Secret Messages

After 5 years managed a preschool I've known several parents customs that usually happened at school. The most interested one is about "secret message". I called it 'secret' because the message always comes from the mom and send to the teacher without the knowledged of her kid. Surely the message has variously contents but mainly about kid's behaviour at home (usually that already has value judgement at from mom's point of view). Mommy hope the teacher would help her to tell the kid about the right thing to do related to the problem she faced.

This is kind of message at the first rank.....
Moms usually ask for more homeworks for their kids. hehe...I don't know why most moms love homeworks so much). Since our method of teaching is 'learning by doing and playing', maybe our homeworks seemed less seious to moms..

The other messages thas have always come up are....
something about obedience to parents, sibling quarrelling, eating problem (doesn't like vegetables or fruits), talking bad words, etc.

Moms know that little kids more listening to their teachers than to their own moms, so they would be grateful if teacher get involved in this matter by telling the kids good things related to the 'secret message". Usually after their teacher-kid conversation, they would obbey their parents' rules.
But that's true... It was happened to me oneday. I sent a secret message to my kid's teacher by phone.
What about you with your little ones, ever try to send " a secret message"?

When your kid is boring

Mom, I'm boring..." and he didn't interesting anymore with all his stuff and toys.
Have you ever heard this from your 3 - 5 years old kid?
Maybe that is the sign for you to take him 'out' for a while.

Have you ever realized that young kids have so much interested in digital camera?
So why don't you ask him to accompany you, maybe just to go to the nearest mall or supermarket and don't forget to lend him your digital camera.
He will be very very happy could 'act' like an adult.

Before 'the visit', discuss with your kid about which of interesting stuff / moment that he like to 'click' with his camera. Maybe the icecream booth, the scenery of people pass by, dog, toys, anything he wants.
Let him explore and imagination.

After that, print all the pictures. Glue to a paper or his journal book and let him describe about it with all his imagination. If your kid is in his learning to read and write stage, it would be interesting for him if he could write down about what happened in that picture.

Remember, don't argue with him about all the alphabeth he wrote.
This is his time... let him feel 'free' and happy.