Regular poster, name change here
My son is 7 years old and behind in school. He falls short of average level. I think he can do better. I am not expecting him to be the best in the class or school but just reach his potential. The school doesn't want to provide any extra help as there are 10 kids in his class that are deemed to need support compared to him. I feel that in primary schools it's always kids near the middle group that suffer.
I would like to help him but I'm not sure what to do. He does activities like swimming, karate and football.his main interest in lego so we have been to legoland quite a few times.
However would like to help him on the academic side in a fun way. What can I do? For example in the holidays I've tried to get him to write a diary - just a few lines what he did with a picture but he absolutely hates that.we have been to a few museums and sometimes I get him to read 1 or 2 lines from a sign with information eg dinosaur museum - an easy sign to read. He finds this boring.even when the school gives out craft projects he picks the craft option rather then writing option which is fine but then he doesn't want to do any of the craft making and wants me to do it. What can I do to get him to be interested and excited about learning?
I really hope anyone can give advice or tips even if you think it sounds obvious. The reason is that I come from a background where the traditional norm is learning means sit at a desk and practice until perfect , go to Kumon, get a tutor. However I'm interested in finding about the fun way and don't know how to do this