Who knew sweet tarts or "Smarties" could be such a powerful motivational tool...
As part of our phonics lesson, my son and I will review his words periodically through the week. He'll often try to guess at the words instead of working on sounding them out and thinking the words through.....
Last week, I had an ingenious idea to give him one little Smartie for each word he sounded out and said properly......he got 69 words correct (no Smartie for guessing though). We did the same excercise this week and he properly sounded out 94 words! Who knew Smarties could be such a powerful motivational tool! I think I'm going to have to try pennies next week.......not sure I have enough Smarties on hand!
Today we introduce some double "l" words with "e" and "i" and talk about compound words like sunset......
Joy in learning........for both of us!
HDP
Sounds like you are have a good, productive day at home. My 15 year old would still rather guess at words rather than sound them out :/ Stay safe and warm! Tammy
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good plan to me. Hope you're staying warm. We didn't get the "big snow" we were expecting.
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'd say we got about 3 inches of snow. All the snow tracks from last week's snow are completely covered and our side streets are covered...
Have a great day!
Sounds like a good movtivator to me LOL That is so cute and pennies are a good idea also :o)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lynn. I'll try pennies next week. Not sure it will have the same effect. At his age, candy is worth more than gold! :-)
ReplyDelete