Child doesnt want to go to school cause of boredom?

We recently moved to a new city which means a new school for my kindergartener. It's been two weeks and he still cries before entering his classroom and his teacher has to hold him while I leave the room. He tells me he misses his grandma, school is boring and he's not having fun. Yesterday his teacher told me that he left bruises on her arm from him fighing her I guess and that today it's not gonna happen again. If she had any problems with my son she could call my cell, even in orientation in her room she told all the parents if she has problems with any child that she will call the parents phone. Well I never got a call and she never has told me she wants a conference with me about my child. The second day there was a girl who was not listening and the teacher had a lil meeting after school with her father. ..so why not have any meetings with me about my childs behavior? I am allowed to visit the class any time also...should I go unexpectedly one day and see how the class is being?

I had lunch with him on tuesday and his fellow classmate told me that he was good at school...he does do well throughout the day but its those mornings and sometimes afterschool he doesnt do well...like yesterday i picked him up and he had a sad face and i asked what is that face for and hes like he didnt have fun and he didnt have a good day because he was bored... and there is another classmate that doesnt like the teacher and her dad is trying to see if he can switch her out too.... i asked my son if he likes his teacher and he said yea. but i dont know whats going on in his room though. I would think teachers are suppose to make things fun yet be a learning course also..this is stressing me
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SCHOOLS DON'T RECOMMEND PARENTS "VISITING" THEIR CHILD THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF SCHOOL (ESPECIALLY PRE K AND KINDER) AND FOR THIS REASON: The parent serves as a distraction to the child. The child sees mom, thus forgetting about rules and the work or whatever they have infront of them, a lot of the time causing a huge distraction for the entire class and making the teacher's job twice as hard as it already is with a fresh group of children who adjusting (just the same as your child).

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IT'S VERY COMMON FOR THE PARENT TO HAVE SEPERATION "ANXIETY" FROM THEIR CHILD AND FEED THIS ANXIETY TO THEIR CHILD (AND A LOT OF THE TIME THE CHILD DIDN'T HAVE IT TO BEGIN WITH). I HAVE THREE CLOSE FRIENDS THAT ARE KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS. THEY ALL HAVE TOLD ME THE SAME THING: A parent will "walk" their child into the classroom and the teacher will watch the child do as they are supposed too (say for instance, put their backpack in their cubby and go sit on their mat) and the parent will "carry on" instead of just walking away. They sit there and cause a scene as they walk out (not meaning to of course, they just can't stand to see their baby walk away from them...). They add emphasis on "Ok honey! Mommy is going! Mommy is leaving!" "Bye baby, it's okay, you're okay" and this causes fear in the child.

My kindegarten teacher (friend) said that one of her students parents did this for the first week, one day the other parent brought the child and said a quick goodbye and that was it. No screaming or crying (which normally happened with the mom) The teacher informed the mother one day, to make her exit swift and brief and from that day on...the child never had any problems.

AS FOR YOUR CHILD LEAVING BRUISES ON HIS/HER TEACHER, THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH YOUR CHILD IF THEY ARE STILL DOING THIS. A 5 YEAR OLD IS OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND RIGHT FROM WRONG.

THE CHILD BEING BORED: I doubt it. Maybe he is saying this to get attention. You may be feeding into it, giving him the response he was seeking.

Try to swift, brief exit and continuing with your day. The teacher WILL call you if there are problems. Don't wish for that. If you aren't getting calls, maybe he/she is adjusting just fine and you're just worrying.

Does the school have another kindergarten class? Perhaps changing him to another classroom will help- it helped my son in one grade, he felt the teacher didnt like him and was as a result reluctant to go to school. I would visit the class room first tho cause sometimes kids are perfectly good for teacher but brats for Mom. Maybe he is good all day for teacher so she hasnt had a talk with you because hes fine once you leave.The teacher should not hold him to make him stay - thats against most school district policies.

I would request a meeting with the teacher. If your son is having some anxiety issues, you could also ask the school guidance counselor to meet with him. They can be very helpful. One of my boys had some anxiety issues last year in 1st grade and it was very hard on all of us. He saw the guidance counselor and visited with the principal, who was also very helpful. It did help enough to calm his fears and make going to school a lot easier. This year, all of my kids are being homeschooled.

yes, definately, drop in a couple times in a week, maybe even 3 or 4, at different times. don't always announce yourself, either, just peek in a window if you can, to get a true sense of the situation. also, make sure you tell the teacher to call you ANY time she has an incident with him, even if it's just to tell him to quiet down.

if your worried about her not contacting you don't if there was a problem with him at school you can bet you will be the first to be contacted. sounds like your child and you both are suffering some seperation anxiety. if you want to know more about whats what at school volunteer. teachers usually only use all your contact info in case of an emergency and for school closings stuff like that. i have 3 teen-agers. i always called and set up conferences with their teachers. that way they can give you the information on what they are excelling in and what they need help in. i did this once a month. you can call and set up your own conference with her to see what is what and give her your ideas. good luck and best wishes.

I'm thinkin it's not boredom. He isn't adjusting well.
He's probably straight up cool after 10 mins. that's why she didn't call you up.
He just has seperation anxiety cause you moved and everything is new.
He'll get over it.
It's not boredom.

go in unexpectedly and see for yourself what is going on. ask the teacher why she is not meeting with you and if need be switch out of her class. ask your son why he feels bored there. maybe he is a gifted child and needs harder work. it happens sometimes. hope this gets straightend out. good luck.

I don't know about all the other stuff, but I could venture a guess at why the teacher didn't call you.

Most of the time, kids who cry at dropoff are fine after a little while, but keeping the parent around, or having the parent linger when saying goodbye, or that kind of thing can cause things to get worse. It's possible she didn't call you because it's one of those issues that you can't do a whole lot about, and it's one of the few issues where, if you showed up to try to help, it could just cause more problems. Generally, the best thing to do is to let the teacher handle it, with that particular problem. But that's not exactly the parental instinct -- we hover and soothe and try to take care of it on our own, and doing that often prolongs the problem.