Adapting for the young learner

[Janelless]

I'm doing several things with my dd. Numbers that I've written on cut down index cards. Montessori beads that she'll lay the beads out for answers or I'll write for her. We're working through HWOT, but I'm not pushing it with her. She'll get it and cruise before long.

Janelle

[Donna]

When dd was little, I did all the things the others suggested...stickers, taking dictation, magnetic letters, math with manipulatives.

Some other things that haven't yet been suggested...I purchased a mini digital recording device (actually for her music but ended up using it for nearly everything) and she could tell her stories into the recorder for me to write for her later or just for her to hear later. It is wonderful to have those recordings of her little voice telling me great stories.

I also gave her access to the computer and showed her how to get into the word processing program. By 5yo, she could type faster than my husband. LOL

[lovelearnandlive]

I did a lot of writing for dd when we first started out last fall. Then once she could form all of her numbers and do short copywork we started taking turns, and she would write the answer to every other problem. Now she writes all of the answers on her own. It was a fairly short-term issue for her and once she was writing fairly well she stopped asking me for help.