Parents of Preschoolers  Discussion Forum

My son (will be 5 in sept.) is being taught cursive writing, hindi alphabet writing, reading simple sentences and writing 5-6 letter words in writing from memory. I feel this is a lot to expect from a child.

The teacher, also just writes the words on the board, which the children then practice at home. When I asked the teacher to make kids write in class as well, she refused saying she doesn' t have time. So that means all the writing part comes home and my son usually forgets how madam had written words in class.

One more thing, he is expected to write in cursive, which has been introduced this year. He does not fully understand (or rather remember) the cursive letters yet.

I want to know from other parents what their children are being taught in school and whether I should insist on the children writing at least ones what the teacher is showing them in school. Shubham replied. Hello madam same is the case with my daughter we are really fed up of the school and are planing to change the school as this is hampering our child growth and she is becoming week and loosing her confidence. Sagarika replied. Hi dear can please tell me the name of the school as we are running an ngo and help parents and children if they find any problem with school staff or the teachings done there, waiting for your reply. Seema replied. Just complaint this to the principal and make sure that next when you ask anything you get a proper answer and also make a complaint of that the children are really not learning properly. Sarita replied. Why are you quite on this please speak to the management about this and ask them is this the way yo guts will teach our children, this is not done and you should raise your voice against it. Sangeeta replied. Hello dear this is very normal please do not panic as nowadays this is the new trend of making children learn fast and no need to worry as this will continue next year also so if your son is unable to understand by the next year he will be able to do so. Amaira replied. Hi neha please share us the name of the school we will highlight this issue as this is not right as you have the right to question and the way the teachers are teaching it seems they are not bother if the children are learning or not. Anamika replied. Hi neha this is something new to me as my daughter is also of the same age and here in Mumbai the school teachers are very good and are going very slow and make sure that every child is learning properly and proper guidance is given to us. Anaida replied. I think my son learnt cursive writing at the age of seven and at the age of five he was not able to write cursive writing so please speak to the principal of the school and discuss this matter with her. Aditi replied. Hi neha which school is your son going as this is really wearied and have never heard such things please raise your voice against it make all parents in that school realize this is wrong and making children frustrated. sai replied. cursive writing is expecting too much from the child. 5 year old kid just come to know how to write so bombarding so much things at the same time is too much but i think in most of the eng medium schools cursive only being taught from the beginning. so i don't think so it is very bad. Pavani replied. You should request the teacher to give it in writing so that the child can practice at home. Otherwise you can ask her for a book on this. I feel the teacher will be able to understand your concerns. Or she can help the child practice in school by helping him write the letters with her. this way he will be able to remember the letters. Sushma Swain replied. I completely understand yr problem. I am a parent of a 5 yr old and same is happening with my kid. ?I tried to complain many times but the teacher would not listen. Gradually she used to single out my kid and punish him. I had no option left but to get him admitted to another school. Now I dare not to complain.