Five Things Teachers Want Parents to Keep in Mind

As May dwindles away and June raises it’s ugly, 90+ degree weather head, the school year comes to a close.

The end of a school year means something different to different people. For students, it’s the promise of days spent at the swimming pool and countless hours in front of the television. For parents, it’s the scramble to find something for their children to do during those three months. For teachers, it is a time for goodbyes (and also those swimming pools and TV watching, okay, we are only human).

With the school year ending, it can be a bit jarring and scary for parents, depending on their child’s transition into the next grade. Junior high is when hormones will run ramped and high school is where it “all matters” for college.

I am a transitional kindergarten teacher and at the end of May, my students will be kindergarteners. For children and parents this is a pretty scary and important time. Getting into the kindergartens families wanted was hard enough but now it’s time to actually let them go and start their elementary school lives and drift into (hopefully) life-long learners.

I am not a parent, I can’t understand what a parent is going through first hand when faced with these difficulties or transitions. However, there are some things that we, teachers, want you to keep in mind when going through their educational path. (Please note I am only one early education teacher, not the voice for every teacher.)