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What does he like?
Focus on that, ignore the education for a week or two. Get involved with stuff he likes, then build education into it.
Probably needs time to decompress, adapt to non school based life!
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He likes nature, baking, maths, dance, music, reading, Pokemon, watching TV.
The problem is that school have pretty clear expectations of what gets done when and we already have a daily schedule. While I'm not set on following that specific one, it does provide structure, which I think is good. I'd love to spend a week or two with no expectations of him, but I don't know how to actually make that happen (especially with two full-time working parents who need to share time in making that schedule actually work).
ffm
Any general tips on motivation for a 10-year old (yr 5)? My son enjoys school and does very well. He's got a great brain but also applies himself well and (I think) thrives on the positive feedback and comparison to his peers. Homework on the other hand has always been a massive fucking battle (apart from screen-based maths). Often he just flatly refuses to do tasks that he's not interested in or that he finds hard. I'm finding it really difficult to deal with the frustration of his initial enthusiasm for the idea of taking on work rapidly morphing into full-on rage/complete shutting down at actually putting pen to paper.
Just to add, in some ways I'd like this to be a chance for him to develop some self-discipline rather than relying on the presence of external motivators. Once we've spoken about and agreed on the value of continuing with learning I'd like him to follow through on the schedule that we've worked on (based on school's suggestion) simply because that's what we've decided rather than because it's what he wants to do right now.