Child Development- 1st Period- Class #9
And once again the class was back in the playroom setting in the Danger Shop, with Lily looking positively cheerful as everyone took their seats on the floor. "Okay, so this is the class I'm really excited about, because we're going over the age range I'm used to dealing with. This would mainly be between the ages of four and six, think preschool and kindergarten age." She began passing down this week's handouts as she spoke. "By now your kids are active, rambunctious little bastards, getting into things, happily telling you exactly what they think of everything because they don't have that little mental filter in place, and really getting into a social setting. They have definite personalities and clear likes and dislikes, but they're still just learning how to get along. Kids at this age need discipline, and they need someone who's going to help them learn what they need to know to grow into responsible big boys and girls while still helping them learn right from wrong.
"And these kids pretty much act without thinking first. They don't usually mean anything by anything they do. If they tell you your hair looks stupid, well, they may not have learned how to be polite yet. Try not to take it too seriously, and remember that they're like five. A five-year-old should not have that much bearing on your self-esteem," Lily advised. "They might push another kid down because they don't realize that that's not how you behave in society- well, you do, but you're not supposed to- and they don't take into account yet that they don't want that kind of thing done to them. And they're not all that way. Like we've learned before, everyone's different and everyone learns at a different rate. Some are very polite, well-behaved children whose parents maybe didn't want to deal with having to apologize for them all the time. Some parents were maybe a little bit more lax. And sometimes the kid's just a brat.
"So today we're going to have kids again. You're each going to have one preschool-to-kindergarten-age child to deal with for the class period. You can let them play with the toys or on the playset, see if they've learned how to share... The one thing is, remember that this is a school, and therefore corporate punishment is a big no-no. If they do something wrong, there's a time-out corner right over there. Give them five minutes to think about what they did and I keep Kleenex over here if they really make you want to cry."
"And these kids pretty much act without thinking first. They don't usually mean anything by anything they do. If they tell you your hair looks stupid, well, they may not have learned how to be polite yet. Try not to take it too seriously, and remember that they're like five. A five-year-old should not have that much bearing on your self-esteem," Lily advised. "They might push another kid down because they don't realize that that's not how you behave in society- well, you do, but you're not supposed to- and they don't take into account yet that they don't want that kind of thing done to them. And they're not all that way. Like we've learned before, everyone's different and everyone learns at a different rate. Some are very polite, well-behaved children whose parents maybe didn't want to deal with having to apologize for them all the time. Some parents were maybe a little bit more lax. And sometimes the kid's just a brat.
"So today we're going to have kids again. You're each going to have one preschool-to-kindergarten-age child to deal with for the class period. You can let them play with the toys or on the playset, see if they've learned how to share... The one thing is, remember that this is a school, and therefore corporate punishment is a big no-no. If they do something wrong, there's a time-out corner right over there. Give them five minutes to think about what they did and I keep Kleenex over here if they really make you want to cry."