After being diagnosed with ADD in addition to a handsomely high IQ, my 9 year old is out there with a lot of challenges. He also struggles with an occasional stammer in his speech. However, having a headstrong mind of his own, he faces quite a lot of unjustified and undeserved trials from his peers as well as a few uninformed adults around him.
A headstrong mind with a high IQ has been a deadly combination for him. An increased
understanding of things around him, and dealing with peers of average calibre has been an emotionally taxing experience so far. So to overcome these
issues on a psychological, personal and academic level, we thought of blogging.
He is very good with words colloquially, however, hates to pen them down on a paper. Also, he doesn't shy away from typing. Hence, I thought blogging would prove helpful! As a result, we created Curiosity Unbound (my 9 year old son's blog) to achieve multiple goals.
At the moment, I am only making
him write on a mix of narrative texts pertaining to work or incidents which he has
experienced on himself. We will progress slowly towards more descriptive texts,
reviews (books, movies, newspaper articles, etc.), and much more.
The blog has helped him in multiple ways, since it was created. I have mentioned a few positive impacts below:
Psychologically:
1. Boosts his self-esteem.
2. Believes in himself.
3. Has been a stress buster.
4. Feels socially accepted.
Academically:
1. His thought process is better organised.
2. His hold over spellings is getting stronger with each passing day.
3. Increased
use of adjectives.
4. Better
use of metaphors and similes in his language.
5. Applies
his sense of humour at the correct time.
6. Is
becoming confident in the use of language.
7. Understanding
of the different parts of texts has been on an increase.
8. His
use of punctuation is also getting better.
9. His Ms Word skills as are
getting better by the day as he types all his articles in a document file and
then we copy paste it on the blog.
10. His proof-reading abilities are also on an upward trend.
