Learning To Count

Posted by Vulnadia on Jan 26, 2011 at 07:51 PM After talking to teacher tonight (she had called to check on my trio since they were out of class today,) I learned that Kian & Kai aren't learning to count... Kian just doesn't like doing it and Kaiden still cannot be understood well enough yet when asked to recite his numbers... So I am looking for a constructive way to teach them how to count! I started with Kian first. The only easy song I can think of is "10 Little Indians" so I started singing it to Kian ONLY tonight. He thinks the song is "Cool!" so I appear to be in luck. Tomorrow, he has agreed to make a book about the song to share with his brother. I HOPE to teach him both the song, and in making the book at least his numbers up to 5...if he takes to it easily this might get him to 10 in a heartbeat, I am not sure. What I need is a different way to approach Kaiden that will keep his interest and that is different enough to not match Kian's method of learning. Does anyone have any suggestions or creative ways I can teach Kaiden? He has trouble focusing on tasks when there are lots of distractions (crowded room such as a small schoolroom full of children for example.) I need some advice!!!