What to tell the teacher?

[Funz]

It may be a case of your DS being more familiar with the childcare after 1 mth and will be moving about more confidently which may lead to more knocks and bumps.


If your child has a tendency to run into things or fall, please highlight to the teachers so that they are aware and can take measures to minimise such incidents.

On the home front, do observe him. It could be that he is still young so he is unable to estimate the distance of some stuff, but it could also be some vision development problems.

[Oppsgal]

Funz:

It may be a case of your DS being more familiar with the childcare after 1 mth and will be moving about more confidently which may lead to more knocks and bumps.


If your child has a tendency to run into things or fall, please highlight to the teachers so that they are aware and can take measures to minimise such incidents.

On the home front, do observe him. It could be that he is still young so he is unable to estimate the distance of some stuff, but it could also be some vision development problems.

I think teachers are aware on my kid run into walls, and running about but don't stop since they told me the incidents. Although I told them to put up more playmats to stop the fall, nothing much is done. So measures to minimise incidents are not done?

By telling us that my kid knock into things yet no measures done, then what can we do?

[Nebbermind]

Oppsgal:

I think teachers are aware on my kid run into walls...,

got eye sight problem? :?

aware of children who bump into furniture or other things due to poor judgement...but running into a wall.... :shock:

[Oppsgal]

Nebbermind:

Oppsgal:

I think teachers are aware on my kid run into walls..., /quote]
got eye sight problem? :?

aware of children who bump into furniture or other things due to poor judgement...but running into a wall.... :shock:

Nothing to be shock as my kid don't look when running or walking... Look left or right then walk straight. Same as some adults on the street. If adult can happen to knock into people, kid that age is nothing shocking. :evil:

[cnimed]

Teachers see more kids. They will know if a child is particularly more prone to falling/accidents. You should ask the teacher if your child falls very often, and if it is during playtime or just during the normal course of the day. DS1 used to fall a lot, ran into walls/pillars, fell flat on face etc, he does have vision issues. Now he is aware of his own condition, he tells me that on days when he forgets to bring his glasses to school, he will walk more carefully or not run during recess to avoid falling down.


It’s good to just KIV. May not be vision. Sometimes it’s balance or coordination and kids do change as they grow.

[Oppsgal]

deminc:

Teachers see more kids. They will know if a child is particularly more prone to falling/accidents. You should ask the teacher if your child falls very often, and if it is during playtime or just during the normal course of the day. DS1 used to fall a lot, ran into walls/pillars, fell flat on face etc, he does have vision issues. Now he is aware of his own condition, he tells me that on days when he forgets to bring his glasses to school, he will walk more carefully or not run during recess to avoid falling down.


It's good to just KIV. May not be vision. Sometimes it's balance or coordination and kids do change as they grow.

think is the balancing. When running, look unbalance. For vision, think not really as can see the plane flying in the sky and start pointing at it.

Teacher did say my kid is unbalance. Can be playing lego one minute, then stand and unbalance... hit the box.

[Oppsgal]

insider:

Oppsgal:

Teacher did say my kid is unbalance. Can be playing lego one minute, then stand and unbalance... hit the box.

emmm... teachers usually are very 'scared' to have such kind of 'accident-prone' kids in the class coz somehow no matter one tries to keep an eye on the child, the child will still fall and bump... (just turn the back the child 'pop' on something and very difficult to explain to parents if it happens frequently. With parents' heartache, some may accuse teachers being not attentive, not watchful, etc).

Just a general comment will be that your child is yet to fully develop her sense of balance / spatial (but generally, toddlers are still quite 'clumsy' coz they are still so tiny). Given that she (or he?) is only 2 years old, she has a good chance of further development (but be warned, I have a good friend now 40+ still suffering from same kind of problems, that she will still hit corners of furniture frequently and suffer bruises or to walk and trip on floors. Just yesterday when we played mahjong together, she hit on a coffee tray and the wine glass ping-ling-piang-liang dropped on the floor! We were joking that with her around, all things need to be in plastic.)

It is quite impossible for a centre in general to child-proof the floor completely. So my advice will be:

1) when she is this young, go to a centre with a class size of maximum 6 (find a ratio of 4 if you can, though fees maybe rock sky high)

2) ensure that the floor is not laid with vinyl but of wooden material to soften the impact of fall.

3) of course, an attentive teacher is a must.

Even one has the conditions from 1 to 3, the child may still fall but the probability will be lower and then the fall will be not as impactful.

When she grows older and her sense of balance gets better, then you may transfer her to a lower-fee centre with a slightly larger ratio if cost is a concern to you. MCYS has a joker ratio for toddlers 1:8 which one can find in more economical centres. When these centres exceed ratio, it can go up to 1:12 which is asking for troubles.

If her sense of balance remains largely unchanged, then you may have to continue investing in centres with small ratio.

Psychological effect on such kind of children is that some may develop the fear of movement (coz whenever they move, they get into accident, hurt and suffer). So, they begin to participate lesser in gross motor activities. By participating lesser (more withdrawn) in such activities, their sense of balance may suffer further developmental delay and it becomes a vicious cycle. (some 'clumsy' kids will continue to move around regardless of pain. It's individual kid's temperament.)

PS: If you want, give your child more gross motor skills activities such as sending her to a gym enrichment (usually gym rooms are fully padded but you must still be prepared with accidental fall that can still be hurtful even though the fall is on mats.) If your house is big enough, lay the floor with mats and then buy a short slide and let her climb up and slide down daily (stairs are quite difficult to negotiate for toddlers but it is an excellent exercise for kids' gross motor and spatial development.)

Hope your child will outgrow these bumps and bruises by 3 years old (if a girl) / 3.5 years old (if a boy).

:yikes: Not much money for such childcare with so little students. If so little students, then stay at home better? since also not much friends and no activities. My kid loves joining activities. :idea:

[Chenonceau]

Oppsgal... have you checked for dyspraxia? It is unlikely to be but... a check won't hurt? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_dyspraxia

[cnimed]

what insider said is very true. I will suggest gym classes which is great for all kids, with or without coordination/balance issues. No harm trying if you have the time.


(vision doesn't necessarily mean can or cannot see. It can be depth perception which affects judgement of distance.)

[Oppsgal]

deminc:

what insider said is very true. I will suggest gym classes which is great for all kids, with or without coordination/balance issues. No harm trying if you have the time.


(vision doesn't necessarily mean can or cannot see. It can be depth perception which affects judgement of distance.)

We just buy a gym big ball for my kid. See if anything improve.

kind of worrying. Cannot even let my kid go on trip out of childcare.