Why Her Son Turns Himself as a Little Teacher at Home??

I think its normal except for the tantrums. My 4 year old does this right now and so did my other kids.

I think it's not only normal, it's terrific. OK, except for the tantrums.

He's discovered a new world, adjusted to it, and likes it so well that he wants to duplicate it at home and share it with the adults. He seems to like the rules, which sure beats his coming home daily crying because he hates it at kindergarten! The only concern I'd have would be if he seems to be enforcing only the rules part of his day and not pretending to "teach" and share the games, colors, numbers etc. part of the day with the adults. If he's sharing those things, he's learning them even better, and I'd encourage it!

One way to avert the tantrums might be for the adults to play school enthusiastically but at the start set a timer for the "school day" and let him know clearly that when it goes off, school's out and it's snacktime, or something else that's distracting for him.

My daughter is in fourth grade and we still "play school," only she wants to pretend she's in middle school with a locker and detailed class schedule, and she spends the time doing her homework or studying for tests. So I'd encourage positive school play at home!

Very, very normal to mimic the teacher, his new boss of the day, at home. Hopefully the adults can play along at least a little before excusing themselves to the bathroom and they might want to ask for a bathroom slip.

I would also recommend that the family line up some stuffed animals as his new home schooled students. It will take some of the pressure off of them.

My 3rd grader still lines up her dolls and animals and teaches them all the same subjects she is learning.

I think the tantrums are just a lack of maturity and perhaps he is extra tired from KG still at this time in the school year. I would hope the parents keep reminding him that THAT part is not OK as a teacher or student or anytime. So off to some quiet time when the tantrum occurs would be my recommendation.

Normal...they enjoy school at this age and want to "play school". As for the tantrum, I would guess it is just because he isn't getting his way and he would do the same if he wanted to play another game and someone didn't want to.

You should check out some childhood development books from the library. Play-acting and re-enacting what they do all day is completely and incredibly normal for children! He likes emulating the teacher and he wants everyone to play along. Next week he may like pretending to be a dinosaur or a dragon-hunter and he'll want everyone to play along. At his age -when things don't go to his liking -crying or tantrums are usually the way he'll display his displeasure. I used to LOVE to play school at home, and I would line up all of my dolls and stuffed animals to be students, but whenever I could wrangle one of my parents or another adult into it -I got them to be the student! Maybe she should look at onestepahead.com or some other learning toy stores and get him a "play school" set where he can act out school stuff for hours. Playmobil has an AMAZING one for when he's a year or two older.

Children have incredibly active and wide-open imaginations -that's why they act like that. They like to emulate the adults they're around (that's why it's so awful -other than health reasons -to smoke or do other harmful behaviors in front of your kid and so VERY important to exercise and eat healthy -they're going to do what you DO -not what you SAY). As parents and adults, we should do everything we can to urge and help them retain their creativity and imaginations.

He's just being a normal imaginative little boy who is enjoying some pretend play - at the same time he's only 3, so when things don't go his way, he can't always cope very well. He also probably gets a kick out of being in charge for once, instead of the other way around. I think it's fine to play along to a degree, but also let them know when you need to be done playing because you have other things you need to do. Any temper tantrums that ensue can be dealt with using appropriate discipline, such as ignoring, time-outs, etc.

When my friends and I were 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade, we would play "School", but like we were in high school. We would also play "Office", like we had jobs in offices and had to write reports and staple things and stuff like that. My cousins kids, when they were younger, would play "Animal Hospital" - they would make nests out of blankets and pillows, pretend their stuffed toys were patients in a vet clinic, and pretend to feed them and give them medicine.

Way better way to play than being glued to a computer game...

I hope so because my 3.5 yr old daughter does the same. It seems to me that the tantrums are normal too... that is a 3.5 yr olds way of controlling things. I really do my best.. to try to participate in this because I can learn some of what happens in her day.

They have to follow someone else's rules all day long. It's the child's chance to be in control. They are also testing out school rules in the home environment. Completely normal. The mom should be a good sport and play school. As a bonus, she can model how a good student behaves in class. If it gets to be too much, just ring the bell and say that school is out for the day!

I think that's adorable. (well, maybe not the tantrum part!) My son takes on all kinds of characters but my favorite is when he plays a builder. My brother-in-law is a contractor and he walks around, mimicing his uncle all the time, pretending to fix things around the house. Then he asks me to make him some lunch because he's had such a hard day at work. Love it. Tell her to enjoy, they really are only this little (and fun) for so long!

I'd say, great that he is role playing. The tantrum is not okay - and most likely just a control issue. One could 'frontload' the play time and talk ahead of time about okay behavior. "Dad will play school for x minutes, but then I need to do y. We'll set the timer. When you hear the timer, I will say, "thank you," and you will keep playing happily."

Yup totally normal. My daughter is almost 5 and has been doing this for a while. She will even setup her stuffed animals to be her "students" :) It's just their way of processing how school goes - with all the rules & teachers roles, etc. I remember doing this as a kid, even in elementary school.

Normal. Kids model what they see and the enviorment they are in.
My daughter has done this since she started preschool and we go to church every week and she also likes to play pastor and reads the must current bullentin OR the old Christmas one (which we have heard almost a thousand times now).

Anyway I play along BUT if I have to get something done, clean, wash, make lunch or dinner... or just need a little break... I let her know I had fun playing with her but now I have other things to get done. If it is something she can help with I ask her if she wants to help me or if she wants to play by herself for awhile. Half the time she is upset that I can not play with her 24/7 but I stick to my guns and let her know that these are the two choices she can pick mommy has to get other things done too.

At preschool age, imaginative role play is normal, they may play at anything they have seen somewhere other than home. Kids like to play pretend, they always have. Many kids are fascinated with school and their teachers, a different perspective from mom/dad/home. This is nothing unusual or special.
However, the tantrum is bad behavior. If he has a tantrum because an adult does not have time to play with him, he should be trotted off for a time out. If someone does not play exactly how he tells them and he has a tantrum, he needs to be told, "That's not an acceptable way to behave when you are playing together" and the game stops immediately.