Just a quick update. Munchkin is still loving the videos. He gets very focused on them while they are on and they are making it easier for him to grasp the concepts. We are working on "m" right now. He's only verbalized the sound three times but he's doing well with the rest of it. That he's verbalizing at all is a success in my book but I've got adaptive tools at hand for when it becomes a problem for him. But I really, really try to get him to verbalize the sound as much as possible when the videos are running. That's when we've had the most success. Most likely because he thinks it's a game.
At first he was really confused because the HaveFunTeaching video uses the same music for each letter. Then he realized that he really had to listen! And that video brought that point home for him. It's been interesting to see that knowledge appear in his eyes and see the changes in his behavior. Something clicked for him. Despite years of people making the sounds for him and trying to get him to make them, the videos seem to be getting through. And this video in particular seems to have helped him realize that he needs to process and pay attention to the "noise" that is coming in his ears.
I'm also using videos for numbers and handwriting that are working well. He's especially fond of the handwriting videos and they seem to be breaking his resistance to handwriting. I'll share more on both of those topics another time.
All in all, things are going good. Munchkin really looks forward to lessons if just for the video section.
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