Am I being a little harsh?

moodydonkey

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

Not necessarily, although chimney sweeping might be!:rotfl:

I think he's on to something, I let my girls off all that to concentrate on their schoolwork. Now I just get stared at when I ask them to do something.:rotfl:

DD1 is doing very well tho and I used to seriously worry about her when she was younger and she was doing nowhere near as good as velcro's little champ

Errata

Velcro - don't worry too much. I couldn't read until I was 7 and I still managed to gain two degrees.

sassyblue

Velcro_Hotdog wrote: »

Again thanks to everyone who took the time to reply to the thread

Once the Saturday morning routine was over and we had been out to the local farm to feed the baby goats I asked him if he would like to draw a picture of the animals he saw and there names.

Result

More than willing and although it took a bit longer than 15 mins because he had to colour in the goats and write there names we both had great fun. So much so that he has asked if we can see the triains on Sunday and draw there picture so we can put another picture on his new picture wall.

Taking advice from the members on here who replied and looking at some learning sites I know I was asking for to much. Thankfully my mistake was not one which could cause any real harm and I have learned to be a more relaxed about it.

ah velcro, l thought you were being a little harsh too but you've taken everyones comments on board and changed as a result -full credit to you. Remember it's not whether your son will be able to draw or write with perfection, or know everything that's possible to know but rather that he has a great father who he shared some fantastic fun times with as he grew up and that you'll always be there for him regardless.

Sounds like you will be too, lucky boy.

flabadabado

Hi,

I teach in an area where we're always trying to get children to write, it's a real struggle especially with the 9-11 year old boys. One thing we've found across the school is that funky pens (colours/extra wide or thin nibs/scented ink/bubble tops/invisible ink etc etc) work wonders!

With our foundation stage chn we have little notebooks for police/detective investigations/football referees etc etc. You'd be shocked how much these young chn will 'write' when they don't think they're in a literacy lesson! Remember as long as they're putting pen/pencil/crayon to paper and can 'read' what they wrote back to you (tell you all about it) they're writing.

Enjoy! Also, I for one know that we'd be very lucky to have a dad like you in our school. Keep up the good work