Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Proud Mother Alert
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 12435" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Way to go! Just goes to show, there are benefits to being hyperlexic. I was always so disappointed that difficult child 3 never had the chance to compete in a spelling bee. But the local school, paradoxically, says they don't want to encourage kids to be competitive, and yet their main focus is on sporting achievement and not academic. I think it's because difficult child 3 could spell better than most of the staff. </p><p></p><p>It's so wonderful for our kids to be able to USE their special skills and to achieve with them in the mainstream environment.</p><p></p><p>This is fabulous! I put it at least on a par, if not even greater, than the benefits to difficult child 3 of doing so well in this recent movie shoot. And difficult child 3 has got a lot out of that indeed, because he's at last beginning to watch movies and dramas willingly, instead of rushing out of the room when someone puts a movie on. He was watching a dance number in "Chicago" this morning, 'professionally' eyeing off the number of takes and camera angles, which is something he could never do before.</p><p></p><p>But your lad - even better! This sort of stuff it meat and three veg to their self-esteem and confidence - I wish I could hug all of you!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 12435, member: 1991"] Way to go! Just goes to show, there are benefits to being hyperlexic. I was always so disappointed that difficult child 3 never had the chance to compete in a spelling bee. But the local school, paradoxically, says they don't want to encourage kids to be competitive, and yet their main focus is on sporting achievement and not academic. I think it's because difficult child 3 could spell better than most of the staff. It's so wonderful for our kids to be able to USE their special skills and to achieve with them in the mainstream environment. This is fabulous! I put it at least on a par, if not even greater, than the benefits to difficult child 3 of doing so well in this recent movie shoot. And difficult child 3 has got a lot out of that indeed, because he's at last beginning to watch movies and dramas willingly, instead of rushing out of the room when someone puts a movie on. He was watching a dance number in "Chicago" this morning, 'professionally' eyeing off the number of takes and camera angles, which is something he could never do before. But your lad - even better! This sort of stuff it meat and three veg to their self-esteem and confidence - I wish I could hug all of you! Marg [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Proud Mother Alert
Top