if you have known me over the course of my stint as a mother, you will know how very wonderful it was for this to happen.
My son has transformed from an honery little stinker ;) to a truly wonderful, obedient, compliant, still high energy child.
His teacher on the 2nd day of school gave him a reward that she (in her own words) 'rarely' gives out. She does reward, but THIS reward is the big kahuna...
All by itself, what he did was not a great big deal, but it was a big deal for second day of school.
He finished the activity at his chosen center, put everything away, threw his trash in the trash can , and walked across the room to stack his "sit-upon" back in its proper place -
ALL WITHOUT BEING TOLD TO DO SO...
She made a big hoopla over his actions in front of the whole class, and praised his behavior as something for the other kids to imitate...
He got this huge sticker that covers a good bit of his chest on one side that says, "My teacher is proud of me."
I think he grew 3 inches while she told me about what happened...
I was so proud of him today!!
On another note, same day, same child - when he came to my music class - I made him cry.
It was very sad. I didn't mean to hurt his heart.
Here's what happened:
We were playing the 'get to know you' game where you roll a ball across the floor to a student and ask them to answer 3 questions...
It's the game I use on the second day when I still haven't learned all their names...
I ask them:
- What's your name?
- What's your favorite song?
- Tell me something about you that I don't know... (favorite color, favorite food, favorite movie, etc...)
I had asked about 7-8 students in his class the same questions. We had established a pattern for the game. So when I rolled the ball to J. and I asked him his name, it never occurred to me how he might take it...
He started bawling. Like a broken-hearted baby.
"You know my name, Mommy. You know my naaaaammmeeee....."
Stab me through the heart.
Try explaining that to a 4 year old...
I have hugged him lots since then...
5 comments:
You mean, mean momma. How could you not know your little boy's name? That's just so sad!
aaawwww-mean ol' mommy! ;)
that reminds me of Jason when he was 4, screaming thru the store crying "How could you do this to me? All I wanted was a toy!" ... in my defense: it was a $15.00 video game that was designed for teenagers!
I'm so jealous. I wish one of my kids would do something I wanted without being told. Maybe I should get a big ol' sticker in case they do!
All your hard work in discipline is finally paying off, eh? He is a good kid. You should be proud.
You just tell him his nana would NEVER forget his name, will ya? Maybe that will make up for buying him underwear instead of a toy last time. I haven't gotten their presents yet. My life has been to crazy, an I spend way to much time online these days.
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