Public School Pre-k Half Day n Naps

[mrsnj]

I have a 4 yr old who attends the public school prek. He gets the bus here. Today is our first half day. He will arrive just after naps start (by 30 min). My rule is all prek children go down but this is my first prek-er doing this program (my kids usually stay with me. He is an outsider from the neighborhood) mom is a pacifier so I am thinking if he protests she will come talk with me about him not napping.

What would you do? If you have before/after for this program what do you do

[kelsey's kids]

All of my children are required to rest for two hours per state law. I have 3 am kindergarteners who nap when they get back and everything goes just fine. I couldn't imagine have to keep on chikd happy and quite while others sleep . Stand firm on the napping issue or be prepared to term.

[Cradle2crayons]

All of my children are required to rest for two hours per state law. I have 3 am kindergarteners who nap when they get back and everything goes just fine. I couldn't imagine have to keep on chikd happy and quite while others sleep . Stand firm on the napping issue or be prepared to term.

When he gets back to your house, I'd DEFINATELY put him down for a nap.


Nap is NOT negotiable here.

[itlw8]

My guess is he will be worn out. I would say it is rest time and you need to lay down quietly with a few books. If you fall asleep it is ok you will feel better. If not just read for a while. then he can get up and do quiet things after 30 to 60 minutes. make noise and you go back to bed is my noise.

Do you have to feed him lunch when her get there? if so by time he eats nap will almost be over he will only have time to rest anyway.

[mrsnj]

No. Lunch is done at school.

Ok. So I will stick with it. I have never had a child attend here who was also enrolled there and so I wasn't sure how to work it. He is a crier. I do not think I could handle a whole naptime of him being tired AND whining and crying. I would have to hide in the closet! LOL! I know mom will not be pleased should he go home and complain but I was thinking rules are rules and it isn't fair for him to up and about when the others are down. Just wasn't sure how to handle it.

Thx

[DaisyMamma]

When he gets back to your house, I'd DEFINATELY put him down for a nap.


Nap is NOT negotiable here.

Totally agree. I would even keep my other kids up for the 30 minutes so they could all go down together.

[Maria2013]

I have a 4 yr old who attends the public school prek. He gets the bus here. Today is our first half day. He will arrive just after naps start (by 30 min). My rule is all prek children go down but this is my first prek-er doing this program (my kids usually stay with me. He is an outsider from the neighborhood) mom is a pacifier so I am thinking if he protests she will come talk with me about him not napping.

What would you do? If you have before/after for this program what do you do

I would make the kid lay down until nap is over, mom has NO say so in how I run my schedule and the house rules

[mrsnj]

And.......we have tantrum! We don't want to. We don't have to. I need to call his mommy. Now we r screaming at the top of our lungs. I would love to know what the rules were at his other provider! No one will be sleeping today! Lord help me *rolling eyes*

[Familycare71]

And.......we have tantrum! We don't want to. We don't have to. I need to call his mommy. Now we r screaming at the top of our lungs. I would love to know what the rules were at his other provider! No one will be sleeping today! Lord help me *rolling eyes*

Call his mom- tell her he needs to pay down or she needs to pick up- she created the tantrum let her fix it

[Leigh]

And.......we have tantrum! We don't want to. We don't have to. I need to call his mommy. Now we r screaming at the top of our lungs. I would love to know what the rules were at his other provider! No one will be sleeping today! Lord help me *rolling eyes*

I have a kid who would tantrum to try to wake up the other kids, thinking that he would not have to nap, and could wake up the other kids so that he could have someone to play with, too! I would take him outdoors at the FIRST sign of tantrum, set him on my back steps, and go inside and close the door after telling him that there is no yelling in my house, but that he can yell all he wants outside. I told him to come inside when he was done yelling and screaming. It was over within 10 seconds every time (I would watch him out the window). He doesn't tantrum anymore, because he got no reward for it. He now is the first one to sleep every day.

[mrsnj]

I sent him to time out then told him screaming earns a time out. Behaving gets a reward. But nothing he does will change what he is expected to do. It is naptime. Done. He can lay with his friends or scream by himself still in bed in another room. Still going down. He is now sniffing in another room in his bed cause I had to remove him. He will earn another time out after naps for his effort. I am not sure where he thinks he is but I do not tolerate that! I am sure he will complain to mommy. Mommy and I will be having a chat ourselves.

This child is also into kicking n screaming n trying to run away at drop off. Zero tolerance for that mess!! Meanwhile mommy is going "mommy loves you. Mommy loves you" as he is kicking me and being drug into the house. Seriously!

Not worth my time or the money for child who isn't even one of my dck

[Jack Sprat]

When he gets back to your house, I'd DEFINATELY put him down for a nap.


Nap is NOT negotiable here.

Same here!

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I hope your chat goes well!

[Leigh]

I sent him to time out then told him screaming earns a time out. Behaving gets a reward. But nothing he does will change what he is expected to do. It is naptime. Done. He can lay with his friends or scream by himself still in bed in another room. Still going down. He is now sniffing in another room in his bed cause I had to remove him. He will earn another time out after naps for his effort. I am not sure where he thinks he is but I do not tolerate that! I am sure he will complain to mommy. Mommy and I will be having a chat ourselves.

This child is also into kicking n screaming n trying to run away at drop off. Zero tolerance for that mess!! Meanwhile mommy is going "mommy loves you. Mommy loves you" as he is kicking me and being drug into the house. Seriously!

Not worth my time or the money for child who isn't even one of my dck

My kid that was just like yours would have to finish his nap time IN time out. I would hand him his pillow and blanket after the tantrum stopped, and he would lay on the floor in the time out nook. He HATED it, but it helped stop the crappy attitude at naptime.

That crap at drop-off? I'd just take the kid away from Mom quickly, say goodbye, and shut the door in her face, and he would go DIRECTLY to time out for the behavior at drop off.