Martianbishop, Aloha, Sphil, how is Write from the Start going for you?

[Crocky]

I saw the recommendations and have just bought this for ds7.
Can you give me any tips to get the best out of it. Do the excercises need to be done repeatedly or will it get results if he just does each page once?
TIA

We only do the exercises once. During the holidays I was getting my son to do one worksheet a day. You will find the exercises are repeatitious without needing to be repeated. I would only make son re start an exercise if he asks to.

During term time my has been doing a worksheet about three times a week. There is no point in making a child do a worksheet if they are too tired for it. I get my son to do the worksheet by telling him that he can't watch TV until its done.

Try to make it fun. For example using different coloured pencils, using stickers to decorate the worksheets. What really moviates my son is showing his work to Daddy and us putting it up on the living room wall.

I started by repeating some, but as RT says there is quite a bit of repitition buikt in to the system, so we have worked towards a single 'go' at each page.

HTH

Thankyou both.

No time but can I just say my dd (5 next week)could not write or barely control a pencil to do anything she wanted 8 mths ago
She has poor eyesight and some perceptual issues as well as minor muscle tone and coordination problems.
WE startd this programme doing the exercises after breakfast msot days
Within weeks she was able to draw crude circles and make crude faces
Now 8 mths on she can write freehand every letter except K and R
And she can write numbers too
WE repeat and go back again and again, she never gets bored of it
WE get dp to photocopy it a lot at work

Wow, that's far better than my ds could do at that age without any of her issues.

crocky her letters vary in size and so on, but the progress rate was unreal
Well worth it IMO

is this the one on Amazon?

dd1 finds it very difficult to write and gets very flustered saying she is rubbish and I don't want her to get a negative idea of it

is she too young for this do you think, 5 in 2 weeks, only been at school a month?

thanks

(has Aloha gone from MN again? hope not)

That's the one.
My 3yo is sticking her nose in and getting me to photocopy sheets for her to do so I would think she would be fine with it.

my dd is 5 in 2 weeks too and started on it 10 mths ago as we already knew she had some issues due to input from developmental paeds and things.
I really recommend it, it is fun and not focussed on letters and drudge
The first exercise is simply placing coloured dots on a girls dress
It builds confidence.
Well worth it IMO

Anyone know if this is available anywhere other than Amazon - it's 1 - 3 weeks delivery just now?

It looks to be just what I need for DS - thanks Reallytired!

Ask the SENCo at school if they have a copy. They should be allowed to copy it for school use (sorry, Budababe, not sure about availability in Hungarian schools) x

Thanks for suggestion ChipButty - have just ordered it from Amazon.

(Am now salivating at the thoughts of a chip butty though!!)

ok thanks for confirming it is the one, will order it

it sounds fun as she will do colouring and lines and shapes etc but can't control the pen properly to do letters

oliveoil, nearly five is the perfect age for Write from the Start. The authors say that chldren between the ages of 4.6 years and 5.6 years get the most benefit. Older children do benefit but don't make such fast progess.