wk1 (90904) - more time to adapt new school

It is the 1st week of new school! John need more time to adapt new school.

  

Everyday when John come back from school, I will ask him 2 quesitons

1. Do you have fun today?

2. What's your favoriate course?

Highlight:

• On Saturday and Monday, he  got lot of fun in school!
• He is doing well after school. 
• He meet a playmate who can play and do homework togethers.

  

Challenge

• Tuesday onwards,  he said he don't wnat go to school and get headache and stomachache from time to time. 
• He don't want to swim - the reson is not yet clear
• Don't like school welcome activities and feel  dizzy for : pass clever door,  study hard door, and pass 5 barriers. He likes the actives not yet happened draw teacher's portrait.
• Don't like current school

Potential Reasons:

1. Pressures on mandarin especially compared to his peers studying in Taiwan's kingergarden.

2. Way of interaction with kids  in America and Taiwan schools are different

a. There are 15 kids in American school. Teachers is easier to take care individual differences, In Taiwan, there are around 40 students in a class.  Even though the teacher is working hard, it is difficult to take care each kids mind.  Teachers are forced to manage kid with lots of rules.

b. American school encourage students learning by playing.   In Taiwan , the major activites are sitting  and listening.  However, compared to the past, the way of teaching already improved a lot

c. In American school, if kids can't fall asleep in the nap time. They can find a book to read only if they didn't bother others. In Taiwan, if a kid can't fall  asleep, he need to pretend asleep....

3. He had bad experiences in China's local summer school when he was 4.

 Solutons

1. Help him enhance mandarin ability.

2. Reivew the articles regarding way of interacting with John when John was 3.