My older son just started first grade and is having problems focusing on his school work. He prefers to stand, bounce, and make cartoon-like noises instead of complete the task at hand. I've always noticed that he's had problems paying attention to things for a good length of time, save for TV and games. However, there's times when he'll get up and wander away from his favorite movies. He's really a bright kid, does great at math, reads like he's ten, and is extremely artistic. He can repeat what the teacher has just said when she suspects he hasn't been paying attention. His kinder. teacher noticed this as well.
I'm not eager to medicate my kid if he's got ADD, I'd prefer to find a method where he can learn to control himself. There has to be another way, some kind of exercises that we can do instead. The teacher hasn't been sending homework with him yet, but I have workbooks that he does and I insist that he read for an hour every day.
2007-08-28
01:52:53
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