The Transition: From Nursery to Primary

This year, Noah began Primary at church. It has been a rough transition from him coming from nursery where he plays all day to going to a classroom setting.

Today was the worst of the last few weeks. I dropped him off in Primary class and a mere 5 minutes later, one of the teachers came to find me, so I had to go sit in class with Noah.  Noah's birthday is coming up. All started out great in Primary as they gave each child a birthday goodie back for their upcoming birthdays. After the birthday celebration, it was time for a game/music activity. From that point, it was all down hill. Noah FLIPPED out because he wasn't getting a turn at the game. Keep in mind that they were drawing names so they could be fair. Noah's name wasn't getting called so he begins whining, talking out of turn and getting out of his seat....a lot! THEN, Noah's name gets called. I think to myself, "Finally, he'll get his turn and calm down". He took his turn and then got upset because he had to stop, thus he gave his loudest, high pitch scream. AHHH!!!!!! I immediately took him out in the hallway and had a stern talk with him about his behavior. When Noah calmed down, we went back in class. My child continued to get up and down, whine and cry. I have to stay it was rather embarrassing.

FINALLY the class was over and it was time for Noah to go to his Sunbeam class. He went with his teacher to class and I thought I was free to go to my class...WRONG! Five minutes later, Noah and his teacher came to find me. I gave up at that point and grabbed my stuff and came home.

I am not sure if Noah was just having a bad day or if he was just being especially whiny today but his behavior was less than desirable. I certainly hope his behavior is better next week and that he warms up to the classroom setting more. I understand change can be difficult for a child so I pray that we can work together to make his transition smoother every week.