Monday, July 30, 2007

Smunchy faces


, originally uploaded by iamaprice(Amanda).

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  1. AnonymousMonday, July 30, 2007 at 10:53:00 PM EDT

    Love the beautiful pictures! I don't get to read your blog every day, so I was reading ones I haven't read before and noticed you asked about what to do with Josh's reading issues. What we've done with our kids is use a timer. Give them a reasonable amount of time to complete the task in and maybe even give them a reward when they beat the time (sticker on the chart, etc., if they need the self-motivation). Don't expect him to sit too long at a lesson. Be reasonable (he's a boy) and break up the time. You can read, take a break, and then come back to it. I remember teaching John's niece to read years ago using Hooked On Phonics. Something they stressed was doing lessons in short increments of time, but doing them everyday. You also might want to try it at a different time of the day, when he's the most alert and interested. By all means, get him to love to learn. That's so important. I might have some phonics games I could send you, if you're interested. Hope this helps. Don't fret! And don't get frustrated - that only makes things worse (I know from experience). :)

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  2. MandaTuesday, July 31, 2007 at 9:00:00 AM EDT

    Thanks for the encouragement, Holly!

    The lessons are 15 minutes long, so I don't think that's too long for him. When he's well-rested, he'll sit there of his own accord and practice writing letters for 30 minutes extra.

    I'm doing school with him right after breakfast now and it's much better. His incentive is still in place, but instead of doing a lesson at that time, I just read his favourite books to him.

    I think we'll be getting our own games and material in the fall just so we'll have them on hand, but thanks so much for the offer.

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