Is your child resistant when it comes to completing certain tasks? It's not a problem!

I hear this repeatedly from my clients.

My child doesn’t want to do:

writing

reading

phonics

puzzles

lego

My child won’t:

Answer questions

complete their home learning

hold their pencil

follow my instructions

None of this is a problem and let me tell you why.

My students who are currently preparing for their 4+ Assessments are between the ages of 2.5 and 3. Let’s not forget this. These students are still very young. If they don’t want to do something, it’s just not a problem. They decide. Always go with their flow. Your child doesn’t want to hold a pencil - no problem. You hold it and show them how you do it and how much you love to hold a pencil. Your child doesn’t want to read a book with you - no problem. You continue to read it anyway. Your child will be observing your learning behaviours and with their own time, they will naturally want to try to do what you are doing.

A child being resistant towards a problem is never a problem to me. What is a problem, is making a big deal about it, reacting in a negative way about it and telling them that there is something wrong with them. There is absolutely nothing wrong with them!

In my lessons, when one of my students doesn’t want to do something - let’s say for example, count the objects on the screen. I move on immediately to another task. I usually come back to the task that they were resistant towards doing and most often, they will complete it.

Let your child take the lead with their learning. Give them the opportunity to decide what they want to do. I guarantee, the results will follow. Be consistent with it and keep going.

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