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leefamily
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 | | 08/30/2007 10:11 AM |
 Alert | | Hi, I know I've talked to some of you about the woes our children are facing with all day kindergarten, but maybe it's just a select few. Does anyone else experience these problems? My daughter is exhausted! So tired she can barely eat dinner and we eat at like 5:00. She will sometimes go to bed at around 6:45 and still can't get up in the morning. Why don't they have rest time? I'm really concerned because she is so tired. On weekends she's not like this so I know it's not something more serious. I think if they let them nap for about an hour it would really help. Anyone else? | | | |
| | "JustJodi"
Posts:614
| | 08/30/2007 10:48 AM |
Alert | | Well my daughter (as you know) is having a tough time adjusting. She has gotten used to several things, but the LONG day is not one of them! She is not really that tired when she comes home as she gets her second wind. She does keep saying "why do we have to go so long?" | |
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| | Jodypag
Posts:207
| | 08/30/2007 11:55 AM |
Alert | | I do know if you want to you can pick her up at half day (thier lunchtime I beleive) and just have her go that long. My son surprisingly (ok so maybe not surprisingly but to the dismay of his overprotective mommy) is adjusting very well to kinder. I was concerned at first because I have talked to some other kinder teachers who teach here in copa and they said some kids just cant do fullday and some kids do get picked up. It is always a option if you feel its best Just talk to the teachers and principal of the school. but I really feel for you because fullday kinder is such a new thing to me and I think its TOO long for the kids to start off but thats me. | |
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| | "JustJodi"
Posts:614
| | 08/30/2007 12:25 PM |
Alert | | I agree Jody it is LONG esspecially with the early start hours! I have spoken to the principal and he said they would work with me, as of now I will keep my fingers crossed that she will just get used to it! | |
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| | leefamily
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| | 08/30/2007 2:03 PM |
Alert | I didn't know we had the option to pick up! Ah, talked to Mr. Montoya eh? tee hee.
I will see how she adjusts after about a month or so. I just hope it gets better, if not, I may have to try the half day thing. | | | |
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| | thiskiss
Posts:331
| | 08/30/2007 3:16 PM |
Alert | | Maybe when she gets home you could have her take a nap for no more then an hour, and then she will have some energy to atleast stay up until 8 so she can take her bath, eat dinner, and possibly play with friends or siblings. Just a thought. | | | |
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|  | YZRacer
Posts:1580
| | 08/30/2007 3:24 PM |
Alert | Mine isn't a morning person (and neither am i!). She hasn't napped in about 2 years, but after a long active day at school, I insist she lay down and rest for about 30 minutes after we get home in the afternoon. Some days she fights me on it, other days she actually sleeps. On days that she actually sleeps, she can make it to her 8pm bedtime no problem. On days she doesn't sleep, by 6:30 or so she gets crabby and starts misbehaving.
I think it's just a matter of time to get them used to it.
It is also important to keep a similar schedule on the weekends. If they sleep in until 9am and stay up til 10pm or later and don't get down time, Monday will be even harder and then it's like starting all over again, and before you know it, it's the weekend again. We try to get her up by 8am on weekends (6:30am M-F) and in bed by 8:30pm on weekends (8pm M-F) unless we are out with family or out of town or something.
Also breakfast is important. Make sure they get good breakfasts, and pack them a healthy lunch (not too many carbs or sugar, so they don't "crash" from a carb or sugar high in the afternoon) and offer a snack when they get home.
Something else I've noticed. When I am aprehensive about something, my child reflects that. When I was hysterical (and I was) on the first few days of school, my child was upset too. If I make a negative comment about getting up early, going at all, etc, she does too. So I try EXTRA hard to positive about school, getting up early, etc and all the "problems" we were having the first week disappeared. I don't draw out the goodbye in the morning (we even switched to the drive and drop off, from the park and drop off) just a quick hug, kiss and have a nice day, see you soon!. She gets the picture now. When i walked her to the gate, we had long goodbyes, lots of hugs, kisses, etc, she seemed like she didn't want to separate from me at all. I think I was causing some of the problems.
I do agree that the day is long for kinder, and i'm aware that you CAN pick them up after a 1/2 day, but I don't think it's a good idea. (if there was just a class that the entire class went 1/2 day, that would be good, but since they all go full day, pulling your kid 1/2 way could lead to problems) Some of these kids have never been in any sort of structured learning thing, and that makes it harder. I do however believe that if you start to remove her at the half-way point, she may feel segregated from her friends that stay all day and that could backfire on you as well. Not to mention the chance of falling behind her class since she won't be recieving the instruction in the afternoon. THis could reflect on her test scores.
Sorry this got so long. Just some things I've learned the last 3 weeks since my first has started school. | |
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| | leefamily
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| | 08/30/2007 4:10 PM |
Alert | | Yeah, I'm going to see how it goes. How does the drop off work? I've thought about doing it since I have a small baby and it's so stinkin' hot outside. We come home and we're all miserable. That could be the problem too. It's too hot. If I let her sleep for even an hour though, she can't sleep at night and then is up until like 10:00, thus making it worse. THanks for all the advice! | | | |
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| | YZRacer
Posts:1580
| | 08/30/2007 4:43 PM |
Alert | I do the drive and drop off in the morning. It's pretty simple. I pull into the specified lane, pull up to the kindergarten playground. There is an aide standing there who helps my daughter out of the truck, then I drive off.
I do still park and pick up in the afternoon though, 'cause the pick up line is WAY too long. Although I may do that next semester, as our baby is due soon after classes resume.
It is hot. I hate taking my toddler out into it to pick up my student in the afternoon, but i just keep thinking that it won't last too much longer! | |
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| | thiskiss
Posts:331
| | 08/30/2007 6:55 PM |
Alert | <div class='NTForums_Quote'>Posted By leefamily on 08/30/2007 4:10 PM
Yeah, I'm going to see how it goes. How does the drop off work? I've thought about doing it since I have a small baby and it's so stinkin' hot outside. We come home and we're all miserable. That could be the problem too. It's too hot. If I let her sleep for even an hour though, she can't sleep at night and then is up until like 10:00, thus making it worse. THanks for all the advice! </div>
Ya, thats what I thought would happen. I think it will get better, you just have to give her some time to get used to the new schedule. Just stick to a routine. | | | |
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| | skoko
Posts:47
| | 08/30/2007 9:29 PM |
Alert | When my oldest went to K for whole day it was terrible. It took @ least a month for her to adjust to the long day. My youngest just starting whole day K isn't having that terrible of an ajdustment, but last night she fell asleep @ 4 and I woke her up @ 6 for dinner. @ 7 she said isn't it time to go to bed and went to sleep by 7:30.
Due to my oldest exhaustion during the transition, and the fact she hates to wake up in the A.M. I changed her bedtime to 7 and she did very well after that. | |
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| | prnces
Posts:64
| | 08/31/2007 11:33 AM |
Alert | | We have our kindergartener going to bed at 7:30 and he takes about 45 min rest in the afternoon. It is getting better. He is still a little tough to get outof bed in the morning, but nothing like the first week. A couple of things that we do is shower at night so that's one less thing to do in the am, and I had him pick out something that he really wanted for breakfast at the store. He chose cereal & milk bars. It's just a little something that he is excited to get up for, plus it's fast and portable if necessary. | | | |
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| | CandyGir1
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| | 08/31/2007 12:49 PM |
Alert | leefamily, when my son started full-day kinder he experienced exactly what you described. I told the principal and she implemented a short "rest" time for the kindergarten students that were having the same problem. These students went to one teacher's class and then returned to their own class afterwards. Some kids slept but my son just needed the unwind time. It made such a HUGE difference and we didn't have to pull him out of full-day kindergarten. By October he had adjusted and didn't need the rest time anymore. Good Luck to you!
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| | MOB_Style
Posts:827
| | 09/04/2007 9:08 AM |
Alert | | My oldest just started kindergarten today. So maybe after this week I'll come here and see if she is having a hard time or not. I know she'll probably want to sleep after school. She was so excited that she could hardly sleep last night..lol | |
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| | leefamily
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| | 09/06/2007 9:33 AM |
Alert | | It seems a little bit better, but if I leave her alone for too long in the afternoons, she'll fall asleep! Mornings have gotten worse. Now, we have like a half an hour to get ready cause she just can't get out of bed! LOL. Oh, the woes of a five year old | | | |
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| | YZRacer
Posts:1580
| | 09/06/2007 11:25 AM |
Alert | I bought my daughter an alarm clock, and while I didn't think she needed to be responsible for waking up on her own, she thinks it's very grown up to have one, and our morning wake up struggle has been eliminated!
As for the afternoon sleepyness, I insist she rest for no more than 1 hour. if she justs has quiet time, great. if she falls asleep, then she obviously needs it. and if i get her up after one hour, she is still ready for bed by 8pm. | |
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| | prnces
Posts:64
| | 09/06/2007 12:33 PM |
Alert | yep-- the alarm clock thing is working for us too. He loves that he wakes up to music.  | | | |
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