Jul. 18, 2007 - Confidence
Our oldest child is struggling with self confidence. He is a smart child who is so creative and artsy. He is 8 and a half and is still struggling with his reading. He loves math though. I found this website and printed off the reading assessment for him to read to me and I had our 7 years old read it to.
http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/assesstest.html
I had him read the first 4 paragraphs and he only made 2 mistakes, 4 were allowed. He was so proud of himself when I told him. It boosted his confidence for a moment. He struggles so much with believing in himself and I don't know how to help him. I want him to love reading as much as I do. He has to learn how to read. That is my first goal for him academically.
He also gets frustrated very easliy and is prone to temper tantrums when we do something new.
Anyone have any advice?
