Do any of you have children who seem to struggle with the whole concept of Time4Learning?
My 10 year old loves what he’s learning, but he really dislikes to read. We’ve tried Peedy, but while that was a big plus in the beginning, the novelty has worn off a bit. The distortion of the voice is just too much for him to work around.
Lately, I’ve been sharing the reading with him. He reads a paragraph, then I read one.
He is loving the History lessons and seems to get much more from it if I read along with him.
I just thought I’d ask. In some ways I feel he should be taking more responsibility, but I want him to love learning.
Angie
April 26, 2008 | 12:33 am1
I didn’t even try Peedy, my friend tried it with her son, and as soon as I heard the voice I knew Tim wouldn’t handle it. Any of the electronic voices on the downloadable readers are the same way. It could be that your son doesn’t comprehend what he’s reading as well, but when he hears you read it, a familiar, natural voice, he can understand it better. And with you taking turns reading, this helps his concentration, because he has to follow along to know when it’s his turn. I would keep doing it. Don’t worry about the responsibility, just help him to understand the reading. Most boys hate reading and don’t want to have anything to do with it, so he’s not alone.
Jennifer
April 23, 2008 | 1:38 am2
If you ask me, I think Peedy needs to have a more human sounding voice. Or at least make him a robot… or as my ds, D says: a robotic bird! lol Then at least his voice would make sense. My ds has actually gotten used to Peedy’s voice and uses him all the time. I still don’t like him.
He has dyslexia, so I read to him all the time because I don’t want him to miss out on learning. As for the other kids, I would also read to them if it will help them get through the activity. Or let them read a little at a time. As long as they are getting reading practice somewhere! I would hate to let history suffer, if that makes sense.
It is great that you are sharing the reading. I think the history/ss lessons have a lot of reading. And by you reading along, you can interject comments and make sure he is understanding everything.
Sometimes I wonder when my students complete lessons on their own if they are “getting it”, which is why I don’t allow them to do very many without my supervision.
Some of my kids still need me to be right along w/ them for everything and I just take small steps to getting them independent w/out turning them off. That’s what I have decided for now.