That may not sound like a big deal to you, but it was a big deal to me. He is a bit challenging in many small ways, very shy by nature and dislikes taking directions from anyone, and easily gives up. He has been in this program once per week morning general sports program since October, and while all the other kids listen and participate and take turns like it's second nature (including his twin brother), this boy mostly wanders off and doesn't pay attention, though occasionally he half-heartedly does participate to something that catches his attention. If it weren't for his twin brother we may have quit the program by now. But he always wants to go when we're leaving in the morning, so he comes, and then goofs off or zones out. The coach is kind and accommodating. When the program ends and all the kids give coach a high-five, my boy just gives him an angry look and runs off or runs to me. Except today, finally we got a smile out of him!This behavior was noticeable starting with toddler storytimes at the local library, and carries over to preschool where he goes now, where teachers tell me he doesn't really play much with other kids (Although they say he doesn't misbehave, so that's good). It is worrisome to have the one kid that doesn't act like other kids in these activities. So although he's still young, I would like to gradually encourage his social development.In fact it was a post recently on /r/Parenting about a shy kid on a sports team that does best when he gets there first, it gave me the idea to try showing up early and let him adjust before the program. Usually we had been just on time or even a little late (it's hard to move my twins out the door). So today we got there more than 10 minutes early, my boys ran some laps with another little girl in the program, and voila, things were much much different. (Perhaps it was the reason, I'm not 100% sure!). Anyway, I have gotten a lot of nuggets of wisdom here, thanks a lot for one more! via /r/Parenting http://ift.tt/2Cgw7qY
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