diary of a wimpy kid- an invasion!

We have been invaded by the biggest obsession in the history of boy's life! What is it? It's a book -- Diary of a wimpy kid.

Boy is addicted to say the LEAST! He cannot put the books down (sounds great so far), but the problem is that he cannot stop talking about each page. It has taken over his every thought. When he isn't reading the book, he's talking about it; he's drawing it; he's journaling it...again, may sound great, but not when it's verbatim from the book.

This obsession is his Aspergers at its best (or worst?).

What to do?
1. We are going to impose limits on his reading - wow, can you even believe I have to set limits on how long he reads?? If we don't make a rule for it, he can't put it down to go to sleep.
2. He cannot tell us every page as he reads it; instead he can only tell us about what he's reading every 5 pages.
3. For each 'chapter' he finishes and tells us about he needs to tell us a story similar to what he read.

The biggest issue that we see is that he just memorizes the book and repeats the book. Total lack of use of his imagination, which he needs to build upon.

However, it is amazing that reading would become such a huge obsession. He used to HATE reading! And it is amazing to see his comprehension skills increase so quickly - he's only been reading these since Sunday!

So, while there are drawbacks there also bonuses. One of the things I have learned with him is that he doesn't learn the way everyone else learns. We always have to think outside of the box to figure out ways for it to make sense to him...and when we find that 'a-ha' moment it feels better than anything else in the world!
This is an a-ha moment!