off of him and onto them.

What is he doing when the older siblings are home though? Probably playing outside right? If it’s a preK program, they have a lot of curriculum to get through in a compressed time, because most preKs are five days a week. Is your child four or younger?

He is a young 3 so this is not PreK. There is no real 'material' cover, at least in my opinion.

His older siblings are significantly older so we are sadly not just playing outside, though sometimes we do. There is a lot of driving them to/from an activity, helping with homework, making dinner. The older kids are at a private school where they go outside multiple times a day so its not a huge priority to get them out after school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:[list]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I am used to a preschool that has a multipurpose room where there is some tricycles and things like that for the kids to play with either in addition to going outside or instead of it.

I would not say he is unhappy, but the school is a co-op so I have had the chance to eat in the classroom multiple times. I observe a good deal of boredom and frustration on the part of the kids. The teachers are excellent though aside from this.

It feels like there’s a lot of time elsewhere in the day but there isnt for us. He comes home and naps, and then his older siblings are home, and the focus goes off of him and onto them.

What is he doing when the older siblings are home though? Probably playing outside right? If it’s a preK program, they have a lot of curriculum to get through in a compressed time, because most preKs are five days a week. Is your child four or younger?

He is a young 3 so this is not PreK. There is no real 'material' cover, at least in my opinion.

His older siblings are significantly older so we are sadly not just playing outside, though sometimes we do. There is a lot of driving them to/from an activity, helping with homework, making dinner. The older kids are at a private school where they go outside multiple times a day so its not a huge priority to get them out after school.

That’s actually really sad. You value gross motor play but not enough for you to actually do something about it. Kind of a “do as I say not as I do” type of parent. Well, if that’s truly the case that you don’t have any time for your youngest child to play outdoors, then you might need to look at a different program that is exclusively outdoors. Or, taking your child out of the school and playing with them outdoors three days a week for three hours a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:[list]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. I am used to a preschool that has a multipurpose room where there is some tricycles and things like that for the kids to play with either in addition to going outside or instead of it.

I would not say he is unhappy, but the school is a co-op so I have had the chance to eat in the classroom multiple times. I observe a good deal of boredom and frustration on the part of the kids. The teachers are excellent though aside from this.

It feels like there’s a lot of time elsewhere in the day but there isnt for us. He comes home and naps, and then his older siblings are home, and the focus goes off of him and onto them.

What is he doing when the older siblings are home though? Probably playing outside right? If it’s a preK program, they have a lot of curriculum to get through in a compressed time, because most preKs are five days a week. Is your child four or younger?

He is a young 3 so this is not PreK. There is no real 'material' cover, at least in my opinion.

His older siblings are significantly older so we are sadly not just playing outside, though sometimes we do. There is a lot of driving them to/from an activity, helping with homework, making dinner. The older kids are at a private school where they go outside multiple times a day so its not a huge priority to get them out after school.

That’s actually really sad. You value gross motor play but not enough for you to actually do something about it. Kind of a “do as I say not as I do” type of parent. Well, if that’s truly the case that you don’t have any time for your youngest child to play outdoors, then you might need to look at a different program that is exclusively outdoors. Or, taking your child out of the school and playing with them outdoors three days a week for three hours a day.

DP what an unnecessary response.

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For a young 3, I would probably just pull him from the program and focus on park/playground/outdoor time in the mornings. Next year when he’s not napping he can try a more academic preschool. That’s my preference/bias though; I don’t think it’s objectively right or anything though.