For example, DD is 8 and has a hard time focusing in school at times. Then her work begins to slide. It does no good to tell her she must complete the work. What we do instead, is talk to her about what she IS doing. What are you doing during math? She had no clue. So I made her remember 3 things she did in math each day, and slowly built until she could tell me what was happening in all of her "unfocused" classes. The work completion came just by teaching her to focus. But then there's DS10 who "spaces out" or reads. He has been taught to "attack" the work immediately when he gets it, and then read when he's done. Otherwise, he thinks he'll get to it soon and never does.
Master of none, I am very intrigued. Can you give a little more detail on how you worked with each of your kids? For example, did you ask your daughter to remember three things the class was doing during math or three ways she was entertaining herself instead of paying attention?
