Your mood will influence your child’s learning success.
/It’s obvious to me but it’s not so obvious to many of you.
How we feel when it comes to sitting down and learning with our children will influence how well the learning will go.
If you’re feeling stressed out about the learning, do you think it will be a positive experience for your child? Of course not!
If you’re feeling annoyed at your child because they are not behaving in the picture perfect way that you imagine they should behave, do you think it will be a positive experience for your child? Of course not!
I’m by no means perfect at this. I have my great days and I have my not so great days (just like all of you!) There are days I have a million things going on in my mind and I really don’t have the time nor the energy to sit with my son to do learning with him. He picks up on my moods instantly - just as your children will pick up on yours.
You’re trying to teach your child, you have a great plan, you have all of your resources ready and you are good to go. But the minute you present the learning to your child, they show no interest. They refuse to do it. They would rather do anything else but what you’ve prepared for them. You feel frustrated, irritated and angry. What was the point? Why do I bother? I can just wait until he is 5/6/7/8 etc. You get into an argument with your child. You tell them that they ‘should want to do it!’.
You are so wrong on all levels.
The problem that you are trying to solve is that your child doesn’t want to do the learning that you’ve prepared for them. However - this is only a problem if you make it a problem. I don’t see it as a problem. I see it as data. It’s just information. My son doesn’t want to learn right now and that’s ok. I’ll try again later or tomorrow. I can just as easily go with his flow and do something that he feels like doing in that moment.
We support our clients every step of the way when they encounter these sorts of problems - and believe me - they do!
You don’t need to navigate the 4+ assessment process alone. We are there for our clients every step of the way.
