Not that you can really tell much difference around here tbh, the children play as they always play, and if they get bored I pull something else out, so today Small was doing another Bond paper, this time maths. I printed the 5-6 this time and he was very cross with me, as he wanted to do the 6-7, as he’s “nearly 6”. Ah well. I talked him through this paper – 70% without my assistance, 100% when I pointed out his mistakes, and then printed him the next one off, and got shouted at that the first question was impossible as you can’t add twice. So that was nice.
Big took one look at the 8-9 paper and decided she didn’t know how to do any of it and that she would need my help, so put it aside to approach tomorrow. She’s mainly read Harry Potter again today, she’s less than 100 pages from the end now. They have also played with the remote control cars after Tim and Small fixed the one that Small broke yesterday (he threw it in a temper and was banned from playing with them until that one got fixed if possible). And then they finished off the evening with both Tim and I helping them with their Stanley construction kits – Small has an Aeroplane and Big a <"https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Toys-Games/Stanley-STANLEY-Construct-Play-Motorcycle/B0039EM6HO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&qid=1485123477&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=stanley+construct+and+play+scooter&linkCode=ll1&tag=makingitup-21&linkId=6dec96e549db1f2bbbba08c72726de60">Motorcycle rather think they were prezzies from Kirsty?
The other main interaction with Small happened this morning, when we discussed with him his behaviour last night. That was when he scratched holes in the wallpaper over his bed for no apparent reason. He does a lot of things for no apparent reason – there is a disconnect between thought and action, and I’m not entirely sure how to connect the two. The plan for now is that he’s written up several post it notes of things he needs to remember (he says himself that he forgets he is not supposed to do things like damage the walls or hurt ppl) and stuck them up in the living room and bedroom. We worked out together what they should be, and I keep sending him to read them again. I’m just hoping that constant reminder will drum it into him – it’s worked with the toileting issues that he developed a couple of months ago and we’ve made good headway there, so perhaps it will work with other things?
I don’t know, it’s difficult to understand how his mind works. All we can do is try.
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