My son is starting Reception next week and I'm pulling my bloody hair out. I cannot get him to do anything he doesn't 'feel like' even if he can do it standing on his head.
We were just practising writing his name and he was just refusing to grip his pencil. He was basically tickling the paper with the pencil and I just lost my temper (inwardly).
He won't practise his phonics. He knows most of the the phonemes and can sound and segment quite long words. He won't practise at home though - he only shows interest when we're out and he wants to sound out signs and other people's books etc.
I cannot get him to draw ANYTHING and I'm just beside myself.
Earlier in the summer our CM had suggested getting him assessed for ASD and SPD but a lot of the traits she was concerned about have gone now so it would appear SOME we're immaturity.
I will still talk to the teacher about whether she suspects ASD (school has a specialist department) but in the interim how on earth can I get him to display some of his knowledge? And apply himself?
I feel utterly sick of it all to be honest and just see years of being dragged into the school because he's so unengaged.