Kindergarten Krimes

Don't you just hate when you wake earlier than planned??? You sit and think to yourself "why am I up and everyone else around me is sleeping". Finally after minutes of sitting in the dark you make your way to another room. That for me would be our down stairs living area; where I would sit some more. *sigh

Seriously the reason I shared that information is because I am up earlier than planned, and am now sitting on my sofa. Life.  You got to love it.

Well my Stages & Ages reflection is about education hence the title, "Kindergarten Krimes. We have a wonderful small fish in a big pond kindergartner.

Kindergarten- That 1st taste of independence when you have a back pack for good reason. My son did wonderful the first 5 weeks of school and then it happened a yellow face was sent home on his progress calendar. A yellow face meaning he had been warned about something. There was some behavior that had occurred that was not acceptable in the classroom. This of course sent me into the PPI mode (parent private investigator). My mommy senses told me I needed to communicate with his teacher to get the back story concerning whatever this offense was that our son participated in. The next step following an e-mail ,my preferred line of communication in these situation, was to sit the suspect down and get his story from his perspective. This is something that a novice parent can do, but may want back up support there. Since I am a 3rd time kindergarten parent, I knew all the tricks that the small fish would use to divert my attention from the real issue the yellow warning. There is the sad face with the puppy dog eyes, there is blank stare, the shifty eye look a dead give away that they are about to break, and finally the all out drop to the floor and sob like someone broke your favorite toy. The last tactic can be difficult to overcome after everyone had a long day at work or school.

My advice when dealing with Kindergarten Krimes:

•  Pray before beginning any investigation
• Get the teacher's insight on what occurred
• Never say Never ( when it comes to your child's behavior)
• Find creative ways to question your child (ex. draw a picture) it really does work
• Once you have a confession have consequences that are more like daily life skills lessons

"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it"
 Proverbs 22:6