good suggestion from Lusi.....find a subject that he is interested in and then find games relating to that subject that require him to read.
another thing that we tend to forget is that study time does not necessarily have to be stationary sitting at a desk.......kids can learn and accomplish the same results while engaged in physical activity......
I did this for my nephew who couldn't sit still when he was 6 years old:
Photocopied pages from books that he was supposed to be reading......glued them to bristol boards in three different rooms of the house.......he was required to find objects hidden around the house based on the clues provided in those pages........(I had highlighted words from those pages to make my own sentences that gave clues about where treasures were hidden.)
He loved the whole process.....and I got him to read at least three full pages of text each time.
Why don’t you start with reading something he WILL enjoy and take it from there? It worked with my lil sis. Like you know how you get childrens TV programmes and you get a series of books for some of them? Start with them. So if your son has a really favourite TV show and you can get books for it, I’m sure he’ll be interested in reading those books with you. Get him to talk to you about the book he’s just read, the characters etc.. make up activities regarding those books and so on.. Then slowly take it from there and introduce more detailed books..
My son is a book hater but if u get him books with read along cassettes/cds its more fun. my daughter loves same thing. Reading academy or Hooked on Phonics r some good programmes that teach kids to read while playing. Also chk for sites that hav math games.
one my kids love is [www.coolmath.com(they](http://www.coolmath.com(they) mostly don’t play math games but learn logic n strategy) Another one is IXL Math these u hav to purchase but can always use free trail first.
by knowing which type of learner ur kid is will help u. if he loves computers audio/visual aids will work best for him rather than traditional ways.
Another thing if u lower ur expectations and concentrate more on making learning time fun time with u rather than “if he did learn it or not” he might find it enjoyable and look forward to spend time with dad.
Naaah no genius here.....just grew up babysitting my nieces and nephews who all had distinct personalities and therefore required individual attention. This gave me some much appreciated experience before I had my own daughter.
For some kids sitting at a table and chair just doesn't work. Either they are highly intelligent and require incredible amounts of stimulation or they have trouble focusing and need some outlet for their physical energy. As parents we need to be really good at observing what they need and then we have to find a means to deliver that need while still accomplishing overall goals.
If you try the technique I used do let me know how it works out.....
Btw....if there is a particular theme that interests your son, try to build that into the process. At the time that I came up with this method my nephew was completely into "ninjas".....so I made sure that the "hunt" was for some ancient artifact that had been stolen from a temple and needed to be returned........