Help my super smart child?
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ask the school if she could do more advanced work in the class room and if she continues to improve see if they can help you get he moved up a year or into a special school which would help develope her further\n you must be very proud of her just keep helping her at home also
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Schools have a lot of subjects to study and not everyone is a master in grasping each subject very easily. Focus on the Key Subjects your boy is good at and nurture his intellect in a way that he thinks of persuing a career for himself, related to these subjects. The other subjects could be made interesting with the help of a lot of visuals and images for him to keep them in mind. For instance, you could help him draw a scene from history, or enact one! While travelling or outing with the family, talk about the geographical aspects around, mountains, hills, rocks, plains, plateaus, soil, rivers, etc. Visuals would help again. Science needs a lot of live examples. conduct small lab experiments at home and name them as magic tricks! Put up charts in his room and give him a memory test. Think of ways to keep him glued. Try some on your own. Don't frustrate him with threatening talks and complaints all the time. Schooling is a lot more to do with parents than with the child.
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As s Literacy Specialist, I can tell you there are a lot of things you could do to help your son. \nHowever, before you go about helping him, find out how the school approaches reading. Do they have a phonics based program or whole literacy program? (It is usually one or the other).  You do not want to teach a completley different way at home than what the school is teaching. \nAnother thing, is to find out exactly where he is struggling.It is too broad for me to tell you what you should be doing to help him when I do not know where his struggles are. Are they decoding, fluency,  inferencing, etc? (All of these factors affect comprehension)\n\nIf for instance, he is having trouble decoding words  you could use word tiles to strenghten his vocabulary and use some basic phonic instruction. (There are some great work books you could use out there). \nHowever, if he is struggling in fluency he needs to immerse himself more in reading and monitoring himself.    \n\nTalk to his teachers and I bet they can tell you where he is struggling. However, the best thing he can always do is to read, read, read. If he does not enjoy it much, then you could take turns with him reading aloud. \nHope this helps!
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Keep in mind that she is 5! I think it is a little early to take her to have an evaluation for learning difficulties or anything like that, as has been suggested by others. \nAlso, I think a short attention span is normal for a 5 year old- a rule of thumb I have heard is 1 minute for each year of age- so I would be expecting her to concentrate for 5 minutes at a time. \n\nHere are my ideas:\n\n1) Help her to be interested in books\n-let her see you reading, whenever you are reading- point out signs when you are driving, reading the instructions/ingredients when cooking, talk about looking in the tv guide to find out what's on...\n-take her to the library, let her choose the books.\nThere are lots of appropriate books on all sorts of topics (such as looking after pets, making things, etc).\n\n2) Teach the letters in the most creative ways you can think of!\n- draw them in sand with your fingers\n- let her type them on a keyboard\n- make them out of play-doh (I have alphabet cookie cutters, or you could just roll long snakes and make them into the letters)\n-teach her an alphabet song (I like "ants in the apple")\nWhile you're doing these kinds of things, talk about the letters, and the sounds they make- e.g. for B- this is 'bee', it says the 'b' sound.\n\n3) Read to her\nReading material which is appropriate for her to read might not be very interesting for her. If you read books to her which are a bit harder, but more interesting, this will help her to be interested in books.\n\n4) practice reading creatively\n- you could make 'labels' for things in your home (door, fridge, oven, bed), and ask her to help you read the label, and stick it where it needs to go.\n- write her little notes\n\n5) practice for a short amount of time- maybe 5-10 minutes. Come back to it later, rather than tiring her out- she will enjoy it more this way! \n\nI hope these ideas are helpful!
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Bless you in your endeavor! Just to start out, you could surround him with books...give him time outside...not too much of the TV or video games or ipod...don't completely take it away...or he'll hate homeschool, just don't let him use that stuff during "school hours"...so he'll find something productive to do. Ask him what he wants to learn about and do a Unit Study...but don't overdo it, let him take the lead...but he may need you at his side for a while until he realizes he doesn't need a teacher to learn, just the desire to learn. The library is a great place to get all of the "curriculum" you could ever need. You could get him some science kits, or let him start a rock collection, or buy him a telescope so he could begin studying the stars, the possibilities are endless. I don't know why we call it homeschooling, it's really universeschooling...but I won't get into all of that...I'm homeschooling my 4 children and I wouldn't trade it for the world. They LOVE it and would not like to go back to school. \n\nI don't know where you live, but I'm sure you could find a homeschool support group near you. I'm in the Los Angeles area...many, many groups to choose from.\n\nThe best to you and your son!
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call someone smart and ask them for help on it
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My son has high functioning austism as well. He is 5 now and became verbal last year. His still likes to play by himself some of the time but he interacts with his siblings and some of the kids from his school. Find something that he really enjoys. For my son it is letters and numbers. I bought flash cards for him and invited a couple of the neighbor kids over. We had races to see who could find certain numbers. He loved it. Don't try too many kids though or he could feel overwhelmed. A lot of his interaction came from watching the other kids do things. He wouldn't go down the slide until he watched the other kids do it over and over again. Make a structured "game" of the play at first and then slowly let it become more spontanious. Good Luck you can email me at sbirch5@yahoo.com if you would like to discuss this further
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It's really just going to take a lot of practice.  Make sure that you use manipulatives, too, like having her add with real things, such as blocks, cereal pieces, etc.  Also, what may work better than flash cards is a math wall.  You put the problems on a wall somewhere where she can easliy see it, so she can always refer to it when she needs to.  Dont worry - eventaully, she'll get it.
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i would suggest meeting with the teachers to get their guidance. they should be able to work with you to give him the help he needs in a more timely manner. they should be glad you care so much & be really willing. also, meeting with any special needs teachers for tips can help as well.\n\ncan the teachers help give you items ahead of time so that you can work on things on the weekends when you have more time? (assuming you have a monday-friday job)
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You have a very difficult situation and empathize with you for that.  I do not know enough about your son to know if he is capable of learning how to read and write at a level where he could function in society on his own.  If he is having positive relationships and friendships at school, I suggest you allow him to continue going.  The social aspect of a childhood is vital to development.  It is important for him to understand the context that he is brought up in.  It is is important, however, that he get used to learning and studying, I whatever level he is capable.  If he is ready to play, but not to study, try to be creative and find things for him to learn that are also fun.  this way, learning and playing can be brought together.  Once he starts learning things for fun, it may be easier to persuade him to learn things that are not more fun.  As always, patience is essential.  Best wishes.
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go to your local community college and ask them if they have math tutors. i'm a math tutor at my community college and tutor kids in middle school a lot. also advertise that you are looking for a math tutor as well. if that doesn't help, try any of those homework/tutor centers like Silvan Leatning Center. I help out at one in California, and they relaly help the kids. it's also in an environment where there are others just like him struggling in the same subject, so he won't feel so alone. try to stay away from instrctional videos and things like that. they dono't help that much since he is only 12 his attention span may be too low for something like that. one on one interaction is the best. good luck
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a good site would be nclb.tutors, it has really helped my son.
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i would use flash cards, there is less to concentrate on with a single card, so write, for instance, a vocabulary word on one side and the definition on the other, and it should seem to move much faster for the child, since s/he isn't trying to concentrate on a whole chapter, plus it cuts out all the stuff they really don't need and focuses in on the important stuff they will have to remember for their tests
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Check out http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-gb there are smart board lesson plans and resources on there that might be able to back up your proposal. Smart boards are a great way to get children involved and enthusiastic about a lesson. I hope your school takes up your idea.
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Help him organize at home first.  Make sure he has school "stuff" in an appropriate place at home - a drawer, a cabinet, a desk, wherever.  Just keep it in the same place, and don't allow him to move it.  Make sure he works on homework at this place every time he has work.j\nUnfortunately, he's going to be on his own at school, and he'll have to learn the hard way about being organized.  You can buy a different spiral and/or folder for each class - be sure to COLOR CODE THEM, so he won't grab the wrong one.  And let HIM choose which colors go with which classes - he'll remember it better if it's "his" system too.  It sounds "geeky," but buy him a pencil pouch and put pencil, pen, calculator, small ruler, and small pack of colored pencils in it.  He should take the pencil pouch to EVERY class EVERY day so he won't be without necessary items.  \nFind out when his homeroom is.  Pop in once or twice to see what's going on.  Talk to his homeroom teacher and enlist his/her help with your child's organization (It's easy - all they have to do is talk to the whole CLASS about it; give tips, help gather materials, etc.).  Ask the teacher to remind your son once a week or so about his organizational skills.  Check out his locker.  See how (if?) he organizes it.  Do this AFTER SCHOOL so the other kids don't see!  If it's a disaster, talk to him and get HIS ideas about how he could rearrange it to be more effective for his use - morning class materials in the top/afternoon class materials on the bottom, etc.  Also, Wal-Mart has locker shelves that are pretty neat, and there are also little magnetic pencil holders that can be put inside the locker door for "extras' when he's without a writing utensil.
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Well you can start from the basicsin reading,Make his parents aware(if they are not already) of the situation and offer extra help for him. By you teaching him on your time and getting a tutor or a certified teacher to teach him at home on his time... I found that these methods work. Find his interest and give him book on those interest for him to read..
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Instill a sense of work ethic and self confidence. Sounds easy enough huh? Let me break it down.......\n1. Read to them daily\n2. Stay involved in their education\n3. Support their teachers\n4. Do homework with them\n5. Positive Reinforcement\n6. Make school a priority in the home and their life\n7. Set aside time every day for school work. The same amount everyday no matter how much homework they do or do not have.\n8. Keep education going throughout the summer with fun education settings like camps or sports. \n9. Keep them physically active. Video games and TV shorten a child's attention span making school more difficult\n10. Keep them on a low sugar diet. Healthy eating aids in memory and concentration.\n\nHope this helps!