1st grader will not stop singing. All day.
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Anonymous
| I feel so bad sending him to his room for singing, but it is sooooo annoying. He has sensory processing issues, and although a lot of the sensory issues have dissipated since his toddler years, the constant singing (loudly!) has seen an uptick since the quarantine. Or maybe I’m noticing it now that I’m with him all day. His 1st grade teacher did say at the beginning of the year that my son sang a lot at inappropriate times, and he found a way to stop it. Aha, I will reach out to that teacher to see what he did to stop the singing. Well, if anyone has suggestions... |
Anonymous
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He’s stimming. There are much worse habits.
Reward him for not singing. Keep him busier. Practice mediation techniques. |
Anonymous
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Strathmore Children’s Chorus, after this over. They are very good. |
Anonymous
| My 1st grade daughter does not have sensory issues, but she also sings all day (very loudly). Super annoying. I do have to send her to her room or to the basement if she gets too loud. |
Anonymous
| This is a way to relieve their anxiety. Can you think of other ways to help them do that that are less annoying? Alternatively can you wear noice cancelling headphones for part of the time they need to let out their energies? |
Anonymous
| What did the teacher say? |
Anonymous
| My child sings or hums when happy so I’d see it as a good sign. |
Anonymous
| Have you posted before? I swear there was a post awhile back about a teacher complaining about the child singing all the time in class and whether the teacher was out of line to say something to the parent. |
Anonymous
| i have two kids without sensory disorders and they both sing all day. the best is when they sing over each other and start fighting about who was singing first. |
Anonymous
| Tell him it's singing time when he's out in the yard and when he's in the bath or shower. |
Anonymous
Same here. I don't have the heart to rebuke him. |
Anonymous
OP, I don't mean this unkindly, but is it possible that you, too, have sensory processing issues? I ask because I do (they come free with my ADHD). Loud singing-- like a lot of things my kid does-- would annoy a lot of people! But it would extra-annoy people like me. I find at least part of the solution is to lessen the sensory impact. Sometimes I have to close my eyes, or put in earplugs, before I lose it. Then I can calmly address the issue-- or am able to ignore it entirely. |
Anonymous
| I posted about my 5th grader awhile back. He sings, hums, or raps all the time. All last summer he sang Old Town Road. Over and over and over again. Including under his breath, while watching videos on a 10 hour car ride. He's now onto various raps that he hears when watching basketball highlights. Tell him to stop and it starts up again 2 minutes later. We have a small house and it makes us all crazy. I don't think there are any great solutions. |
Anonymous
| I would start a behavior chart. |
Anonymous
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I have one child who sings a lot, loudly. I just move myself out of earshot and if not possible, try to tune it out. If that doesn't work, I ask her (politely) to stop because I am x, y, z (I give an excuse). She is 5... most of the time I caught at her singing or talking to herself, but sometimes it IS annoying.
I try to accommodate, but if pail comes to shove, my comfort has priority in this situation since I am the adult and parent. |