10 year old daughter is enjoying this learning task. But
she enjoys every learning task except long division.
7 year old son is excited and "getting it" very quickly!
As I said he already understands phonics but just
seems to have trouble blending his written words.
12 year old son is very bored and only complying
because it means no long division for 18 days.
Theory: 7 year old is kinesthetic learner
12 year old is auditory learner
Perhaps the reason this method doesn't always work
for Deaf children trying to learn speech is that some
children are born wired to learn kinestheticly and others
are not. This seems to me to be a very appropriate
method for teaching phonics to hearing children who are primarily
kinesthetic learners.
Todays task will be to learn face position number 1 or
FP1 as we have labled it. I took a green marker and drew
a dot on the right corners of our mouths. This position
means the vowel sounds "ee" and "ur". My 7 year old
caught on right away that he now had enough info to
cue the word "pee" with these two new skills, amidst
many giggles! Also we all get to walk around the house
all day with green dots on our faces. Most amuseing.
she enjoys every learning task except long division.
7 year old son is excited and "getting it" very quickly!
As I said he already understands phonics but just
seems to have trouble blending his written words.
12 year old son is very bored and only complying
because it means no long division for 18 days.
Theory: 7 year old is kinesthetic learner
12 year old is auditory learner
Perhaps the reason this method doesn't always work
for Deaf children trying to learn speech is that some
children are born wired to learn kinestheticly and others
are not. This seems to me to be a very appropriate
method for teaching phonics to hearing children who are primarily
kinesthetic learners.
Todays task will be to learn face position number 1 or
FP1 as we have labled it. I took a green marker and drew
a dot on the right corners of our mouths. This position
means the vowel sounds "ee" and "ur". My 7 year old
caught on right away that he now had enough info to
cue the word "pee" with these two new skills, amidst
many giggles! Also we all get to walk around the house
all day with green dots on our faces. Most amuseing.