http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/243080/How-do-I-get-my-1st-grader-to-pay-attention-in-class My 6 year old is a very active child and it takes all he can do to sit and pay attention in class. After being bombarded with one work sheet after another he starts to lose interest, which results in him going to study hall everyday. Our school started on the 11 of August, out of that time he has been on the playground twice. They don't go out until 2:00pm. Which makes for a long day without a break. He is a good kid who dosen't get in trouble but is just over whelmed with all of the work. GreatSchools en-us momofbrandon wow! I wish my 5 yr old had you for a teacher.. all my son's class does is worksheets and the teacher send enough home to do that it takes ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/243080/How-do-I-get-my-1st-grader-to-pay-attention-in-class?cpage=1#comment_254748 5100.254748 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:49:42 -0700 Suomi0304 If he is being punished for not getting his work done it is simply because the teacher does not understand that some children take longer to process information.While some people ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/243080/How-do-I-get-my-1st-grader-to-pay-attention-in-class?cpage=1#comment_250452 5100.250452 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:04:20 -0700 Suomi0304 Here is the issue, classrooms are biased towards boys. When I teach I like children to move around and work together. Worksheets are used rarely.A bad teacher uses lots of ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/243080/How-do-I-get-my-1st-grader-to-pay-attention-in-class?cpage=1#comment_250449 5100.250449 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:00:09 -0700 yascam Thanks for the advice. He never had trouble in Kindergarten, but he also had a teacher who kept the kids active, after a few worksheets she would play music and ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/243080/How-do-I-get-my-1st-grader-to-pay-attention-in-class?cpage=1#comment_243736 5100.243736 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:51:00 -0700 healthy11 I can't help but wonder whether your son also had trouble paying attention in kindergarten...was he attending a half-day program at that time? Does he have a chance to go ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/243080/How-do-I-get-my-1st-grader-to-pay-attention-in-class?cpage=1#comment_243373 5100.243373 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:43:52 -0700