I do some tutoring part-time and have several grade school boys that are pretty hyperactive. I try to keep it interesting but it seems difficult for them to focus on their homework or even what I just said..

Anyone have any advice ? Any teachers here maybe ?

Here are a few ideas:

GOOD OLE FASHION BRIBBERY - okay, more like positve re-enforcement and evaluation such as:

- Make homework a game using educational games that reflects what they are learning. No money necessary. I know a few sites that have games u print up like bingo and password templates so u set it up whatever way u like it. Or whoever finish their homework correctly gets a prize.

http://teach.fcps.net/trt2/activities/
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/gameresources.htm

- Points for staying on task like setting up mini-goals for them to accomplish. For each task completed they get a sticker, star, marks on a score-board whatever u pick. After they obtain a certain amount of points they get a prize. You choose it could be a fun activity after homework is completed, stickers (kids can't resist the stickers), candy...(scratch that they're hyper already), get something from the tresure/goody box, and so on.

-Give them some recess time before doing homework. Surprising how cool kids are after running around for 15 min. and get some of that hyperness out. If they can't get out, do excercise warm-ups, do a silly sing along, something to have them up and moving for 5-15 minutes.

Hope these suggestions were helpful and good luck.

If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe? Isn't life hard to believe?" from The Book of Pi

How about a good old fashioned ass whooping? Tell the little bastard to sit down and shut the fuck up always did the trick when I was a counselor.

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Ntm, thanks !

I think I'll try using games. He likes stories and poems too.

I'm not big on "rewards" though.. Kids should not get prizes for doing things they should be doing. My goal is to make my students self-motivating and responsible for themselves..

Essence,

I can only hope you're kidding. It's illegal to beat your own kids these days, never mind someone else's.

I have a hunch that the recess time idea might work well. I vaguely remember a study that showed how boys with ADD allowed to tear around the yard and wide open spaces more often, subsequently "functioned" just as well as those put on Ritalin.

-Increase temperature in the room. Warm air makes people more tired
-Tell parents to cut off sugar from the kids' menu. Sugar makes you hyperactive.
-... well that's about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin

Honey-bunnyyyy...

tell the kids to "SIT DOWN & SHUT THE FUCK UP!" ...followed by "somebodies gonna get a hurting real bad!" j/k

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There's nothing you as a teacher can do.

Well, there is one ... if you have time that is. Pick the hyperkids out and tell them to run non-stop around the field/garden. The last one standing gets a fat piece of candy and the losers must run "X number" (after they gave up) before they get their smaller piece of candy. The morons will keep running till they are so tired that when its time to start the class ... they are already sleepy and lethargic.

Technically, the parents should be the ones responsible. Diet and discipline has a lot to do with hyperkids.

Only other things you can do to them are not legal. FUN! but not legal. Things like;

1. Duck tape mummy
2. Kick in the head
3. Vodka suprise
4. Sleepy happy candy
5. RohShamBone
6. Hide and Ignore
7. ElectroFuzz
8. Random blackmamba
9. Pandle the manham
...etc ...

http://dkknght2.imeem.com/video/akzD...sing_no_drugs/
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