Can child exclude from activity ?

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My Kindergarten child told me today her teacher said everyone has art smoke except (child name) so she exclude my child ofvdoing painting. I provided art smoke to school on day one as they ask parents to provide to school art smoke and headphone. I am so upset and email school and ask for explanation. Its a Catholic school and we are Orthodox. Please advise

Gypsyfish · Answer

I agree with the others that you need to contact the teacher (calmly), explain that you did send a smock to school, and ask her to check on what happened to it.
Here's why the teacher did what she did: if she let a child paint without a smock on, and the child got paint all over his/her clothes, the parents would have a fit and the teacher would get blamed. So calm down and deal with this as just one of those things. Your child will not be emotionally scarred forever from not being able to paint one day.

MS · Answer

I imagine the child's SMOCK that you provided was lost or misplaced and that is why your child was excluded.  They didn't want your child to get paint all over their clothes, which probably would have also upset you.  Contact the school to see if they can locate it, or provide them with another.

Tavy · Answer

Smock, it's a covering for her clothes. You said you provided it so what's the problem now?

Sandy · Answer

it's called a smock. it's a covering. if the child isn't wearing one, they'll get paint all over their clothes. you could have given your child an a old blouse or something. the point is to protect the child's clothes from the paint.

Can child exclude from activity ?

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