Here's a book review that I wrote for our homeschool group this week:
I read a book this week (that I got at the Gwinnett Library) that I thought you might enjoy hearing about. And feel free to send out a book review on any book you like!
This large format book (8.5 x 11) is written by a mom of 2, boy (9) and girl (4). Her oldest is quite a handful from what I gathered from her writing! She starts out by encouraging moms of kids like this that they are a special gift and that the moms ARE capable of teaching them.
First, she speaks to the TYPE of activities that work best with a high energy child -- games, manipulatives and lots of motion. Then, she goes through several subject areas (phonics, math, history, etc) and give suggestions for teaching the ADHD type child. There are reproducibles in the back of the book so that you can use the same games and ideas if you think they would work for your child.
She also spends an entire chapter addressing the differences in disciplining a challenging child.
I was encouraged to work with one of my children (you can probably guess which one!) after reading this. Although he is probably not ADHD, he does have some of these characteristics.
Overall, it was a good, short read that I would recommend to moms of young boys especially!
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Jan. 25, 2007 - Untitled Comment
If you liked the book you might be interested in the fact that the author has a web site that is good as well. She also does a mailout called "Sizzle Bop" that often includes input from many mothers with highly distractable kids. I have found this to be very helpful and have gotten many good helpful ideas in homeschooling my dd11 who is ADD and bipolar. You can find her website at: http://www.westfieldacademy.org/adhd/ . If I didn't type that in correctly you can visit my blog and access her website from the link I have in my side bar.
Linda