Kumon Workbooks - Another 2 Accomplishments!

Ian has completed another 2 Kumon workbooks - More Let's Colour, and Let's Sticker and Paste for the past month.

His colouring skills did not seem to be improving after the 39 pages of exercises.  I wonder if he is tired of colouring, or because he lacks the concentration?

On the other hand, it was easy to go through the stickers and pasting workbook with him as he enjoyed doing the exercises.  At the beginning, he was not able to paste the stickers properly.  As we went through the exercises with him, his pasting skills showed improvement as he tried to align the stickers as he pasted.

The workbooks were rather costly, but it was worthwhile to see his fine motor skills improving so quickly.

I Love Colouring

We began to let Ian explore the fun of colouring in early June, with the first series of Kumon's colouring workbook.  The first pages were to let him scribble, and then progressively colour into small white areas of a picture.  Ian loved these exercises and were always asking for more.  He had completed all the 40 pages within a month.

In the beginning, Ian did not know that he ought to shade within an area and coloured all over the page.  But progressively, he started to catch the idea and we could see his attempts to restrict himself within the blank area.  After several exercises, he also knew how to choose the correct crayons to match the background colours.

It was satisfying to see his improvements as he worked towards the end of the workbook.  Thumbs up for Kumon!

An Easel For Ian

Over the weekend, we splurged again, this time on a double-sided art easel from Crayola.  The upright easel was supposed to aid in having the correct grip for writing, which Ian is still having trouble with most of the time.

There were 2 types available at Toyrus, an older model (that was going on sale at $79+), and the newest model which we finally got (no discount *sad*).  The older model appeared to have been made up of pieces that required assembly, plus a pivot drawing board.  The newest model was made up of a single piece and the 2 boards were fixed, and these were what we liked.  It was also taller than the other version, and we were glad to have made this choice as the height was just appropriate for Ian.

My only complaint was that the clip at the top did not hold the papers very well.  It was quite easy for Ian to pull the papers out.  Anyway, the 'investment' was not too bad, as we paid the majority of the price using Hubby's credit card points.V(^_^)