My Kid is a Damn Nutter

[Sundae]

I haven't had a chance to work with H this week - have had a vomiting bug which means I was at death's door yesterday, nauseous this morning, but not allowed into school until Thursday :sob:

Anyway. I've taken on board the idea H might really be embarrassed by an adult singing (as he perceives) to him.
He isn't on the spectrum, he's a child without an official statement who needs extra help.
But that doesn't mean he has to go along with the school ethos.

Because I loved singing and was used to singing every day it was normal and natural to me.
There were probably children in my class who felt like H - it's one thing for a teacher to lead a class in singing, and to sing along yourself, but to have an adult singing AT you is just cringy.

THRASS is a phonics system we use all the way through school, not targeted for lower ability children. So he knows the songs, uses the mat and sings along every day to the songs. And I know he loves singing, from the Nativity.

I'll try speaking the songs first. They are useful.
Example (a few words changed for copyright purposes)

Let's do the cat, kitten, duck, school hand-jive
Cat is C
Kitten is K
Duck is CK
And school is C and H

There's another bit about Queen being Q
It's phonics.

Anyway.
Things to think about.