Hi, My DS is driving me crackers! He is age 6 in year2, but has a July birthday so is young for the class. (I also have DS age 10 and DD age 9). He is meant to read for 10 minutes and do some spellings once a week. That is about it, which is just about right for his age, BUT, in those 10 minutes of reading he wriggles and looks around and talks about anything else, and, coughs, clears his throat and sniffs-constantly. I have started to record this, anything from 40 - 65 times, now that is a lot! He has gone to the dr and there is nothing wrong with him.
His teacher says he is capable but has problems concentrating!!!! His spellings are a max of 8, e.g. first, girl, hurt, circle - so not too taxing, but he will not practice them and when he eventually puts pen to paper I can hardly read them. It has taken an hour to write 8 words before now! His writing compared to the others in his year is right at the bottom, he is right handed but does still wet the bed, aprox 2-3 x week) The coughing etc continues. He does this in the day too, but not so often. (He went through an eye rolling and excessive blinking phase which I took no notice of and this stopped after about 3 -4 months!!!)I have now put a limit of 10 minutes of an evening, if we get them written all good and a game of snakes and ladders or something. If not, I read to him for 10 mins and to bed, no games. The teacher thinks he may benefit from tinted glasses to reduce the glare??
He sleeps, eats, runs about and gets on with his siblings.
What should I do with him???
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At the end of my tether, does DS have ADHD or similar?
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sunnysss · 07/02/2013 22:15
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