6Y11M 5Y2M 他の幼稚園はいやだ Takara refused to go to a local kindergarten

アラタの学校の算数の宿題をオリにもやらせてみたら、ほぼ完璧！（『7』の数字が逆だけど。）とても誇らしげなタカラ。次男ってすごい。

私の場合、長男ですら手抜きで、文字とか全然教えてあげないから、次男なんて完全放置状態。でも、お兄ちゃんを見て育ちます。

純子先生によると、幼稚園では、年長さんになる前の中途半端な時期だそうで（ナニアでは年長まで読み書きを教えない）、いまいちやる気がなく、今まで丁寧に描いていた絵も、ぐちゃぐちゃにして終わりだったりするらしい。相変わらず、しなければいけないことも、気分が乗らないとやらず、事務所の前の長いすに横になったりしているとのこと。

そんな中、ナニア幼稚園の冬休み中に、他の幼稚園（ジェントルケア）に入れてみた。同じ年のナニア組の男の子も数名いるから大丈夫だと思ったが、一日行っただけで、激しい拒否反応。なにやら、たくさん怒られるからいやだということ。

ナニアは自由な保育なので、転園したり、小学校に進級したりした時に、じっとしていられない子供が多いと聞いたが、その通りなのだろう。まして、マレーシアの幼稚園は既にスパルタ教育重視。机にじっと座っていることすらできない子供には厳しい。

Takara tried Arata's homework of mathematics, year 1 level at Japanese school. Nearly perfect!(Look at the '7', it's the other way round, though.) Unbelievable. I don't spend time with my first-child Arata to teach or help studies, and for our 2nd one, I do none! But he can learn from his brother.... Amazing.

At Nania, Takara is in the middle of the middle and the oldest classes, and he seemed to be a bit bored, as Nania don't teach writing till they reach the oldest class, which is from April. He used to draw very well, but recently, Junko sensei found he is just so impatient - just draws circles and finishes. Sometimes he can't follow the simple rules every child has to do, and goes to the office to lie down on the sofa over there.

When Nania broke, I decided to send Takara to another kindergarten for a week. We chose the kindergarten because his close friends from Nania all go there for a few weeks. When he came back on the first day, he strongly complained about the place and he insisted he wouldn't go back.

Nothing can change him. He said teachers were so strict and he was often told off.

At Nania, children are not taught to sit down to study. The children are more free. So often when the Nania graduates go to primary school, they can't sit at table and concentrate. Well, that's the one. And in Malaysia, nearly all kindergartens emphasise on learning from such young age. For Takara, it must have been so stressful. He is a sensitive boy. I will have to look after him at home next week.