A COMPLETE GUIDE TO RAISING A GENIUS CHILD

FIRST CONTACT WITH SCHOOL.

Her (Oreva) first contact with school was when she clocked 3 but I had already done most of the underground work. 

I was not a working mum at that time so I made sure we utilize my temporal presence. 

I began teaching her how to read 1-50. We didn't own a chalkboard, so we improvised, purchased chalk and wrote on the wall in the living room. 

 When it was time for enrollment she was admitted to KG 1 on the ground that, although she could read 1-50 she couldn't write yet. 

This assertion didn't sit well with her Dad, the man was dissatisfied😁, he wouldn't take any negative feedback about his daughter, Never! Even up till date.

👉Your ward's win must be your priority. Never let anyone say otherwise, truth is, they are counting on you to make the decision on their behalf.

I could remember vividly the stern look he rendered the school owner and I also remember signalling pleads with him to let's take the verdict in good fate but he didn't bug.

It was later he informed me he was expecting a direct enrollment to KG 2 so that explains his displeasure. 

However, we stuck a deal. 

"If she is able to write 1-50 before the term ends she would move to KG 2", the school owner agreed.

We paid for after school extra lesson, but sadly, one week since extra lessons, she still couldn't write anything, not even figure 1. 

"Does this mean the teachers are not doing anything?", her father thundered angrily.

We requested for a refund and saddled ourselves with the responsibility of training her ourselves. Best decision of our lives!

👉Parents should be responsible for their children, don't leave your ward's success to the hand of a gardian/ teacher/school only.

 More often than not, we are the most preferred candidate for the job, these strangers, I doubt can do it better than you, YOUR CHILD not OUR CHILD. (Hope that resonates and drives home a point).

👉The buck of the onus is on you if you want speedy and progressive academic and moral result.

We went aggressive and we both took turn on training her. We bought tracing books, 2A, 2B, 2C and by the middle of first term, she single handedly could write figure 1-50 and also read it effortlessly. 

This provoked the promotion without delay, by the end of the term, she was the only pupil in her class who achieved it and was promoted to the next class within a term as promised.

Worthy to note, her feats is the fundamentals of what is done in KG 2, (nursery rhymes, reading and identification of letter, recognition and tracing of number and she aced them all).

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(These series is the compilation of the journey of my genius daughter,  Oreva Lawson,  who despite being home schooled became the smallest individual in the history of Nigeria to write the common entrance examination with the total score of mindblowing 240/300. 

Born on 15th, February,  2018, by Lawson Omolara and Lawson Ugute, A diction teacher and Pastor respectively. 

Reva continues to makes great Academic strides to encourage the concept of hardwork among Nigeria students and the importance of education and the pertinence of parental guidance).