We often review our memory work over lunch. We have a super-fast eater (Aine), a super-slow eater (Caera), and another little guy who is sometimes so busy falling out of his chair he forgets to eat and needs frequent reminders to take another bite! All this combines for what might seem to be a difficult learning environment, but there is one thing in the kitchen that always helps to keep us focused - both on our veggies and our memory work - and that is... dessert!
I go through the memory sheet for the unit and quiz them. For each thing they recite correctly they get a chocolate chip... if they don't remember something we review it with a promise to return for another try. Sometimes this means we go through the sheet a few times, and they insist on each having a chance to do each item. Sometimes I "allow" them to do older units, too. At the end of fifteen minutes, they have a little pile of chocolate chips - maybe 24 or so - which they divide between themselves.
Yes, eight chocolate chips each.
I'm a little ashamed to share this with you, but... Halloween is coming, so I thought you might like to join me in my shameless incentives program.
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