We're having similar issues with W. He's in K3, but we're getting daily notes home about his behavior. He just isn't ready for the structure the teacher is implementing in the K3 room. He can't sit "criss cross apple sauce" for 20 minutes while the teacher does a lesson. Apparently the other children can, but mine can't. Or he'll act out and thwack a classmate over a sharing issue. Everyone tells me he will catch up and not be a serial killer, and I believe them. And yours will too.
(Sidenote, but W is at a Catholic school. They do religion lessons. Yesterday's was about God's love. W was having nothing to do with the lesson and was totally over things after about 5 minutes of sitting. So his teacher asks him about how great God's love is. William (according the the note the teacher sent home) screams at the top of his lungs, "I don't want God in my heart!!!!" I am sure this was supposed to break my heart, but oh my god I laughed like mad at that.)
20 minutes for a kindergartener? No. Too long. Of course your kid can't handle it. It's not appropriate.
That's what I said. Their lesson plan states that they're only sitting for 10 minutes, but my H did a hidden observation (watching from where the kids couldn't see) and he timed their lesson at 18 minutes.
I teach high schoolers, and I know that if I don't vary things up after 20 minutes I am asking for trouble. 3-4 year olds? Come on.
I picked him up and did not lower the boom on him. He was in the BEST mood. Go figure. I took him out for ice cream and then all brightly brought up what I had heard for the day. He was frustrated because Kid said he was being rude for spitting. But Jack kept trying to say it was an accident an the kid kept say rude rude rude. So Jack hit him. So we talked about walking away when you feel that frustrated feeling.
He also swears he got to go out for second recess so I don't know who is telling me the right story. He claims he only missed one so maybe teacher was giving me an example from earlier in the week.
We are now off to my parents where he will be spoiled rotten and we will start all over again on Monday lol.
My DS(4) is off the wall bananas if he can't get some physical activity. We have a treadmill in the basement and sometimes he'll go down and walk or run on it for a bit before school "to get my wiggles out, Mommy." It has been really helpful, especially in the winter.