Love this, some cracking ideas.
Would you have any tips on reading activities?
I want to print off some images of his favourite Pokemon (he knows ALL the names!) and then separately print off the written names and get him to match them.
Still need to do it, but these things can be hard to get him to engage with if he thinks were trying to ‘teach’ him.
So strewing works, but I guess it’s a mindset of the child situation too.
Love this post!
Firs off thanks so much for the thoughtful comment. I passed it along to Elizabeth who wrote the post for her response. (This is Lily also known as @highlyfunctional on here, the guru is a collaborative venture) Heres what she had to say:
The thing about strewing is its trial and error, so it's best to go in without expectations. I think that's a great idea, put the cards in a little basket and just leave it out for him or use it during family game night and the person with the most pairs wins (maybe like the Memory game).
For reading, I like to label everything in the house. You can leave a label maker out and your son might want to label things in his room. I also always have books in the car and around the house. We read at stop lights all the time!
Playdough paired with CVC word cards, sensory sand writing, are all things you can strew around the house. Blocks with letters and words cards, mini letter beads with string, old books with a highlighter and flash card and they can go through and "find the word". Even a scavenger hunt with words and the corresponding pictures that you leave out on a clipboard. Whatever you use, try to make it something that they can do independently without assistance.
Stay tuned as I'll be posting a gameschooling article soon to expand on these ideas!
Fantastic ideas, thanks Lily and Elizabeth!
I like your comment about keeping things that can be done without assistance.
He’s a very independent learner.
And get stressed and shouty if he can’t say a word or stumbles. It ruins his confidence.
So idea of having out to figure out himself is probably the best way to go.
He learns A LOT from using his iPad. Not only great videos but also words on his games that he’s picking up. Like ‘Continue’ or ‘Play again’, or ‘Nice work’ - whatever it happens to be.
I’d like to introduce some of these more practical activities and ideas in to the room ASAP :)