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Re: YW Channel 1
KLLP,
I finally finish the reply of your question after a long pause. May be this is not useful to you anymore, but I have completed an open case on my list of to-do jobs:
<I got the impression that Dr. SO believed if the children have interests, they can do it very well.>
Yes, that’s right.
<Otherwise, it is useless to push them. >
Yes, but we may try to induce his interest on the subject.
<For my understanding, even though the children got interest in some areas at the very beginning, their interest will be decreased if he found it was difficult to have further improvement at some stage. In this situation, should we push them (if encouragement not work) ??>
Several ways:
1. Make the task interesting:
My son regards the dictating Chinese words is very difficult, e.g. 獸. I ask him if the 2 口s on the top of the word looks like 2 eyes of a monster 獸? The 田 in the middle looks like the nose with 4 nosetrils of獸? the一looks like the mustache of獸? and the口in the bottom looks like the mouth of獸? Lastly, the 獸walk like a dog, so the獸 has a 犬in it. Is it easy or difficult? He says it is easy with a smile then. I usually try to think of some funny things to help him memorable Chinese words.
2. Cut the continuous practice into small easily achievable targets with compliments.
My son used to learn swimming with a group of friend in a swimming class. After 8 months, I found that he actually learnt nothing, so I stopped the class and taught him by myself last summer. After 2 lessons, he resisted and seemed quite afraid of swimming. So I gave up showing him how to coordinate his arms and legs, just requested him to sleep on the water, no need to do anything, not even breathing. He found how relaxing I was when I slept on the water, he could experience it too! Next, he found that blowing bubbles on water surface was funny. A friend has bought a set of toys to him. I said if he could swim 4x15m with I following him step by step, no matter how many stops he had taken, and no matter how bad he swam, he could freely chose a favorite toy from that set of toys. He tried for the toy. Meanwhile, I yelled “Good!” in between instructions when I followed he swimming. He found swimming was really exhausted, I explained that it was because he swam like a dog. If he coordinated his head, arms and legs well, he could swim like a rocket, like other people in the swimming pool too. Since he saw the swimming gala video in the YW school web, I told him everybody in YW would partcipate swimming gala, he had to know swimming if he want to studying in YW too. Finally, he did it and chose his favorite toy. Next lesson, he had to swim 8x15m to get his next favorite toy. Next 12x15m…. He could swim 48x15m before the school started in September. And he got lots of compliments from other aunts who swam in the same pool. Lately, he refused to join the swimming gala (may be because he never tried 1x50m.), but after knowing little astronaut has to to capable to swim, he requested to swim yesterday initiatively, after he has stopped practicing swimming for 4 months.
3. Peer pressure create his own iniation to learn
I once taught my son playing piano. He resisted to continue when the book requested him to use 3 fingers playing sequentially. He also turned down the proposal of finding another teacher for him if he did not want to follow me. OK. That saved my money and time. After September, I started telling my son how smart classmate A was, he knew how to play violin and swimming and gynasium, how smart classmate B was, he knew how to play violin and swimming and badminton, how smart classmate C was, he knew how to play piano and swimming and singing chorus. Oh! Classmate D was also learning violin, classmate E also start to learn violin…. Lately, he asked him why I did not teach him playing violin. I said because he did not want to learn playing piano, and playing violin is even harder than playing piano. He might find it boring, his fingers would be painful by pressing the chords, I was afraid that he would give up easily that wasted my money and time. He said he wanted to learn playing violin and would not give up easily. I said unless he showed me a positive attitude in learning (anything), and willing to sign a “Willing note”, expressing his willingness to keep on practice playing violin at least half an hour everyday, even though he may find his fingers painful or boring, I would not find a coach for him, because once he has committed to learn playing violin, he has to keep on practicing it until he is 18, then the commitment is completed. Letting the children to play in group or with companions, e.g. chorus or orchestra is useful to keep his interest.
4. Missionary learning
Some children learn harder if they have a missionary to teach his younger siblings, grandparents, or even parents. They are proud of being a teacher of coach. My son has the mission of being a good swimmer when he wants to apply to be a little astronaut.
Praising his performance usually works. If it is not an important thing, I will let him stop to have a break. If it is an important practice, then I will try every method and pray for him to continue.
Hope this help.
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發表於 07-5-22 13:19
