we’re trying to encourage the fluffyster to log some thoughts and ideas on games, his favorite topic. he loves to play them and talk about them and invent countless variations to existing games but whenever i suggest jotting down his ideas, he resists. don’t know why. (any thoughts, dear reader?)
writing is ghastly for him. typing is not much better. i’ve signed on as his secretary, perched on the edge of my swivel chair, eagerly awaiting, coaxing, cajoling, encouraging a word or two to get the process going.
today, i suggested an interview. he agreed and the moment i pulled up the screen, his usual bubbling stream of shouts, songs, hums, words, questions, answers, proclamation, etc., vanished into thin (but warmer today–i actually had the window open for a few minutes!) air.
here it is. a comment or two would do wonders.
hi kyra
i don’t know fluffy personally, but from your exquisite writing I do know he has a great imagination and likes to be in character. So, I suggest that you interview him being another persona, eg, a talk show host, a sports announcer, a singer or someone who speaks into a microphone ( old toilet paper roles even work for that). nothing elaborate ( which I know you are great at designing). the purpose is to give him some distance from the face to face of it all.
Then, if he is a reader, he can read it to????? and audience, real or imaginary, of his choosing.
Maybe I need to do the same thing to get my ever postponed blog going!
xheidi
My son Elijah (7yrs) has a hard time with writing and our RDi consultant who was previously a speech language therapist pointed out after we were ranting and venting about a similar issue, that kids with Aspergerger’s have a mental block sometimes with translating ideas and imaginations into written form. I started having him act things out, draw the idea/story, or ask him questions before he started to write. Then, I would repeat for him what he said and act as his memory. The tears and tantrums over his writing homework have greatly reduced and almost disappeared. I have found that I have to ask the question (or do the interview) like I am really and truly just asking for my own curiosity or information in order for him to go along with it. Hope this makes sense and/or helps.
Cute picture! You’re getting younger and he’s getting older!!!
“Did you make that one up?”
“No”
Fluffy’s adorable. He’s got that pure essence that only kids have. I feel that through more practice (a la on your other blog post) he’ll be great. Not a lot of moms would spend time to develop their children through writing and interviewing. Since you’ve been blogging for a few years now, and are encouraging your son to do the same, I offer you both words of encouragement: keep it up, it’s fun!