i've noticed when my kid goes over a mistake and sees that it's silly or figures out how it went wrong - the next time it's no problem. your daughter may be doing that, too, and wondering why the teachers are so slow to catch up with her! our kid's teachers truly believe every kid needs a certain amount of repetitions - it drives her nuts, especially with reading because going over the same book more than once allows her to rely on her memory. she knows she's not reading - and she (quite correctly) finds it pointless.

it's really frustrating, but we've had some success in the past few weeks getting her to "manage up" - she will now patiently work through the "baby" work to prove her mastery to the teachers. she is still really irritated, but at least it's getting her to the real work in the end.


Every Sunday it brooded and lay on the floor. Inconveniently close to the drawing-room door.