Preparing for Family-Teacher conference
Over the past four months Kyler has made the most progress in joining in at music & movement. He is beginning to express himself and open up with teacher and friends. When Kyler first joined our class in January he would stand to the side and not participate at all with the other children. If someone said anything to him, he would scream at them to leave him alone. By March Kyler would join the group but was still reluctant to join in with the singing, dancing, or exercise movements. Here it is April and Kyler led a song at music time. He likes pass out the musical instruments and even suggests songs for everyone to sing. He has made tremendous progress.
Kyler enjoys block play with the dinosaurs. Given a choice, he would play with the dinosaurs all day. His fascination with dinosaurs leads him to paint pictures of dinosaurs, pretend to be a dinosaur, and he enjoys the dinosaur counters.
Kyler is most excited and attentive when it is snack time. He especially looks forward to the day he is snack helper. He always encourages the other children to prepare for snack and to sit quietly so they can get served.
The best form of redirection for Kyler is to request his help with something. If he gets in a squabble with another child, all I have to do is ask him to help me and it immediately defuses the situation. He loves to help and feels special and important when asked to perform a task and he completes it.
Although Kyler has come a long way from when he first joined our class, I feel one objective you could work on at home would be to encourage him to be more open. Interact with him in a way that he will learn to more freely express himself. Give him developmentally appropriate task to do and acknowledge when he completes them. This will help to build his self-confidence and self-worth. Ask him questions and listen when he answers them. Also, ask his opinion on certain matters and let him help make decisions.
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