getting them to do the work
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:13 pm
my daughter just turned four. a couple of weeks ago I got the book 'teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons". I like it. She says she loves it. She begs me to do it with her every day (sometimes twice a day). But when we are actually doing it she wiggles, doesn't look at the letters, refuses to say the words right, etc. I have tried standing up and moving while we do some of the exercises, like when you say rrrruuuuunnnnnn we would get up and run in slow motion, then run fast and say run run run.
I am not entirely sure she understands the concept of slow since I say "say it slow" and show her something like "fffffffeeeeeeeettttt" and then she says "ffeet" very abruptly and says she said it slow. Are there any exercises (besides the running like I mentioned above) to help her understand?
Some parts of it she needs to look at the book but she seems to look everywhere but. Are there any tricks to get her too look at the book?
Any other tricks to keep her more focused on the lesson?
I am not entirely sure she understands the concept of slow since I say "say it slow" and show her something like "fffffffeeeeeeeettttt" and then she says "ffeet" very abruptly and says she said it slow. Are there any exercises (besides the running like I mentioned above) to help her understand?
Some parts of it she needs to look at the book but she seems to look everywhere but. Are there any tricks to get her too look at the book?
Any other tricks to keep her more focused on the lesson?