We’re now roughly six weeks into the new school year. Some of our kids are doing amazing well. Some not so much. If you’re the parent of a “not so much,” trust me, you’re not alone. It truly takes an amazing amount of attention, focus, concentration, and motivation for a child to stare at a screen for 4 or 5 hours in a row and actually pay attention and learn.
How long do you wait to see whether your child will be able to learn this way?
You want to believe they will suddenly “’get it” and all will be well. But they may well not “get it” if they haven’t yet. That does NOT mean that your child is stupid. It just means that their strengths may not include such attributes as having a strong, distraction-free attention span, having the ability to focus or concentrate for many hours at a time, being very well-motivated, or loving to learn anything and everything in whatever form it is presented, even if not all that engaging.
So what do we do for such a (normal) child? There are really just a few options:
1. Have your child rewired. Hmm. Sorry. Not an option.
2. Explain to them the importance of paying attention, focusing, concentrating, being motivated, etc.
Nice try, but that doesn’t work. Your child would already be doing all these things if they could.
3. How about changing their learning environment instead of wishing they were a different child?
—- If you are presented with an option of actually sending them to school, do it!
—- Otherwise, let Winik Educational Consulting work with you to figure out what other school, already offering in-class learning, has the experience, the educational philosophy, the teachers and leaders to help your child overcome these obstacles that make learning more difficult, feel like they belong, and thrive!
For a free consult, or to get your questions answered or get more information, go to www.winikeducationalconsulting.com and click the CONTACT button. Help will soon be on the way.