Writing Practice

I worry about Will developing writing skills because he seldom has any interest in drawing, writing, tracing, or even coloring.  If he ever does draw, it only lasts a minute or two.  A woman at play day told me about an activity she saw in a book where the child "helps" one object on the page "get to" another object (eg. a helping a puppy get to a bone) by tracing a line between the two. 

We did that a couple times yesterday but Will didn't have the attention span to maintain the focus needed to trace the line.  So today I stooped to bribing.  I got a bag of M&M minis and put one candy at the end of the line.  I told Will that he needed to help the car/fish/puppy/etc. get to the prize.  The extra incentive seemed to help keep his attention.  He finished three pages of practice and I put the pages away before he got tired of it so hopefully he will be interested in doing it regularly.

If you look close you can see the tiny M&M in the fish bowl.

He was so excited to finish and get that candy!  He certainly worked hard
for those eight M&M minis he earned!