Schooling PLEASE HELP?

Question

My son is 6 and in his second year of school. He's a very bright kid but he's having trouble with his reading and writing,more so the writing.It worries me as he's my eldest and I don't know what to expect.I know kids learn at their own pace but he's got the worst writing in his class. I've started making him write just lines of anything at home but what else can I do to help him.Or am I expecting too much?Any advice or tips as I feel like I wanna yell at him sometimes like he's just being lazy or too distracted.

Answer 1

some kids are lazy, but you have to remember is just a kid. my daughter refused to read when she first went to school. she was 5 before she would entertain sitting and reading with me, but now she is 9 and loves it. shes top of her reading class now. you need to make reading and writing fun. hes still a baby and therefore does not see the value in sitting down and writing. making him do it at home and school will produce a negative connection with him and they are very difficult to remove. try new and fun ways of reading and writing and do it together. plus dont worry some kids just dont like and never will. he will do it when he is ready. good luck x

Answer 2

First remember that boys often do not take to writing as fast as a girl.  Second all you can do is encourage him, work with him and see if it improves and each time you notice an improvement praise him for it, but dont always critisize the bad if you do then he will give up.  you can go to places like Wal-Mart and they have workbooks that can help him in both areas.  Also on the writing focus on a letter at a time and as he masters that letter move on to the next then as he gets all the letters move on to words, then sentences etc.  Also he is 6 and it might just take him longer to get in the hang of it.  My son is in 2nd and many times he has to rewrite things because we cant read it, he is always in to much of a hurry.

Answer 3

My son turns 7 today :-) and is also bright but a terrible writer.  He's reading several years above grade level, but his handwriting is awful, and because it's such an effort for him to write, he generally answers questions in as few words as possible -- which hasn't been a big problem in first grade, where the kids aren't expected to write much, but I fear will be a big problem in second grade.

We had a conference with the teacher and asked her and the school's occupational therapist to take a look at his writing and offer suggestions as to what to do about it.  For some kids, it can be that they're not holding the pencil or forming the letters correctly, or that their small motor muscles are simply not well enough developed.  For my son, the conclusion was that it was merely developmental:  some boys start writing late, and he didn't really start drawing and writing until much later than many of his peers.  With lots of practice (in fun things, like playing hangman or making menus for dinner or writing clues for a treasure hunt) he has improved quite a bit over the last few months.  But I still think it was worth the effort to have someone who knows what they're doing take a look at him to see what was causing the problem.

Answer 4

he's just a kid for god sake you have to take it easy with him,and its kind of new thing for him,he needs  time to adjust with the new situation that's all,and yes you are expcting too much from him in this age,so let him in his own to find him self.

Answer 5

you are expecting far too much. He is still young. My kids turned 6 4 weeks after starting their first year at school. Punishing him for not doing well is not going to help him learn.Talk with the teacher and find out what you can do at home but I can tll you know...yelling won't help

Answer 6

Don't get frustrated with him as it will have adverse affects. Having him practice at home is a good idea but you should try to get the exercise books that have special ruled lines and printed letters/ words for copying and even letters numbers in between the lines.  Hmmm, I'm not sure where you would get these books now (my kids are in their 20's now) you could try dymocks, angus and robertson etc. Guess what You are like any mum who wants the best out of  their child. But some kids are just the way they are.

Its a letter formation exercise book.