Question

How are children expected to behave in kindergarten? Do you know a child who doesn't behave that way? Why doesn't he or she? How might that behavior affect that child's kindergarten performance?

Answer 1

Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary.

(Answer) Generally, a kindergarten child is expected to behave in a way that is conducive to the environment of the classroom. For instance, if it is study time, a child is expected to have a quiet and calm demeanour. On the other hand, if it is play time, a child is expected to engage in the designated activities with the classroom that might be helpful to their overall gross motor skills.

Let us assume that a particular child named John does not conform to these social standards that are set by his teacher during class. John is mostly distracted and harbours the wrong social behaviour at the wrong time. This tends to disrupt the whole class and create an environment that isn’t beneficial to the students and their development.

John lives in a household where he feels that he has to constantly work for attention. This is because; his parents are equally invested in John and his three siblings. Therefore, since John is the youngest, he does not get the attention that he feels he deserves. This causes him to act up in class and garner the attention of his teacher and his classmates. This creates an environment that is quite contrary to the situation in his household.

This has affected John’s performance in a way that has caused him to make attention a priority. This, in turn, has led John to not make friends properly, not learn well in class and even caused the time he spends in his classroom to be a waste as opposed to something productive.