Adhd within a toddler
Growing up I was unaware. I sat on my mother's knee learning to read. Over the years I'd sit statue still for hours reading, nothing short of a fire would have broken through the magical worlds I had entered. Experience through me, a typical reading session with a toddler with adhd and hyperlexia. Give yourself forty-five minutes for this activity. Wait for ten minutes for her to stop performing flips and tricks, bearing in mind she will have asked for this activity. Another five minutes for her to get snuggly in your lap, and have a giggle because she is purposely holding the book upside down. She will then flawlessly read a page of a Peter and Jane book. Then point out that the next page is pretty much the same as the one before so why does she have to read it? You refocus her. She reads the next page flawlessly. 'Oh look I have a bellybutton', poking at it and giggling. Refocus. Next page read flawlessly. 'Mummy,...