2yearold teacher says she allows some wrestling, roughhousing

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would breathe a sigh of relief that my active 2 year old could get some energy out without being overly penalized.

+100 kids need to play. actually, learning how to roughhouse and plan, and then how to calm down and transition to the next activity is a useful skill for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is a pretty aggressive kid already, and I was somewhat surprised when his 2 year old class teacher said she allows kids to do some wrestling and roughhousing, "within reason and as long as no one is getting hurt," during school day. This blew my mind, because it seems like kids at this age aren't able to differentiate when that kind of behavior is appropriate and when it's not. We've had issues with my child being aggressively and --- while I'm no prude --- seems to me that this wouldn't help curb that sort of behavior. Is this the norm? Am I overreacting? Not trying to send a toddler to a reform school but would also like any program he attends to help him learn appropriate social skills

What exactly is meant by "roughhouseing and wrestling" among two year olds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would breathe a sigh of relief that my active 2 year old could get some energy out without being overly penalized.

+100 kids need to play. actually, learning how to roughhouse and plan, and then how to calm down and transition to the next activity is a useful skill for them.

I'm the "mayhem" teacher from earlier. I guess I don't see why a school should be responsible for helping children navigate this particular skill when it technically puts other kids in potential danger. Not necessarily the two who are play tussling, but the one who might get shoved over if they happen to be close by. Or what if they tussle on top of the play structure? They could push someone off inadvertently. There are many MANY social, cognitive, fine, and gross motor skills that preschool teachers work on throughout the day. The amount of constant coaching, mediating, and instruction would surprise those who have never spent time in a preschool classroom. It is constant. Your children can learn how to roughhouse safely on their own territory with siblings or on play dates where there are a lower adult to kid ratio, and not at school where there are two teachers to 10-16 kids whose parents are paying us to, among other things, keep their child safe.