Babyhood

On Saturday morning I attended the parent-teacher meeting for the Grande Section and managed to find out a lot more about Kevin’s school day from his teacher Geneviève. She, like Mme Jacqueline, has pointed out to me that Kevin is still having difficulty in holding pencils and crayons for writing and drawing and that we must try to correct the faults (i.e. he doesn’t keep his hand and arm on the desk and he has an incredibly weak grip, and barely makes a mark on the paper with coloured pencils).

She says we have to act now, or it will be too difficult to fix later on. The trouble is, he just will not co-operate and every “homework” session we try ends in shouting and tears. He cries and says he can’t do it, and keeps changing the subject, even refuses to look at the paper or the book in front of him! It’s incredibly frustrating, and I would rather just let it slide, like I did all last year, despite Mme Jacqueline’s warnings. But he’ll have to know how to write properly when he goes to primary school and I don’t want him to be at more of a disadvantage than he already is. It’s so difficult to know what to do.