Our HSing consists of phonics/reading and math worksheets (only because he likes them) this year. But he refuses to do any writing of any kind. He has never colored, never picked up a crayon to scribble, won't play tic-tac-toe, do a maze or dot-to-dot! I have tried fat pencils, pencil grips, crayons, pens and markers.
Most of the math worksheets involve circling the correct answer, which he will occasionally do. If the circle is anything less than perfect, he bursts into tears and and walks away from the table. I've tried to show him what the writing of other kids his age looks like, but that hasn't helped (and its kind of hard to do on my own).
I know in my heart that he's not going to be 22 and not know how to write his name, but I am worried that he is behind. My MIL is a school teacher and not happy with the idea of homeschooling...I'm afraid that this is going to be brought up as exhibit #1 against HSing (and proof I'm a bad mom :001_huh:).
We have purchased pre-k HWT, but I meet the same resistance with that as anything else. I'd appreciate any advice, even if it is just to talk me down from this ledge!