What a great day, I borrowed the first in a series of books from a friend for my son to look at. They are math books, so with fear and trepidation I presented it to him this morning hoping that he would want to have a go. He has not wanted to have anything to do with math as he lost his confidence at school and it has been tough to get him to relax about it and have a go.
I sat down with him and we went through the first two chapters together, it was ok but not was I was hoping for as he was ready for a break. So I decided to prepare for my mum's arrival by cleaning the room she would be staying in and asked Jared to help. I let him know that we would be learning to clean a toilet. He said that would be fine.
He then obviously thought about it and asked if he could continue with the math book, Life of Fred, I agreed, hoping that this was the moment I had been working for all year....
As I was cleaning the most beautiful sound came from the lounge room, it was a burst of laughter, then another then a call to me to come and see! Wow I was thrilled and so was Jared. He loved this book and got right into the story. It is a very funny story and Jared could not put it down.
Day 1 of the Life of Fred, 3hrs of math, yipee!
Jared asked" Mum can I always have Fred teach me math?"
Mum " YES!!!!!!!" trying not to sound too over the top.
So all I have to say is thank you Fred, we love you.
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