Katherine's Epiphany: Penmanship is boring.
Mom's
Epiphany: Jude is too smart for the "Why don't you watch this fun DVD
(so I can give your sister my undivided attention while introducing some
crucial penmanship habits)" routine.
Jude the Dude suddenly
found the previously diverting Leap Frog Letter Factory DVD to be
downright disturbing and had to fuss and cry every couple minutes until
we abandoned our penmanship activities to everyone's great relief.
On the upside, we all had fun reading Leo Lionni's Frederick and making thumb-stamp mouse drawings:
More On Praise and Inherent Rewards
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The Ambleside folks have similar things to say about praise and how best to
motivate students:
2 weeks ago

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