Here's a tip to get your kids to read: make them prepare their own food.
Exercise in following directions: make them prepare their own food.
Start with microwave meals. Make sure you aren't teaching them to cook. Scrambled eggs for instance, would not be reading or following directions. That would be you demonstrating and they aren't going to listen or pay attention to you because they will still get the food either way.
Move up to brownies. They will be motivated by brownies. Your job is oven duty ONLY. Resist the urge to help. They have to clean up too if they want to eat the brownies. They can clean up while the brownies cool.
Then cookies. A LOT of reading and following directions for cookies. I'll bet you've even messed them up once or twice, right?
When they can make cookies, they are ready for anything!
Make your kids read!! everywhere you go!
ReplyDeleteBailey started reading at age 3 and she tells me " YOU read it mommy" sometimes after she gets tired of hearing me say "Bailey, What does that say?"
I love this idea of reading instructions, Bailey loves learn how to do something by following the steps. Great activity!