DD2 aged 8 in Y4 is ridiculously clever but has slow processing speed according to EP report. I thought she was dyslexic but no, just slow at performing what is asked from her both at school and at home. She is a lovely soul, funny, big heart, and continuously thinks hard about things and comes up with remarkable outside the box ideas but her self esteem is plummeting because she thinks she is not clever, as everybody is way faster than her in her class. My answer to that was to make her do extra work in English and Maths on Saturdays, but she is unsurprisingly nonplussed with this. It is clearly helping though, she finally cracked long divisions and gets on with her homework without too much of nagging from myself. I am not too sure what I am trying to achieve by posting this, probably seeking reassurance that I am doing the right thing and that she will thank me one day??
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Threeschools · 19/03/2017 16:13
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