How to Help My Lazy or Unmotivated Child Structure Clear expectations Staying calm Being patient Discipline How do I help my unmotivated child succeed? Many of us know that temptation to scream at our unmotivated child when that child has skipped another math lesson (or any other school subject) for the third day in a row and now they are crying and wailing on the floor saying they just can’t do it because it’s too hard. Or what about the…
Lords of Waterdeep — strategy — engaging — multi-player A brief description of a fun and challenging family friendly board game – dive in below Kid Rating: 5 Stars Replay Value: Played over 50 times Challenge Level: Easy-Moderate Time Played: 30-45 minutes A sneaky board game of quirks and quests… Build a building, gather a resource, pick a new quest – take back first player! You only have so many turns before the round ends. Fast paced to complete your…
Did your morning start off with an organized and tidy little cubby and a stack of neat papers and then a few hours later, your house looks like a tornado came through it? How to organize: the essentials How do you begin to organize your homeschool? The way you organize your school for homeschooling is solely up to you and your individual family needs. Here are some ways we have organized our schooling areas over the years that have helped…
Dealing with an INTJ Child (Introverted/Intuitive/Thinker/Judger) (Extroverted/Intuitive/Thinker/Judger) MBTI Website: https://www.16personalities.com/intj-personality Do you find your INTJ/ENTJ child asking or saying… “What is the plan for tomorrow?” “If I do that, then this will happen.” “That is inefficient.” “When I’m an adult, I plan on…” – Our 10 year old Our INTJ Academic Monster… …sometimes drives us crazy. Some days we aren’t sure we can keep up. He struggles to tie his shoes but he can complete algebra questions. He saved up…
The frustrated parent and relearning what “learning” is for the ADHD child: The way your ADHD child learns is different, not wrong… I was casually sitting on the couch one afternoon on a day off from work when I looked up from my book and saw two feet bicycling in the air in front of me behind our large red foot rest. There was a steady and peppy whistling accompanying the feet riding round and round. I proceeded to peer…
Help! My child reads everything… ….Your advanced reader who just can’t. stop. devouring. books…. an advanced reader – A child who reads will be an adult who thinks…. For years, our now ten-year-old son (MBTI – INTJ) who is an advanced reader went to the library with us and got the same side-glances from so many onlookers and librarians, “you read what and you are how old?” This began our tireless quest for just one more book and one more…