Homeschooling has been great so far. He enjoys it and is diligent at getting his work done, albeit with some prodding from me(mom).
What he needs, are more interactions with other children, so when I heard about Brick4Kids, I thought it was a wonderful idea. Here you have instructional time where the children get to learn some basics on physics and architecture, then they have free-play with the Legos. He enjoyed building a motorized plane with a team-mate. The plane, which rotates it's propellers was a good place for the kids to start. After instruction, the kids had time to rearrange the plane's configuration and have fun with it. Then, they were allowed to play, free-for-all.
C wanted a specific Lego head that was clear for his Lego man. Another boy had the clear head, so he politely asked, "May I please have that clear head? I'd like to make my Lego man interesting, and that head would be great." The boy quickly responded with a burst of, "NO!" C didn't give up, he asked the same thing once more, and received the same response. Yet, C still did not give up. He tried negotiating; "If you give me the clear head, I'll give you this cool sword". Good effort C! Still the answer was a sturdy "NO!". The other boy wrenched his body away from C. Another boy, perhaps his older brother even commented; "You should let him give it a try, "E". Yet the boy didn't let up. C came and told me, "That boy doesn't know how to share, I tried asking him nicely." I told him, "I know, I heard you kept trying without giving up. I'm proud of you for that, and you asked very nicely, and tried negotiating. You did an excellent job, but some people are like that." I offered him a different colored head, a flesh-toned one (as opposed to the standard yellow Lego heads) and said, "This one is different." He nodded and went on his merry way to find something else to do.
