help on the play ground

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Hi folks,

I'm back after a fairly good period.

Esp. after reading 's note I have to say that (my

six year old daughter)has been blessed with a good school and

understanding teachers. She is doing fine in school: a little

eccentric at times but doing fine.

But, like several of you have said, the playground is hard for her.

She is, or believes she is, teased by the boys who call her " ducky "

and chase and sometimes push her. It bothers her. When I watch her on

the playground I realize some of what she says is her perception. She

doesn't realize that they are wanting to play chase or are playing

cops. To her it seems like harassment. I assume at times it is

harassment. I haven't observed often enough to see this first hand

(I've maybe watched her on the play ground three times this year).

Anyway, she is finding it hard to understand the playground. We

(especially my wife, Laurie) have given hints on how to

say " I'd like to play by myself for a bit " or " may I join in " and

ocassionally this works, but ocassionally she has hit. Her physical

education teacher and home room teacher have both commented on this.

Again, they have been tolerant, but I would LOVE ANY SUGGESTIONS

about how we can encourage to get along better with peers

in this entirely unstructured environment. I know others are giving

hints (I was at school last week for " pizza day " and I

heard one nice little boy saying to something like, " You

know if you want to be friends you should ask us to play " ) I think

the asking to join in is especially scary for .

Thanks,

Wayne