-=> Quoting Ruth Leblanc to Regina Finan <=-
 RF>This may sound odd, but I thought I would post this.  I have one child 
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 >has trouble concentrating and gets mixed up when needed to do several 
hings
 >after D.  So I discovered something that is helping him.  We play card game
 >called Rummy.  With this game he is forced to concentrate, put cards in
 RL> ADHD kids, and those with LD's, often find it hard to do this. It's
 RL> one reason that we were always told in Teacher's College to write
 RL> instructions down instead of just verbally giving them - this of
 RL> course is true of the rest of the class too..having trouble following
 RL> directions/instructions especially those that are quite involved.
 Hello Ruth,
 Good to hear from you again.
 RL> Cards games are a great learning tool. I have been using them for
 RL> years. There are many books you can buy that have  good games in them.
 RL> This summer I did a workshop on using card games and dice in the
 RL> classroom. I'm not sure if you can get the books in the U.S. they are
 RL> called Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks and there are several volumes. You
 RL> can learn about Place Value, Decimals, and even money with them. :)
 RL> In fact most games have lots of learning value. My favourites are
 RL> Snakes and Ladders, Checkers, and Chess. There are of course other more
 RL> expensive games like Monopoly that are also valuable to use.  :)
 RL> By the Way, I have one of the books mentioned above suitable for
 RL> primary level children.
 Yeppers, we are involved in alot of them now.  Just bought a new deck of
 cards too.
 RL> Concentration card games are used extensively from kindergarten up. I
 RL> know several teachers who have several sets for each seasonal unit. 
 RL> :) 
 RL> Glad you have found something that has worked for your son.
 RL> Ruth
 He's also now involved in playing hearts over the network with his dad.
 The only thing I don't like about it is he can't organize the cards himself.
 But it requires alot of thinking and is much more involved than Rummy, I
 would say it is pretty good for decisions (which is is very bad at making).
 BTW, thank for the info, it helps to know that teachers are using this
 method.
 Regina
... All I need is a Wave and a board to surf it on.
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