School started with a bang today. The kids were eager after a long break. Over the Christmas vacation, I worked a bit on finding some new things for Dominic to work on. We ordered a few Kumon Skills Books so he can work on some of the following things:
1. Sitting still.
2. Staying focused on a task for more than 2 minutes
3. Fine motor skills.
4. Patience.
I can't say enough good things about these books. We got a book of mazes (pencil control), tracing (he works on making lines as he would when writing), and a book of cutting (he loves this as some of them involve creations that he can keep. The picture is of a set of combs. Not exciting to me. VERY exciting to Dominic. He also cut out a train. All of the books are colorful and exciting and we can do one page or a few pages (if he wants to). The pictures are very nice and he giggles at some of them.
In addition, we started doing math together. Day one was a success.
The other thing I'm focusing on more is spending alone time with each of the boys every day. I started out well at the beginning of the year, but I let things slide.
Oh, and one more thing. If you happen to have a jealous older brother who wants his own mazes (or just a kid who needs something new to do), this is a GREAT site for free printable mazes of varying difficulty. I'll probably just use this site in the future, rather than buying a book of mazes.
MAZES HERE!
Cheers to switching it up!
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