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[quote=Anonymous]Re: butt smacking - eh  to us adults it's inappropriate and a knee jerk reaction. To a playful 4 yr old who doesn't understand/hasn't learned boundaries (yet), it genuinely was a game of  Invisible Monster. You told him firmly that's a huge "no", explained why it's a huge "no", so let it go and move forward.

The other stuff: it's hard to tell w/o context. He sounds like an ordinarily good kid, so I doubt his behavior is truly done for spite, but just out boredom/not sure what he supposed to do at that moment/sees someone else doing it, etc.

Is he bored? Does he understand expectations - for a lot of kids this is the 1st time in a preschool, given last year's shutdown, so adults and teachers forget and inadvertently forget that their kids may not automatically know preschool basic rules.

I assume prek just started after Labor Day? So, he's only a month into it and if it's only 3x/week it may be part of the new routine and structure he trying to wrap his little mind around.

Re: reading to your wiggly little guy at bedtime- could be bad timing and he just might not be feeling it. We rarely do bed time stories at bedtime. We do Hidden Pictures together (or Waldo) instead  I found reading time was a better fit after his screen time in the afternoon.  YMMV  but thought I'd suggest it for a different approach.[/quote]

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