Guest IdahoMtnMom Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yep... that's what my mom said to be today. My 4 year old needs to be sitting down and practicing his writing at least 1 hour a day and I am not doing enough with him. After all, she sent me to a progressive preschool and I learned a lot more than he is. UGH. and Double UGH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crafty Mathy Mom Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 (edited) :svengo: And I thought 5-10 minutes for a 5 1/2 year old boy was pushing it. Edited October 5, 2011 by Bradford Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smillard00 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 You need bean dip and lots of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
********* Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Hope you were able to keep from laughing *too* loudly at her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yep... that's what my mom said to be today. My 4 year old needs to be sitting down and practicing his writing at least 1 hour a day and I am not doing enough with him. After all, she sent me to a progressive preschool and I learned a lot more than he is. UGH. and Double UGH. When mom is old, and her hand hurts from arthritis, and her mind is different than it used to be because of the breakdown of neural pathways, tell her the same thing. You know, to build up her skills. :glare: It's no different. 4 year olds are not *capable* of that amount of focused fine motor, formal academic skills. Their physiology makes it impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yep... that's what my mom said to be today. My 4 year old needs to be sitting down and practicing his writing at least 1 hour a day and I am not doing enough with him. After all, she sent me to a progressive preschool and I learned a lot more than he is. UGH. and Double UGH. Yes, and tell her grandmothers need to be wearing happy clown suits and make balloon animals. Get on the stick, here's the # for a clown school. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryCatherine Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Take your four year old over to your mother's and tell her you'll be back in an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynyel Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My ds is 3.5. He can't do it now. I do not see that changing *at all* in 6 months. Nope. *shakes head* I will never get some people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynyel Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Take your four year old over to your mother's and tell her you'll be back in an hour. :hurray::lol: That is a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Take your four year old over to your mother's and tell her you'll be back in an hour. :lol::lol: (if it wouldn't be mean to the kid! Although a 4 yo would probably have a fun ol' time anyway :lol:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie in Austin Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I absolutely agree that 4yos need an hour of writing practice per day. It should look like this: 10 min. of putting beads on a string, legos, polly pockets, or similar to develop fine motor skills for future handwriting skills 20 min. imaginative play with props and costumes to develop the cognitive ability to plot and imagine 30 min. listening to a parent read aloud to develop an ear for great writing Do that and then look mom in the eye and say "of course he practice writing for an hour per day!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 :svengo: I am not totally surprised. My mom says I was the most prepared Kindergarten student ever. I had preK for 2 years, ages 3 and 4. I have no idea why they called it preK though. That was 40 years ago. However, I can't say my preparation was a total success. I distinctly remember having an argument with my Kindergarten teacher about the letter W. It is pronounced double U, which meant it was 2 letter U's side by side. It made perfect sense to me but she told me I was wrong and insisted it was only ONE letter and not two. :lol: I was so angry that she didn't understand what I was saying! Oh, and I'm sure I couldn't write at age 4. I remember the day I got my first library card. I am positive I was in Kindergarten. I finally learned how to write my name which was the requirement for a card. I wrote it so big that the librarian laughed at me and told me she thought my signature was the best in the whole wide world! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I absolutely agree that 4yos need an hour of writing practice per day. It should look like this: 10 min. of putting beads on a string, legos, polly pockets, or similar to develop fine motor skills for future handwriting skills 20 min. imaginative play with props and costumes to develop the cognitive ability to plot and imagine 30 min. listening to a parent read aloud to develop an ear for great writing Do that and then look mom in the eye and say "of course he practice writing for an hour per day!" :iagree: Just throw in some coloring, playdoh, and finger paint and you have it made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessReplanted Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 That's just crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I absolutely agree that 4yos need an hour of writing practice per day. It should look like this: 10 min. of putting beads on a string, legos, polly pockets, or similar to develop fine motor skills for future handwriting skills 20 min. imaginative play with props and costumes to develop the cognitive ability to plot and imagine 30 min. listening to a parent read aloud to develop an ear for great writing Do that and then look mom in the eye and say "of course he practice writing for an hour per day!" :iagree: Though I'm lucky if I can get him to do 20 minutes a day of these kinds of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 To your mom...no, no, no, no thank you. :) Way too much for some little person just learning how to hold a pencil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 LOL, my 7 year old doesn't write anywhere close to an hour a day. And as for my 4 year old? LOL....yeah right. She writes whatever letters we are working on our her Explode the Code book and that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 My almost four year old can barely do free coloring for 20 minutes! I can't see her writing for an hour in a couple months!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranquilMind Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yep... that's what my mom said to be today. My 4 year old needs to be sitting down and practicing his writing at least 1 hour a day and I am not doing enough with him. After all, she sent me to a progressive preschool and I learned a lot more than he is. UGH. and Double UGH. Wow, that's just crazy talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OK Family Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Take your four year old over to your mother's and tell her you'll be back in an hour. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 What would she say about me - my 4yo can't even hold a pencil correctly :001_huh: I'd love for your mom to come have a session of handwriting with my 5yo - it won't be your mom who wins that battle :lol: To be fair - my DD does spend an hour a day doing handwriting - it takes her a whole hour to write one letter :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Response from Mean Me: Find a gigantic textbook on Child Development (ya' know...the ones we used in college) and wrap it up for her Christmas Present. Response from Funny Me: HA! :001_huh: Oh...you were serious... Response from Nice Me: How's that bean dip... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Take your four year old over to your mother's and tell her you'll be back in an hour. :lol: Best answer ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I was just thinking I wish my 4yo would desire to practice her writing more. I could see maybe 30 minutes total, in short increments throughout the day - if they know enough to understand what they are writing and why. But the fact is, some kids won't have great handwriting no matter how much they practice (even if they do all those cool exercises). I'm sure your mom knows this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom4god Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Take your four year old over to your mother's and tell her you'll be back in an hour. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 To be fair - my DD does spend an hour a day doing handwriting - it takes her a whole hour to write one letter :glare: I was just thinking of when my oldest turned four and had just started vision therapy. She could not even write one recognizable letter. It would have been pure torture to make her write for an hour a day. (Torture for me, that is. Child abuse for her.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 my son is 7 1/2 and his average writing is only 4-7 short sentences a day. your mother would think i was serving my little guy a platter of injustice, lol. i'm sorry you are having to deal with that. i'm sure it is very frustrating. try not to let it get to you though.:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjins Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 My your mom learn a lot about homeschooling and letting YOU do it YOUR way soon, so that your children do not have to be looney binned schooled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsutsie Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Ha-ha - I'm sure that most boys (and 1/2 of the little girls) of DOUBLE that age, will have trouble doing that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 10 minutes for a 4 yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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