I Don't Like Smarty Pants...

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I know he's bored here, and to be honest he is probably bored at school as well. He is very intelligent for his age. I love when we can get into a discussion (like tornados, yesterday for instance) and he was helping me explain to all the younger ones what a tornado was and how it forms and so on.
What drives me bonkers is when he corrects the littler ones on their speech. I have 3-3 yr olds. They are all learning new words everyday and some of their words they already know they don't say correctly. The way he goes about correcting them really upsets me. He makes them feel stupid and I explain multiple times a day they are learning new things everyday we need to be patient with them. As long as I know what they are saying when they are talking to ME then everything is fine.
Other times he'll think he hears other conversations and chime in and be completely off subject. I was asking one of my dcg's if she wanted me to fix her hair after breakfast, he pipes up "it's not SNOWING outside it's RAINING!" Just stuff like that all day, it really wears me down

Every time he was involving himself in something that didn't concern him I would say, "Cooper worry about Cooper..." and walk him away somewhere else and let that child continue speaking to me. Can you tell I have one that is similar to that here (although, they are not brighter than every other crayon in the box they simply believe they are)?

[Tdhmom]

That's a factor too, Twins tend to be delayed verbally and socially for many reasons: Never get treated as an individual, tend to cling to each other and not really venture too far from one another. So it could be attention seeking maybe he wants to find his own identity; i.e. as the "smart one" especially if his sister is the "social one".

That makes sense! I actually have another set of twins that are 3 (boy and girl also) and believe it or not, both sets are cousins! Lol so if I upset one mom, I'll upset the other. I didn't think about all this before I accepted them.

[Tdhmom]

Every time he was involving himself in something that didn't concern him I would say, "Cooper worry about Cooper..." and walk him away somewhere else and let that child continue speaking to me. Can you tell I have one that is similar to that here (although, they are not brighter than every other crayon in the box they simply believe they are)?

I do say this...to everyone. They all jump on the bandwagon once they hear him cutting in to a conversation. So I'm on repeat with it ::

[countrymom]

acually for him reading and writing for a 5 yr old really isn't smart here in ontario. Our school ciriculum accually makes the kids start with the basics when they are 4 yrs old. My dd was reading at the age of 4 when she entered school so school was so boring for her and considering she was the youngest in our family she was so much more advanced than most of the kids. But we still treated her like everyone else, but she was never rude to anyone.

so by the sounds of it, your problem kid has social issues and has also never been told or shown how to act. I think the more you reinforce how to talk positive the more it will click with him.

[Imagination's Creations]

Sometimes, you just have to straight up tell them to knock it off.

Let him know that his comments, corrections and opinions are not necessary.

Tell him YOU are the boss at your daycare. period.

If he continues, I would have him sit in time out.

Behavior like that is NOT cute, funny or comical in ANY way. Disrespecting adults is something I do NOT tolerate and him acting like that is disrespectful.

I would also be discussing this with his parent(s) too. Best they get it under control now before he begins to correct his teachers.

YES! Everything she said! I also dont really care to care for school age children. More times than not, they know it all and have smarty comments for everything! My oldest daughter will be 5 in June. All my dck's are 3 and under but I have 2 school age. One of the school age I termed were especially like this and it really rubbed off on my daughter since they played together a lot over the summer.

[Tdhmom]

YES! Everything she said! I also dont really care to care for school age children. More times than not, they know it all and have smarty comments for everything! My oldest daughter will be 5 in June. All my dck's are 3 and under but I have 2 school age. One of the school age I termed were especially like this and it really rubbed off on my daughter since they played together a lot over the summer.

Oh I bet! That's what I think is the most difficult problem with doing daycare with my kids is all the bad habits seem to rub off on everyone else makes it feel like déjà Vu all day long!