Some weeks ago, Daddy commented that since Lleyton is able to rationalise and think logically, he should be ready for mathematics. Hence, Daddy gave Lleyton his first Mathematics class this evening. It was a 45 mins intensive session during Lleyton was first told to lay out all the number cards (1 to 10) in sequence, next to identify all the cards of the same number, before arranging them nicely. Subsequently, Lleyton had to go through a stack of 12-15 picture cards, each with different number of objects (from 1 to 7), count the objects, before picking the corresponding number card.
Daddy has set out to stop at 5, but Lleyton demonstrated an ability to go further, so Daddy went along. From the number 7 onwards, Daddy could sense that Lleyton's attention dwindling, hence decided to stop at 7. At this juncture, Lleyton began to lose focus and could not count properly; his fingers were not following the objects on the card, and he was merely mouthing the sequence from 1 to 10. Daddy decided to round up the session with the final phase, which required Lleyton to redo each of the number matching that he had gone through earlier in the class.
After two matches, Lleyton lost focus again, and started playing with the box (from which the cards come) instead of matching the cards. Thus, Daddy took away the box, and told Lleyton to resume his counting. At this point, Lleyton broke down into tears, and lamented that Daddy was scolding him...Daddy was soon able to soothe the young boy's nerves, and made Lleyton complete all the matches. The reward for Lleyton's first mathematics class? A chilled bottle of vitagen!
Daddy has realised that this is hard work...from the design of the curriculum, the delivery, to the management of the boy's emotions, all require forward planning and deep thinking. No wonder, Daddy felt so fatigued after the class. Now that the stage has been set, the next class on thursday night should be easier...we hope!
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