A lesson I keep having to learn is that young children need A LOT of positive reinforcement. When I tackle school as a task it lands up being very stressful. The kid moans and fights the work and I land up with a headache. This morning I looked for positive things to say even when my 6yr old was fussing about the page he needed to work on. After a few positive points about what a great job he does, and what a great reader he is, he started working and then added more spelling to his task to show me what he can do.