DD8.5 is having a great summer thus far. School has always been a challenge for her and she is enjoying the time off. She has ADHD and ? dyslexia/dysgraphia (further assessment in September). Part of her school issues stem from her refusal to do work that a)she thinks she can't do, b) is too 'boring', or c)involves too much writing. Her new school wants to help her by coming up with creative ideas to modify her school work for next year. Trying to spurn some creative juices, I bought a workbook of activities aimed at bridging her current grade to her new grade. They are definitely below her level, but are short (4-5 per page) and interesting. Each day she has to do one sheet and if she doesn't like the activity, then she and I brainstorm to come up with a way to make the activity more interesting or involve less writing. We're talking 10 minutes per day.
It is going so-so. She really could not care less. Even when I try to encourage her to help her help herself, she is unmotivated. I offered to get harder workborks and she completely balked at that. Also, she is only vaguely interested in her summer reading program at the library (and only because she discovered that magazines count). This was her idea because she could earn prizes.
Looking for any fun ideas you may have to help keep her motivated and/or for us to learn what engages her or how to help her succeed. Working with her is like trying to herd cats. She freaks out at the prospect of doing any 'work'. I don't want to bang my head against the wall anymore. I just want to find out how to help her make her school assignments a little more bearable.
