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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 570137" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It does sound like there is a learning disability happening, but there are also adhd looking issues also. Of course those could be auditory processing or sensory integration or other issues, or it could be adhd. </p><p></p><p>One thing you said stuck out to me. You said that you would work wth him but it would be a fight. It really does NOT have to be a fight. it is very possible to structure a lesson around something the child likes. It is often a better way to learn because you are interested in what you are doing/learning. I used to structure Wiz' lessons around a theme. For example, we spent 2 months on dinosaurs. His math, reading, writing, science, etc... were all about dinosaurs. If you have ten T Rexes and five more come over to play, how many T Rex are at your house during the playtime? That type of question made math FUN and memorable. This was 3rd grade and we were homeschooling because the local school wouldn't give any evaluations or IEPs. yes, they were required to do so, they just ignored those requirements and it wasn't worth the battle. I also used candy and cooking and anything else that motivated him. If you are doing addition, why not use M&M's rather than little pictures of apples? At one point we let him eat the M&Ms for any problem he got correct. </p><p></p><p>The year before that, I volunteered in his school. I worked with one little boy who could NOT learn his alphabet (this was a 2nd grader). I drew a little alphabet book and use Halloween items and in about 2 weeks he knew the alphabet. It was easier for him to understand AND to comprehend than the regular alphabets where A is for apple. He started to have FUN and then the learning was able to happen. </p><p></p><p>You can google 'thematic lesson plans' or 'thematic units' and find all sorts of ideas and lessons that other people have created. I would highly recommend using experiments, cooking, nature walks, and other things that he truly enjoys and wrapping the lesson up in those things. You don't have to say "lets work on math' or give ANY indication that you are 'teaching' or 'working' or 'practicing', you can just do a fun thing and get the concepts across that way. Cooking is esp easy for math. For writing, there are LOTS of writing prompts that can help you help J to write a story or learn punctuation, etc..... </p><p></p><p>This approach is esp helpful in learning because the more senses you have involved when you learn something, the more memorable the lesson is. </p><p></p><p>I would also suggest you read up on Montessori teaching because that can be very effective, esp with children who do not succeed in the normal classroom environment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 570137, member: 1233"] It does sound like there is a learning disability happening, but there are also adhd looking issues also. Of course those could be auditory processing or sensory integration or other issues, or it could be adhd. One thing you said stuck out to me. You said that you would work wth him but it would be a fight. It really does NOT have to be a fight. it is very possible to structure a lesson around something the child likes. It is often a better way to learn because you are interested in what you are doing/learning. I used to structure Wiz' lessons around a theme. For example, we spent 2 months on dinosaurs. His math, reading, writing, science, etc... were all about dinosaurs. If you have ten T Rexes and five more come over to play, how many T Rex are at your house during the playtime? That type of question made math FUN and memorable. This was 3rd grade and we were homeschooling because the local school wouldn't give any evaluations or IEPs. yes, they were required to do so, they just ignored those requirements and it wasn't worth the battle. I also used candy and cooking and anything else that motivated him. If you are doing addition, why not use M&M's rather than little pictures of apples? At one point we let him eat the M&Ms for any problem he got correct. The year before that, I volunteered in his school. I worked with one little boy who could NOT learn his alphabet (this was a 2nd grader). I drew a little alphabet book and use Halloween items and in about 2 weeks he knew the alphabet. It was easier for him to understand AND to comprehend than the regular alphabets where A is for apple. He started to have FUN and then the learning was able to happen. You can google 'thematic lesson plans' or 'thematic units' and find all sorts of ideas and lessons that other people have created. I would highly recommend using experiments, cooking, nature walks, and other things that he truly enjoys and wrapping the lesson up in those things. You don't have to say "lets work on math' or give ANY indication that you are 'teaching' or 'working' or 'practicing', you can just do a fun thing and get the concepts across that way. Cooking is esp easy for math. For writing, there are LOTS of writing prompts that can help you help J to write a story or learn punctuation, etc..... This approach is esp helpful in learning because the more senses you have involved when you learn something, the more memorable the lesson is. I would also suggest you read up on Montessori teaching because that can be very effective, esp with children who do not succeed in the normal classroom environment. [/QUOTE]
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