My dd1 is 6 years old and just started 1st grade in September. I went today to pick her up and the teacher wanted a word with me. She had told me that my dd has been telling "fibs" all week. She said that today was a good day but the beginning of the week was a little rough. She had to send her to the nurse because she said that she was going crazy with her stories. She was going to send home a note today explaining the situation.
Of course nobody wants to hear anything bad about their child. I was upset and a little embarrassed. I tried to talk to my sister about it and she thinks that there is nothing wrong with it as my nephew did the same thing in 1st grade.
Several times I have spoken to Brenna about the differences between telling the truth and a lie. She says says that she is telling jokes and not lying. I have punished her by sending her to her room and taking away her favorite things.
Should I be concerned? Does all 1st graders go through this?
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Well, I can tell you that my DNephew, who is 6 and in the first grade, does...I don't know if I would exactly call it fibbing though. I like to say that he has a vivid imagination. For instance...I pick him up in the AM and take him to school. One morning he brought a pretty large football jersey with him. I asked him what it was for and he told me he had football practice after school. I told him he didn't. (He was born with some birth defects and can not play football.) He said that yes he did and he had had football practice the day before, too. He said that was when they had given them their jerseys and he didn't know why they had given him that one because it was too big. He put it in his bookbag and took it with him. (Turned out it belonged to his brother.) He tells things like this all the time, but I really don't consider it a fib. Just his imagination.
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Same with my 6 year old daughter. I know it is frustrating. She also says she is joking. If you find the magic cure let me know, but truly I think it will just stop on its own. I'm with Neeley -- why would the teacher send her to the nurse?
One thing I have done with Rachel is talk with her about how creative she is. I have gotten her to tell me these stories and I have written them down like a book and let her illustrate them. Don't know if it will work, I am just trying to give her a positive outlet for it as opposed to making her feel bad about it.
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Be glad she has an imagination. I think it's quite normal for that age--my son has a 6y.o. friend that does it all the time. If they're just stories, I wouldn't worry about it.
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