Recommendations for books to help getting used to new rules at school?
My almost 4yo has just started preschool and the thing that has been the hardest for him is that there are so many rules and he doesn’t want to follow them. It’s not an issue the teachers have mentioned, so I don’t think it’s a behavioral issue yet, but he’s an only child and because he is very relaxed and we are very relaxed at home we don’t have a lot of “rules” he has to strictly follow at home.
We have some books about being nervous about school but I’m interested to see if there are any about how the rules at school are different and getting used to those…
Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks!!
Posted Sep 20, 2021, 11:29 PM UTC
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It's a Montessori, so there is a lot of structure for him to get used to (vs having been home with two working parents for 18 months just trying to get by!)
It doesn't seem that there are rules he doesn't want to follow, just that the whole concept of there being a lot of rules is what's so new for him... if that makes sense?
He did mention a kid cleaning up his legos when he didn't want to, and my guess is that this was a "time to clean up" kind of situation.
He's a pretty easygoing kid, but definitely feels nervous about school- books and talking about what to expect really help him in most situations we've encountered before so I wondered if there were any that mentioned the new rules as part of why school is new and different (vs the books we have which are just like... school is new and loud and full of strange people).
thank you!
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Thank you!!!