DS1 6 in July, he's in Yr2. He's a lovely, bright, caring boy with an amazing imagingation and alot of empathy for others, but he has the concentration of a gnat. In class and at home he really quickly looses focus, gets distracted by everything, fidgets, and has to be told umpteen times to do something.
He can however concentrate if it's something interesting to him, loves drawing and will do things like write down the names of the monsters etc he's drawn. He can sit still too for books, films, etc, he's not a constant fidget.
And he's ever so proud too if he's sat well at school all day (not that he can ever remember what they've done).
He's really quite behind in reading, writing and maths.
We get ten minutes to get them sorted just before class and help them with their 'morning work'. Yesterday's was times tables and he came up with 1x2=4, asked to try again he keenly answered 'oh, right, 1x2=3, I know that one'. Got it a bit better with 2x table using lots of oranges this morning at breakfast, which I'll try to fit into the day a bit more. Was happier with the measuring with a ruler morning work today.
DH reads with him, and to both to him and DS2 at bedtime, and he's slowly getting there. He needs constant reminding though to get back to the words, rtather than just talking about the pictures, and is still relying alot on sounding out everything rather than recognising and remembering whole words.
His Yr1 teached suggested ADHD, which the GP dismissed as DS was sat quite happily in the surgery and is able to sit for books, etc. His Yr2 teacher is lovely and recognises he's not being naughty, just can't stick to a task for long and needs alot of reminding, but she's got a class of 26 and I know he probably needs much more 1 to 1 than he currently gets.
Really not sure where to go with this, or if he'll just catch up in his own time with as much help as we can give him at home. Any ideas?
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Just a normal fidgety 6 year old or something else?
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JammySplodger · 16/10/2012 13:18
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