How do you go about getting a reluctant 6yo to do any school work?! Dd has been asked to do doodle maths every day (5 questions, on an app, you progress up levels as you learn), plus read x3 books a week. Also asked to do a couple of extra things during the hols, work on some handwriting, learn a poem. The school has tried to make it fun, spark some light competition, set targets. Dd just DOES NOT want to do it. Ever. I've tried to make the maths part of our routine, so she usually does it before school every day. But she's starting to get bargy about it. The reading, there is so much huffing and puffing! I have to be quite firm that she's doing it. She's a bright girl but doesn't like putting effort in to learning in this way, especially if it's something she has to engage her brain to do like a new thing on the maths app. The last thing I want to do is switch her off from learning. If she was struggling, over tired, whatever, I would have no qualms about saying not to do it. But it's the attitude that's got me stumped.
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Bribery or threats... How to get 6yo to do school work
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Indecisivelurcher · 26/12/2020 20:22
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