Hello!
I've posted about ADHD in my toddler before but didn't get much feedback... he has not directly been diagnosed with ADHD, but we all know the signs when we see them. Anywho, he is almost 5 and we have decided to homeschool him, for multiple reasons. I found a curriculum for him that is nature based, which means he learns for 1-2 hours a day and then the rest is "extra" activities or playing. What I need help with is, he is very antsy. He cannot focus for those 1-2 hours because he says he is "bored." What can I do to calm him down, focus on what we are learning and just listen. For example, we are trying to teach him the days of the week, what day it is, and the month. We will tell him and have him repeat it multiple times, but then when I ask him the same question 10 minutes later he always says I don't remember. Not sure if this is just him not wanting to or if he just really isn't focused on a task and truly doesn't remember. We also read books in school and I ask him to tell me what we just read and he will say he doesn't remember as well. I NEED HELP ON HOW TO KEEP HIM FOCUSED AND TO CALM HIM DOWN IN GENERAL, due to this ADHD problem! TIA!
I've posted about ADHD in my toddler before but didn't get much feedback... he has not directly been diagnosed with ADHD, but we all know the signs when we see them. Anywho, he is almost 5 and we have decided to homeschool him, for multiple reasons. I found a curriculum for him that is nature based, which means he learns for 1-2 hours a day and then the rest is "extra" activities or playing. What I need help with is, he is very antsy. He cannot focus for those 1-2 hours because he says he is "bored." What can I do to calm him down, focus on what we are learning and just listen. For example, we are trying to teach him the days of the week, what day it is, and the month. We will tell him and have him repeat it multiple times, but then when I ask him the same question 10 minutes later he always says I don't remember. Not sure if this is just him not wanting to or if he just really isn't focused on a task and truly doesn't remember. We also read books in school and I ask him to tell me what we just read and he will say he doesn't remember as well. I NEED HELP ON HOW TO KEEP HIM FOCUSED AND TO CALM HIM DOWN IN GENERAL, due to this ADHD problem! TIA!