Baby Kids Can Read: Lesson Twenty-Four
Materials:
Word shoulder written on a white card. Dimensions are 5 inches high, approximately 24 inches long, in red, lower-case letters 4 inches high. Or, download from designated link.
Session One:
3. Touch your child’s shoulder and say, “This is shoulder.”
4. Let your child point to his/her own shoulder.
5. Repeat saying shoulder again.
6. Point to your child’s shoulder.
7. Hold up the word shoulder.
8. Say, “This is shoulder.”
9. DO NOT ELABORATE! Allow him/her to see the card no more than ten seconds.
10. Now play with your child. Give him/her your complete attention for a minute or two.
11. Present the word again for the second time.
12. Allow him/her to see it for ten seconds.
13. DO NOT ASK HIM/HER WHAT IT IS!
14. Say, “This says shoulder.”
15. Play with him/her again for two minutes.
16. Present the word for the third time.
17. Allow him/her to see it for ten seconds.
18. DO NOT ASK HIM/HER WHAT IT IS!
19. Say again, “This says shoulder.”
Repeat Session One two more times before following the steps listed under Next Session. All sessions should be at least thirty minutes apart.
Next Session:
1. Hold the word shoulder up to the child.
2. Say, “What is this?”
3. Mentally count to ten slowly.
4. If your child says, shoulder. Then make a big fuss. Tell your child you are very proud of him/her. It is wise to hug your child and express your love for him/her physically.
If your child does not say, shoulder do not be discouraged. DO NOT SHOW DISAPPOINTMENT! Instead, say to your child, “It is shoulder isn’t it?”
Repeat this lesson as needed for four more days, until your child says shoulder. If it has not happened by this time, then stop. Wait a week and start over.
If your child has learned shoulder simply show him/her the word five more times during the same day, asking him/her each time what it is. Remember to make a big fuss each time he/she answers correctly.
When you feel confident your children knows shoulder, and then proceed to the Lesson Twenty-Five.
Materials:
Word shoulder written on a white card. Dimensions are 5 inches high, approximately 24 inches long, in red, lower-case letters 4 inches high. Or, download from designated link.
Session One:
- Show the cards ‘mommy’, ‘daddy’, ‘hand’, ‘knee’, ‘foot‘, ‘head’, ‘nose’, ‘hair’, ‘lips’, ‘leg’, ‘eye’, ‘ear’, ‘arm’, ‘teeth’, ‘belly’, ‘mouth’, ‘elbow’, ‘thumb’, ‘finger’ and ‘tongue.’
3. Touch your child’s shoulder and say, “This is shoulder.”
4. Let your child point to his/her own shoulder.
5. Repeat saying shoulder again.
6. Point to your child’s shoulder.
7. Hold up the word shoulder.
8. Say, “This is shoulder.”
9. DO NOT ELABORATE! Allow him/her to see the card no more than ten seconds.
10. Now play with your child. Give him/her your complete attention for a minute or two.
11. Present the word again for the second time.
12. Allow him/her to see it for ten seconds.
13. DO NOT ASK HIM/HER WHAT IT IS!
14. Say, “This says shoulder.”
15. Play with him/her again for two minutes.
16. Present the word for the third time.
17. Allow him/her to see it for ten seconds.
18. DO NOT ASK HIM/HER WHAT IT IS!
19. Say again, “This says shoulder.”
Repeat Session One two more times before following the steps listed under Next Session. All sessions should be at least thirty minutes apart.
Next Session:
1. Hold the word shoulder up to the child.
2. Say, “What is this?”
3. Mentally count to ten slowly.
4. If your child says, shoulder. Then make a big fuss. Tell your child you are very proud of him/her. It is wise to hug your child and express your love for him/her physically.
If your child does not say, shoulder do not be discouraged. DO NOT SHOW DISAPPOINTMENT! Instead, say to your child, “It is shoulder isn’t it?”
Repeat this lesson as needed for four more days, until your child says shoulder. If it has not happened by this time, then stop. Wait a week and start over.
If your child has learned shoulder simply show him/her the word five more times during the same day, asking him/her each time what it is. Remember to make a big fuss each time he/she answers correctly.
When you feel confident your children knows shoulder, and then proceed to the Lesson Twenty-Five.