Fine Motor Skills
Amanda just brought me lunch at work. Mmmm Del Taco...
Giselle was in the back seat of the car showing me how well she's doing with her shoe tying skills. It's proved to be a very frustrating thing to teach. She suddenly started picking it up in the past couple weeks. My guess is that peer pressure is what motivated her. I don't think I learned how until I was in first grade. I was very stunted with such things as a child. Pshh, I didn't even learn how to ride a bike until I was in 3rd grade. Ugh.
About the same time, I remember Dad taking me out to the playground with a baseball and a glove and trying to show me how to catch. He pegged me in the elbow at some point and I collapsed like a souffle. I think Mom really let him have it for that. And that was all she wrote. Me and Dad and any sort of a ball were never to meet from then on. I took a lot of shame from that. Which I think attracted me to the role of playground soccer goallie and taking the ball in the face and groin enough times to prove that I wasn't a total wuss. I really like playing soccer, although I don't much care for watching it...or watching just about any sport for that matter.
Well I wasn't really headed anywhere with this, and I need to finish my lunch before somebody slumps up to my desk and attempts to drain the life out of me.
Denver @ 8:48PM | January 10th 2003
Iz, one effective technique that I used when I was teaching special ed is to teach the process of tying shoes in reverse order. The theory is that when you introduce the next step (which is the previous step in the process), kids will already know what to do.
Rev (confusing parents since 1997) Ned
Robert Peyton @ 6:04PM | January 11th 2003
Dude, the goalie can use his hands. Though I'm sure your nut-technique was very effective too.