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Sound Bites

I have only good news to report.  We are through Day 4 at Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes (Lulabell as my daughter calls it)  and my daughter is working hard and having a good time doing it.  She easily gets out of bed and through her morning routine so that she is the first child to arrive.  She greets me at the end of 4 hours with a wide, enthusiastic smile, bubbly demeanor and bouncy step. 

I can see a few things that they are doing which contribute to her successful day:

1 – Frequent Breaks: The teachers are flexible.  When my daughter gets stressed out, she gets a 5 minute break to move around.  For example, she may run to the consultant’s office and demonstrate a newly acquired skill.  She’s still working, but having fun at the same time.

2 – Frequent and Positive Feedback/Reinforcement:  Teachers constantly praise the students for their work.  They give stickers, prizes, high fives, play tag and more as often as a child may require.  For example, my daughter has a marble chart.  She can earn 5 marble stickers each hour.  If she earns 15-20 marble stickers at the end of the day, she gets a special treat from me.

My daughter’s opinion about the program so far can be summed up with these few sound bites:

Daughter: “Wow Mom, the people here are so wonderful!  Don’t you think so?” (said with true disbelief)

Daughter: “Mom, can I stay here longer with the other kids?”  (gave me a pouty mouth for more empathy)

Daughter: “Mom, I want to work with Mr. Peter.”  (she typically dislikes males since bullying from boys at former school)

Daughter:  “Mom, I’m going to do a fantastic job tomorrow too with my work.”  (said from the child who bargains tirelessly to avoid school work)

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