Thursday, Oct 11th:
So ever since Hazel started Kindergarten, I've noticed that she's become especially moody after school at home. I think it might be that she feels so much pressure to be good at school so that she can get her name onto "purple," the highest spot on the behavior chart in her class, and then she lets loose on us at home. She's inherited David's competitive nature and my perfectionism, poor child, and we're all suffering for it. On Wednesday, we got an email from her teacher that said she had caught Hazel moving her name up a few colors in order to get on purple illegally. So her name was removed from the chart until Monday, which was devastating to Ms. Hazel. After we put the other kids to bed that night, we had a talk with just her about her behavior and dishonestly. Then we decided to make our own chart at home so that she'd still have the opportunity to earn a reward (they get a small toy at school for purple) for her good behavior at home. I asked her to make faces for the different feelings she might have here at home, starting with obedient and happy:
So ever since Hazel started Kindergarten, I've noticed that she's become especially moody after school at home. I think it might be that she feels so much pressure to be good at school so that she can get her name onto "purple," the highest spot on the behavior chart in her class, and then she lets loose on us at home. She's inherited David's competitive nature and my perfectionism, poor child, and we're all suffering for it. On Wednesday, we got an email from her teacher that said she had caught Hazel moving her name up a few colors in order to get on purple illegally. So her name was removed from the chart until Monday, which was devastating to Ms. Hazel. After we put the other kids to bed that night, we had a talk with just her about her behavior and dishonestly. Then we decided to make our own chart at home so that she'd still have the opportunity to earn a reward (they get a small toy at school for purple) for her good behavior at home. I asked her to make faces for the different feelings she might have here at home, starting with obedient and happy:
Silly.
Rolling her eyes at me.
Mad.
Whatever, Mom.
Teasing.
Pouting.
Sick.
Tired.
We'll see how this goes.
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