Posts by HealthyKid

Whatnextmom - You mentioned that you actively worked on your child's organizational skills in elementary.  Can you explain what types of things you did to develop those skills?

Thanks for these responses. Classrooms are fairly similar, desks for two in rows. Class size is large (30 students, but same as last year). He did well academically last year (average for the class or slightly above).  As for...

I have not been in the classroom enough to tell, but the first grade teacher was very disorganized and I know that contributed greatly to the problem. This teacher appears to be organized from what I have seen.  A friend whose son...

My son is in third grade. He is young for his grade, but not the youngest. In first grade he had a lot of problems with attention, behavior and organization. Teacher suspected ADHD. We set up a behavior chart with him and sent home...

My son was selected for a combo class (2nd/3rd Grade) as a third grader as well.  I reacted about the same as the poster. While I still do not think a combo class was ideal for my son (unlike at some smaller schools, combos are...

I know this is late but wanted to add that my son also had night terrors. I read somewhere on the internet that this can be related to overheating (among other things) and that cooling the child's sleeping environment down might help....