My three year old is a huge sensory seeker. She won’t sit still for love or money! When I’m teaching, she’s either trying to pull me away to go get something to eat, or she’s spinning in circles or running around. She only sits for evening worship.
So, how do I get more of her attention? Because when she’s running, she’s also usually making noise too, vocal stimming, so I doubt there’s much she hears. And so I thought, “How about recording myself and teaching using video? That way, she CAN’T pull me and they all get to still hear my voice!”
I did it.
It has worked. And it works for everyone. The children answer my questions when I pause after asking it. And I get a bit of rest.
It’s a win win.
Special needs forces you to change how you parent. Screen time is ‘bad.’ But for my children, it’s the only way they really learn and remember things. And with dysgraphia a very high possibility for my son (the ‘inability’ to write, and my girl’s struggles with writing, typing is better. So, screen time it will be.
They said I should write a book 