How much fun is it learning to read? Actually it would be a lot more fun if Foal didn’t insist on arguing the point with me on each and every word. I am not illiterate and reading is high on my list of hobbies – but when I have to try and prove the word’s existence to a 6 year old, I must admit that I do have my doubts. Surely words haven’t changed that much! I shouldn’t really be surprised though because when we (read His Supposed Know-All) were learning to count, he’d invariably skip the number he knew before. For example: 1, 2, 3. This became 1, 2, 4 and so on. The frustration continues now with words…
Pup seems to have sorted out his ‘friendship issues’ for now. He had a chat with the "friend" and also mentioned some of it to his mum when she picked them up from school. I suggested that bit because that way the “friend” couldn’t weasel out of it and she couldn’t have her rose-coloured blinkers on. It might look as though I was being a coward by leaving him with the problem but I have to learn to let Pup learn how to fight his own battles – mum can’t always go rushing in with tongue blazing, no matter how much I want to. So long as he also learns (and remembers) that we are there for him.
Cub has been floating by and sometimes, I think he may feel a bit neglected because he is the ‘middle child’ and therefore could possibly suffer with “Middle Child Syndrome”. He’s a very smart and active young man. His only issue is that he makes friends and then they move schools. It’s happened to him twice and that has inhibited him socially. He lost the interest in making new friends because, “It hurts too much when they go”. He managed to join a group towards the end of last year but wouldn’t talk much about them – just called them, “My Friends”. This year, he is in the same class as most of them but with an added bonus. He’s also known as the new kid. Fingers crossed that he hangs around for a bit longer than a few months and Cub can learn what it feels like to be and have a friend.
Pup seems to have sorted out his ‘friendship issues’ for now. He had a chat with the "friend" and also mentioned some of it to his mum when she picked them up from school. I suggested that bit because that way the “friend” couldn’t weasel out of it and she couldn’t have her rose-coloured blinkers on. It might look as though I was being a coward by leaving him with the problem but I have to learn to let Pup learn how to fight his own battles – mum can’t always go rushing in with tongue blazing, no matter how much I want to. So long as he also learns (and remembers) that we are there for him.
Cub has been floating by and sometimes, I think he may feel a bit neglected because he is the ‘middle child’ and therefore could possibly suffer with “Middle Child Syndrome”. He’s a very smart and active young man. His only issue is that he makes friends and then they move schools. It’s happened to him twice and that has inhibited him socially. He lost the interest in making new friends because, “It hurts too much when they go”. He managed to join a group towards the end of last year but wouldn’t talk much about them – just called them, “My Friends”. This year, he is in the same class as most of them but with an added bonus. He’s also known as the new kid. Fingers crossed that he hangs around for a bit longer than a few months and Cub can learn what it feels like to be and have a friend.
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