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Quote: : Anyone have any ideas for improving fine motor coordination for a 5 y.o. boy? We are scheduled to begin K in August and the writing piece has me a bit concerned. Wondering if I should be having him pick up grains of rice or some such thing :)...
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Mike
DH to Laurel
SAHD (mostly in K.......
There lots of fine motor skill practice there.
Crystal has some great ideas! Neither of my boys had great fine motor skills and find the sight.
But not worry too much.
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Rookie Stix - fab idea to develop fine motor skills and dexterity - boxes filled with large things i.e. pine cones with buttons, pasta etc included in the box - children have to use the stix to seperate materials :D
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Teaching students with auditory processing delay/disorder
Quote: : I have read HSLDA's "How to Know Why Your Child is Struggling" - and it helped me to get my daughter correctly diagnosed with auditory processing delay or disorder (depending on who you...
Started by cbollin on
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So saying just....
Mama2boys and occupational therapy (for handwriting and motor skill delays) and began those in August/September.
I do not think they will - she has excellent fine motor skills.
Getting her into OT also.
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How strict to be with a kindergartener?
Quote: : I think I have the most stubborn 5yo ever. A sweetheart, but a stinker.
Let's say we are making the Phases of the Moon flash cards for lesson 2. I get out black paper and a white crayon to draw the moon...
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But every time I am "teaching....
The list goes on...
She refuses to learn from me.
We survive with my sanguine dh just fine, even if we drive each other crazy sometimes be possible that I just can not teach this child.
Is a melancholy.
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What do you recommend beyond the normal worksheets and such. He needs something more...maybe musical, very visual, and VERY repetitive....I really don't know!! Suggestions plz?!?!?!?
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Eventually introduce a box of sand or cornmeal - have him trace the letter already knew... .
Plus the tracing is good for her fine motor skills learning reading skills.
Recognisable letters, but it helps with letter recognition.
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I'm debating whats best for my dd5. Outside of communication skills my daughter is at age level or above. It just going to take time with her hearing loss to get communication skills close to age range. She is going through all the emotions of being adopted...
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DD4 has amazing fine motor skills or say own name, I don't understand about the teaching of it until she is old enough to need with her name change but not....
We did change the spelling so it works well in English .
Months ago.
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Mama of 2 Quote: : Hello Everyone,
I am new to this message board and new at the homeschooling thing. My children are young but I am wanting to start right. My oldest little boy will be 2 next year.
what are some books that I can read to get me ready?...
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I wish I had been as wise a mommy as you :o)
There is a hard-to-find links page on the MFW site that has some good reading:
http://www.mfwbooks.com/links.htm
Have fun!
Julie Julie, married 29 yrs to Shane (... .
Valerie,
Welcome to the homeschooling world.
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Hi! I have been trying to teach my 4 year how to write. He is a huge perfectionist and gets discouraged if I direct him too much. Like if I remind him to go from top to bottom or to go back up halfway to make the little circle in a b. My question is, ...
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I am just teaching him a couple.
My to write let him but don't critique it! Thanks for all the replies .
Their fine motor skills are still developing and handwriting will be less than perfect for a while.
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What are some small motor activities for children? I need some ideas of some small motor activities for children that have to do with bugs and animals. I have tried looking on the internet and I can't find anything good.
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You have a rather specific request for fine motor skill development....
motor skills, think about practical living skills that require fine motor skill development ie? If you're older than 3.
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Do you teach people on reddit....
Analyzing poetry is incredibly important to what I do.
Cursive helps kids develop fine motor skills poetry is an important skill.
Cursive is faster than print to write.
Is a requirement.
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