This is a re-post from my old blog.
Bo* is 5 years old. He is
now in Kinder. He was brought to the tutorial center because it seems like he
is learning very little in school.
During assessment, Bo was
obviously distracted. He can identify the letters of the alphabet but not all.
When asked about anything, he would nod his head… followed by a vigorous shake.
His hand grip on the pencil is also not firm. So, I told the parents about
this. The father, then, asked if Bo would learn to read and write if he enrolls
him in 8-hour tutorial. I thought ‘wow, this dad is so amusing.' So,
we answered him that Bo’s progress depends on how willing he is to work with
us.
I eventually found out,
from Grandma, that Bo watches TV the whole day. She also said that she has been
telling the working parents, her daughter-in-law in particular, to lessen Bo’s
time for watching TV and give more time to other educational activities like
coloring, tracing, object identification from books, etc..
Mom, on the other hand,
said that every time she teaches Bo his lessons and the boy refuses, Grandma,
her mother-in-law, would interfere and take the boy’s side on the matter.
Well, aren’t they pointing
fingers at each other? In that case, it won’t do Bo, any good. The bottom line
is, we have to work together so the boy would learn.
*not real name
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