Guest guest Posted April 24, 2003 Report Share Posted April 24, 2003 > > The child has a HIDEOUS time with reading comprehension homework. ALWAYS choosing the wrong title for the little paragraph, never goes back to read the paragraph again for the answers, etc. Getting him to DO his communications homework is sheer torture. > Really common in kids with sensory issues...so detail oriented (defensive) that they can't see the forest for the trees. :-) > Science is worse. He has no idea what they're asking him to do -- and frankly, sometimes neither do I. > Too abstract maybe? What kind of " work " are they asking a first grader to do? To be honest, I never even bought the grade 1 or 2 science textbooks until was old enough for them, because they are so simplistic here...we did nature study and tossed some science into our unit studies via Usborne books when the kids were little. But was a reader, so I got them for her so she could be like the older two. > But the other day, we bought a second-grade math workbook for him because that's his skill level. He looked at it and said, " I'm in grade one, I can't do grade TWO work. " " Yes, you can, " I said. " Just look inside. " That was three days ago. This morning, he turned OFF the playstation and sat there before school happily doing math problems. He's up to adding three numbers, in his head, faster than I can. Like 8+9+3. And he's enjoying it. It's PLAY for him! > LOL...Clear, concrete computation...Autism heaven. ;-) Raena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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