I just love this idea from Mrs. Hannigan's blog: Have a magic invisible rewind remote control device floating somewhere near you, which you can pluck out of the air at any moment, point at the children, and direct them to rewind and try that more time, this time properly. She swears it works:
http://mrshannigan.blogspot.com/2008/07/wait-rewind.html
Update: It just worked with Ella. Just after lunch, it was time to start looking at the patterns in the 7 times table and she started moaning about it. "Wait!" I said, pulling the rewind device out of the air. I pointed it at her and said, "Rewind!" and made that sound that you always associate with rewinding but which is not reproducible on screen... and she giggled and tried a better response.
"Mariposario" means "butterfly sanctuary" in Spanish and is the name of our home school. My two little butterflies are Madison (10 1/2) and Ella (9). This blog records the minutiae of Madison and Ella's learning, mostly for me to keep records of progress, but also so that others can add their two cents.
Blog Archive
-
▼
2008
(230)
-
▼
July
(22)
- Cool bird stuff
- Happy Birthday, J.K. Rowling
- A perfect day yesterday
- Dance the samba with me, folks
- Vigorously relaxing
- Vining away...
- More on the Math Wars, from David
- Guess I'm a renegade parent
- Say howdy!
- Beginning of the end of an era
- Worthwhile to post the poem, too
- You must see this video: Dancing with Matt
- Green green green engineering camp
- I guess it really IS Beatles week
- It's not the end of the world, Ella!
- Rewind idea
- With a wink and a glint of a smile
- Ringo
- Damned girls
- Great, gorgeous independence
- Creeping closer to that magic "I love reading" day...
- 10,000 Birds iPod contest...believe it or not...
-
▼
July
(22)
3 comments:
I've heard of this idea before--thanks for the reminder. I definitely need to add it to my daily strategies!
I so have to try this. I need to try something!
This may be just what I've needed! After a few weeks in camp, my daughter has picked up a little more than the Sound of Music! She seems immediately sorry after her outbursts (immediately after she's lost the swimming pool play date, or movie she was going to watch, that is), but since part of it may be that she's just really tired, I'd rather give her a second chance without calling it that. Thanks!
Post a Comment