Kindergarten Woes

Hey mamas! Looking for advice. My 5 year old just recently started Kindergarten after staying home with me since she was born. She did go to Preschool for 3 years but one year was virtual (2020 crapstorm) and the other two was a co-op so not all day and I was there once a week. Two weeks into Kindergarten and she's saying she hates school, doesn't want to go, refuses to get ready, and cries almost every morning now. She has still gone everyday, so I'm not giving her any reason to think there's really an option not too . And everyday I talk to her about it...how changes can be hard, she needs more time to really get used to it, I ask her to tell me her favorite things about and I tell her fun stories of when I was in school (so she'll focus on the positive). But I'm wondering if there's anything else I can do to get her more comfortable with going and/or to help her to love it. I know this is probably normal...it's a big change. But I feel like we're at a tipping point of either getting much worse or starting down the right path to her being happier going...I just don't know the right thing to do to not make things worse. Any advice is appreciated! Thanks moms!

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I’m in same boat. Mine has started saying that he is scared this past week and before that he was saying he didn’t want to go. Mine had done 2 days/week pre k previously. It could really be anything. They are adjusting to the world and are overstimulated I’m sure. I just keep checking in with my son daily and try to be up beat an positive about school. This is all so tough. Solidarity over here🙏🏾

Hey Mama! We are struggling too. Some things that have helped: a mama/daughter bracelet (we each wear one while she’s gone - this helped us with pre-k & now she’s a little over it, but still has to have it in her backpack). The books the kissing hand and the invisible string. Choices about what to do/eat before school or for lunch. And today - not having to change (it was pajama day) - for some reason this was such a game changer dad asked if she can just sleep in her school clothes the nights before! All that said - we are still having. A bit of a rough go and I’m hoping to get some other helpful tips here! Hugs mama!

@Monica we have the same mama/daughter bracelet! And she picks her lunch everyday, along with choosing if or what she eats for breakfast. I think we'll try the clothes thing tonight and I'll check out those books! I seriously never thought this mom thing would be SO hard!

@Kimkya thank you! I never thought there would be so many different and new challenges being a mom. It's exhausting!

@Helen it is hard and surprising how they sometimes they can roll with it and sometimes not so much. We’ve read a lot of books about school too like we don’t eat our classmates. One other thing I tried that gets a giggle in the morning - I asked what the hard parts of the morning were and we came up with ideas to make them easier - like me being attacked by the kissy monster before we leave (she’s the kissy monster and I pretend to hate it - we are also super clear though that usually no and stop mean those things and during this game only actual stop means stop).

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