My daughter will never tell me what she did at school. How can I encourage her to share?
Hi E.!
When i pick my son up from school, i always ask his teacher how he did, and what they did. So if his teacher tells me that they went to the library, i will ask him how is trip to the library was. He will open up and tell me about his day. There are days where he just opens up on his own. I hope this helps!
Ask her "What was your most favorite thing about school today?" or "what book did your teacher read to you?" or "what did you have for snack today?". I have found that if you say "How was school?" that is just a big general question but when you ask a question that gets right to the point they will answer it and give you more. I have 3 children and they all went to preschool and now I have one in 4th grade and I still ask the same questions! It's great! oh, make sure that you have time to listen to him too, it could take a while for him to finish his answer.
Dear E.,
When my children were little we had a share back time right after school. At snack time or at lunch after they returned home I shared something I did while they were gone, but they had to share back something they did at school in return. I didn't always get all the information I wanted, but it was a start. Also art projects brought home are a good place to start by asking your child to tell you about her picture or item she brought home from school. Good luck. L.
I have the same problem so I just ask questions like what is one thing you learned today, my 8 yr old said I learned my multiples of 8. Then I asked my 5yr old the samething and she said they learned about money. If they tell me nothing then I start asking questions like if she counted or of she learned about colors sometimes you have to remind them what they have learned then it comes back to them. If you need to call the teacher and make and apointment to speak to her to see how she is doing in her academics and socially. Your a teacher what do your concerned parents do???
My son is also 4 1/2 and he always tells me "he forgot". I will also ask the teacher (or check the little calendar the school provides). Then I ask him silly questions, like did you learn about pizza? Of course, he laughs and says no. I keep going making a game out of it and them tell him "I give up, what did you learn about?" eventually he wants to tell me.
Also I started a sticker chart for my son with some things to do and if he can tell me 3 things he learned he gets a sticker towards his chart. Luckily he loves to get stickers.
:) Hope this helps.
