mummy dibo : hyperactive child?

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:57:09 GMT

KiasuPG — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:57:09 GMT

Hi Parents,

i believe my child is hyperactive, and many a times disturbs the class. The teacher is not happy too. she likes to control by shouting, which i explained to her that it will not help for more than few minutes.
I would like to change the school and try with some other teachers which are patient and innovative and new environment.
Do any of you have good experience in any kindergarten at West Coast or Jurong East with Hyperactive kids?
please help?
thanks.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:40:09 GMT

amylqf — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:40:09 GMT

welcome to KSP.

Nowadays, most of the kids are like that.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:44:46 GMT

dibo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:44:46 GMT

jedamum, seem like our ds got quite alot in common... :lol:

as for your statement on next time will be more tame at school, i dont know leh..my ds recieved complaints by teacher that he distrub class & cannot sit still...haiz

could be a matter of time, when they are more familiar with the ppls & place, they will show off their more active self...

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:07:47 GMT

jedamum — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:07:47 GMT

RRMummy:

Same with DD1, DH initially said that the best primary school to send her to would be a 'Sports School' to let her channel all of her energy!!

But really, it did not even occur to me.. :roll: err.. not even the injury part.. :oops:

haha...ya..me and dh also to choose a school which is good at its sports CCA or offer a variety of competitive sports (which they are doing well in). currently ds1's school has only 1 CCA niche....which is one of the clubs/societies....

dibo:
my ds could have a brave front but weak interior..hahaha
no doubt, he is super active, he is quite shy at times...will hide behind my back when ppls talk to him... :lol:

dibo,
so similar!! my ds2 can climb the bookshelves despite my warning, but once the librarian spoke to him, he'll quickly obey and run hide behind me! haha!! that means that chances are high that he'll be more tame in school next time!

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:40:13 GMT

dibo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:40:13 GMT

i also thought of sending my ds for TDK class.....quote from RRmummy: place to channel energy!!...^__^

oh, my ds love swimming, so i may actually sign him up for a swimming course...

my ds could have a brave front but weak interior..hahaha
no doubt, he is super active, he is quite shy at times...will hide behind my back when ppls talk to him... :lol:

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:18:18 GMT

RRMummy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:18:18 GMT

jedamum:
think too much already - as usual.

jedamum:
As our ds2 is pretty active, we are actually torn between letting him learn music/piano (ie tame him down) or 'train' him in sports (harness his energy) - he seems to love both. I am just worried that letting him do contact sports in the future will incurred injury that is detrimental to music learning (which need agility in the 'limbs/joints' etc).

Same with DD1, DH initially said that the best primary school to send her to would be a 'Sports School' to let her channel all of her energy!!

But really, it did not even occur to me.. :roll: err.. not even the injury part.. :oops:

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:00:12 GMT

jedamum — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:00:12 GMT

RRMummy:

But now we decide to let her have a go at piano then later on let her also join wushu.. then ultimately let her decide to continue/drop whichever she wants..

As our ds2 is pretty active, we are actually torn between letting him learn music/piano (ie tame him down) or 'train' him in sports (harness his energy) - he seems to love both. I am just worried that letting him do contact sports in the future will incurred injury that is detrimental to music learning (which need agility in the 'limbs/joints' etc).

think too much already - as usual.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:45:15 GMT

RRMummy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:45:15 GMT

jedamum:
sometimes dunno want to laugh or cry right?

my ds2 has very strong outburst of energy and stamina, and i am thinking of signing him up for taekwondo and such 'energetic' sports in the future. the comments i usually get is that i should let ds2 do some 'tame' stuff to try to tame him down (eg music or the 'slower' wushu instead of TKD). yet i was thinking, shouldn't i tap on his 'potential' instead? :?

DH and I had the same discussion about DD1, wushu/TKD?

But now we decide to let her have a go at piano then later on let her also join wushu.. then ultimately let her decide to continue/drop whichever she wants..

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:41:18 GMT

RRMummy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:41:18 GMT

dibo:
think, every child is unique. all have their strong & weak points...

i just hope that my ds will be a normal & happy boy...need not to be very smart but able to keep up with the normal pace...

Exactly!! :celebrate:

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:30:44 GMT

RRMummy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:30:44 GMT

jedamum:
blue:
RRMummy, for your verification and do inform us on your findings.

ds1 - pre-term bb born at 35 weeks but in the mth of Feb. Learning progress in term of crawling, walking, talking and academic learning are fast.

ds2 - full term bb born at 38 weeks but in the mth of Nov, has a gor gor and a bigger head too but... disappointing to say that everything is so much slower.
blue,
for me,
ds1 - born at 36 weeks, motor skills slower, but picks up talking faster and attention span longer. cos he was an only child for 4yrs, he was actually treated more like an adult.

ds2 - full term born at 38 weeks in Nov (on EDD). smaller head. motor skills faster (cos less protective of him maybe). I was wondering, does the structure of the tongue affects his speech, cos he has a really Long tongue (really!).

2 sons, VERY different experience, but a lot of fun.

dibo:
there's was once, my ds as for my ds classmate, no leh, he is a only child & dec bb...i do agree that with sibling, younger children speech may grow faster, eg. my 2nd nephew, he is 5 mths younger than my ds but can talk very well..

jedamum:
Depends la. My nephew has no older sibling. At 5mths younger, he can talk better than my ds2.

:lol: there goes my hypothesis down the loo...

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:17:58 GMT

jedamum — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:17:58 GMT

dibo:

there's another incident, this time at the fruit store, my ds squashed a plum, i scolded my ds & was so paiseh & told the seller that i will buy & pay for it..the fruit seller was very kind, he said its ok...i ended up buying more fruits than i needed...

sometimes dunno want to laugh or cry right?

my ds2 has very strong outburst of energy and stamina, and i am thinking of signing him up for taekwondo and such 'energetic' sports in the future. the comments i usually get is that i should let ds2 do some 'tame' stuff to try to tame him down (eg music or the 'slower' wushu instead of TKD). yet i was thinking, shouldn't i tap on his 'potential' instead? :?

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:13:04 GMT

dibo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:13:04 GMT

hahaha, jedamum, i can share ur feeling on the book…but lucky is ur son’s favourite…

there’s another incident, this time at the fruit store, my ds squashed a plum, i scolded my ds & was so paiseh & told the seller that i will buy & pay for it…the fruit seller was very kind, he said its ok…i ended up buying more fruits than i needed…

think, every child is unique. all have their strong & weak points…my ds classmate can recite a poem without looking at the script, while some already can do addition…the current education system forces both the child & parent to work hard in order to stay inline…those child who are slower will have disadvantage…

i just hope that my ds will be a normal & happy boy…need not to be very smart but able to keep up with the normal pace…

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:42:15 GMT

jedamum — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:42:15 GMT

dibo:
there's was once, my ds was running inside daiso & he knocked down a full block of containers.

Sharing my experience...once, my ds2 was flipping a book in the bookstore and then the next thing i heard a rip and the sales person nearby remarked 'hor hor!! you have to buy this book now'. luckily the rip is easily repairable and the book is one of my boy's favourite, although quite heartpain to buy (ie costly).

dibo:
as for my ds classmate, no leh, he is a only child & dec bb...i do agree that with sibling, younger children speech may grow faster, eg. my 2nd nephew, he is 5 mths younger than my ds but can talk very well..

Depends la. My nephew has no older sibling. At 5mths younger, he can talk better than my ds2.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:37:03 GMT

dibo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:37:03 GMT

dear all, thanks for sharing all ur experience..now i know that i'm not the only \"crazy\" mother out there running & shouting after my son... :lol:

there's was once, my ds was running inside daiso & he knocked down a full block of containers. my hubby was very angry & his face turn black immediately & stare at my ds, while my face was all white, stacking back all the containers. my ds got a shock from his father reaction, stay still for i think, 5-10mis & back to his normal self, happily running again....@__@...

as for my ds classmate, no leh, he is a only child & dec bb...i do agree that with sibling, younger children speech may grow faster, eg. my 2nd nephew, he is 5 mths younger than my ds but can talk very well..

Actually been considering zoo phonic in Bukit Timah, think will go check it out this wkend..

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:11:02 GMT

blue — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:11:02 GMT

jedamum,

think our ds1 and ds2 characters are quite alike.

my ds1 is pretty too (like mummy ) but a bit girl like flower boy. very sensible, clingy and sensitive in term of feelings and also to those supernatural stuff. :!: used to hide behind me if there are other people in the same lift, cry alot and also scare of being alone in a room, even if it is during the day. :roll:

ds2 is very tough boy, will not cry unless it is really painful. very active and mischievous, doesn't take instructions easily. Now at 3.5yo, he still can't pronoun alot of words clearly, I do suspect the problem lies with his tongue which is not very long but very broad. a ex-colleague had to send his son for a minor tongue operation before he can speak clearly. so I hope ds2 can pronoun better with the help of phonics sessions.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:15:55 GMT

jedamum — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:15:55 GMT

blue:
RRMummy, for your verification and do inform us on your findings.

ds1 - pre-term bb born at 35 weeks but in the mth of Feb. Learning progress in term of crawling, walking, talking and academic learning are fast.

ds2 - full term bb born at 38 weeks but in the mth of Nov, has a gor gor and a bigger head too but... disappointing to say that everything is so much slower.

blue,
for me,
ds1 - born at 36 weeks, motor skills slower, but picks up talking faster and attention span longer. cos he was an only child for 4yrs, he was actually treated more like an adult. Very sensitive boy, ie very petty too :roll: very clingy (will automatically hold my hand when it is crowded) - dare not sleep alone at night too.

ds2 - full term born at 38 weeks in Nov (on EDD). smaller head. motor skills faster (cos less protective of him maybe). Very Happy go lucky boy - doesn't wail for more than 5min regardless of a bad fall or tantrum ie easily distracted. very 'independent' - that explains the running away in the mall :roll: but no problem sleeping alone in the room at night. Linguistic skills is not as fast. I was wondering, does the structure of the tongue affects his speech, cos he has a really Long tongue (really!).

2 sons, VERY different experience, but a lot of fun.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:08:46 GMT

jedamum — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:08:46 GMT

RRMummy:

Ya, I had that experience too.. could feel blood draining off my face..and heart stop beating.. kept telling myself to calm down abit as this is Singapore not ********.. :shock:

I was also worried about the amount of $$ i need to pay for the damages that he may have done to the merchandise in the store. :roll:

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:50:20 GMT

blue — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:50:20 GMT

RRMummy, for your verification and do inform us on your findings.

ds1 - pre-term bb born at 35 weeks but in the mth of Feb. Learning progress in term of crawling, walking, talking and academic learning are fast.

ds2 - full term bb born at 38 weeks but in the mth of Nov, has a gor gor and a bigger head too but… disappointing to say that everything is so much slower.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:32:31 GMT

RRMummy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:32:31 GMT

jedamum:
Just yesterday, he ran missing inside Popular Bookstore, made me panicked a while before finding him playing with one of the display.

Ya, I had that experience too.. could feel blood draining off my face..and heart stop beating.. kept telling myself to calm down abit as this is Singapore not ********.. :shock:

dibo:
another worry, is his speech, his speech is rather slow...
how well should a child speak during his age? .

jedamum:
Hm...are active kids generally speak lesser? I faced the same issue too.

As I was saying, this is one trend I am trying to verify since I noticed that my DD2 talked much earlier than DD1, so the hypothesis goes like this..:

1) highly active kids learn to talk later (but trust me not lesser by the time they are able!!)

2) younger siblings tend to learn to talk earlier due to having a chatting-partner and one who can understand the blabberings

3) younger siblings learn to talk earlier since there is a role-model, and also may be more talking going around at home.. eg. all the calling and reminders to the elder child..

4) but (2) and (3) may only be true if the elder sibling is a GIRL (they can really talk non-stop :roll: ) :idea:

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:17:45 GMT

RRMummy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:17:45 GMT

dibo:
ya, i also heard that boy tends to speak slowly than girl, but not 100% true, my ds classmate speak very well & he is a dec bb..

Hmm.. maybe you can check if the classmate has elder siblings.. another trend which I am trying to verify.. thanks!

dibo:
i dont know whether he is ready for phonic class, but a trial lesson seems no harm...any good recommedation?

Alot of discussion on this going on in here: http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=584

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:52:25 GMT

jedamum — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:52:25 GMT

dibo:

all the while he is a active kid, love to run ard, always walk on his own in shopping centre & supermarket, i have hard time \"shouting\" for him..

my 2.5yo is the same. bring him out is a challenge. Just yesterday, he ran missing inside Popular Bookstore, made me panicked a while before finding him playing with one of the display. He nearly knocked down a much younger child too, much to the anger of the kid's mum :oops:

Shout at him only managed to catch his attention like say, 2 sec?

dibo:
another worry, is his speech, his speech is rather slow...
how well should a child speak during his age? .

Hm...are active kids generally speak lesser? I faced the same issue too.

For his activeness, i am the one who prewarn his school teachers (he is starting his PreN end of this month) to expect him to be unable to sit and need to run around. His teachers told me that it is expected at his age however they will also expect him to sit for some periods of time eg reading/assembly. Should see how...can't say I didn't warn them already

Welcome to KSP.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:23:21 GMT

blue — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:23:21 GMT

ds1 took his phonics lessons at zoo-phonics while ds2 is attending his at MMI. personally, still prefer zoo-phonics.

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:52:00 GMT

dibo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:52:00 GMT

yup, children nowsaday are very smart!..not like last time, we "gong gong" one, just follow instructions…

i lost my image long time ago, hahaha… just that i will try not to shout too loud , as long as he is within safe distance, i will not shout at him…

ya, i also heard that boy tends to speak slowly than girl, but not 100% true, my ds classmate speak very well & he is a dec bb…

its very frustrated for both him &f us when we dont understand what he is trying to tell us & most of the time, end up he sobbing…i try to be patience with him, but i know, i’m not being good enough…
he is slowly picking up words & can now comminicate better , in sense that, we know what he want…

i dont know whether he is ready for phonic class, but a trial lesson seems no harm…any good recommedation?

Reply to mummy dibo : hyperactive child? on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:31:20 GMT

blue — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:31:20 GMT

dibo:
hi Blue & RRMummy,

all the while he is a active kid, love to run ard, always walk on his own in shopping centre & supermarket, i have hard time \"shouting\" for him..

another worry, is his speech, his speech is rather slow...
how well should a child speak during his age? any advice? thinking of sending him to a phonic class, but was afraid that he wont be able to catch up...

haha... I know how it is like being the mother of 2 \"wild\" boys. with an active kid around, hard to keep our image, just got to shout at him to make sure he is safe.

ds2 started talking in sentences only end last year, very slow in speech as compared to ds1. he learns phonics in his childcare and also at MMI. his progress is very slow, we revise at home too but still ..... will let him continue cos ds1 can read well after attending 2 yrs of phonics.