Children Are Our Future, Teach Them Well: ADHD - Phelps’s Mother Recalls Helping Her Son Find Gold-Medal Focus

Sunday, August 24, 2008

ADHD - Phelps’s Mother Recalls Helping Her Son Find Gold-Medal Focus

Hailed as the greatest Olympian of all time now, the story of Michael Phelps gets closer to our early childhood education interests through his mum's words:

"Starting with preschool, teachers complained: Michael couldn’t stay quiet at quiet time, Michael wouldn’t sit at circle time, Michael didn’t keep his hands to himself, Michael was giggling and laughing and nudging kids for attention."

This is an amazing story of an ADHD boy.. a must-read for all ECE professionals.
Click below for full story from The New York Times..

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/sports/olympics/10Rparent.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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