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Show Lakeside Review, Wednesday, February 18, 1987 i r activities can help chi GRAHAM Review I rave about good papers, she said. We post them all with clothes pin magnets on the fridge until the end of the week. At the end of the week the papers are sorted and the best examples of the childrens own work is stored in their own flat pizza box. She is careful to date each stored paper so progress can be noted. Sometimes papers are forwarded to grandparents so they can keep abreast of their grandchildrens school activities. Another favorite box at the Probert home is the Library Box." It is a large, sturdy box in which all library books are kept. The children can remove the books for reading but they must be returned to the box daily so all books are ready to be returned to the library when due. She often rewards for reading or for homework. She might set a monthly reading goal and use a visual aid to chart progress. One month a hamburger could be used. For each book read a bun, piece of meat, lettuce, cheese, or other condiment could be added. When enough books have been read to complete the hamburger the children might be treated to a real meal at the local hamburger shop. The same idea can be used with any type of treat. A Homework Bottle can help a child who doesnt like to do his school assignments. Beans or buttons can be given for doing the work, reading extra pages, improving in some skill, or any area where the child needs help. The bean can be redeemed for treats, or time with movies, parents for a special activity. Mrs. Proberts favorite learning aid is the Learning Box she has compiled. It includes dozens of aids and activities put away in folders for easy access. Each folder contains an activity geared to teach one main idea. They usually are made into a game or flat chart, and all of the pieces needed to play are in each folder. Baggies hold small pieces. The glove box of the car is another place Mrs. Probert likes to store a few games so they can be correspondent LAYTON Teaching children is not a responsibility left only to teachers in the classroom, at least in the Jackie and Dave Probert home. Helping her children to learn is a prime concern for Mrs. Probert and she has made learning a joyous process. Its not that she doesnt appreciate all that her childrens school teachers do. She said she is most grateful, but she has found that the spare hours at home can be used to augment school training and add to her childrens knowledge. There are such big classrooms, she said. I feel we need to help our children by working with the system, not fighting it. I like to know what my children are learning about in school and help them, to learn more at home in a fun way. Her fun way consists of organized files with learning games and activities for her four children, using formal teaching settings, such as Family Home Evenings, and watching for opportunities to throw in a little learning while the children are playing games. Mrs. Probert uses many visual aids. Many of them she has made herself and some have come from other women who are participants with her in a group formed to come up with ideas for such aids. Her ideas have proved so successful that she has compiled them into a book called, Helps For Family Home Evenings and Visual Aids Groups. The ideas are based on teaching children all types of lessons such as obedience, manners, traffic safety, listening, and others, as well as some dealing with LDS principles. She presented some of her aids and ideas recently to a group of mothers in the Rock Chapel in Farmington. To keep a fresh idea of what her children are learning in school she diligently collects the papers they bring home each day. sleep-over- s, played while traveling or while waiting in the car. Each game is listed, complete with rules, on a file card. With the cards in the glove box a mother with frazzled nerves doesnt have to come up with a spur of the moment entertainment but can pull out the cards and keep the kids occupied. Some favorites with the Prob-ert- s include some of the following: The Looking Game: Find the items listed on the card, such as a dog, a cat, a spotted horse, a red car, etc. Community Helpers: Find a community helper and discuss what he or she does. Examples; a policeman, fireman, milkman, gas station attendant etc. Sing Along: Let the children teach YOU a song. The Name Game: Take turns naming vegetables, animals, and fruits as they are seen while traveling. Riddle Games: One person chooses something he has seen while in the car and then gives clues to other players. Example; I live on a farm, I am big and brown, I give milk, what am I? Traffic Sign Game: Spot, identify, and name the shape of traffic signs. The A, B, C, Game: Find items in alphabetical order while traveling. Even in the house little learning games can be played so children can learn without even knowing about iL Mrs. Probert said in the family room children can practice phone manners, play charades, or play a guessing game by looking at all of the items in the room, closing their eyes, and then naming the item that has been removed. In the laundry room kids can be taught colors as they sort socks and safety rules abut detergents and household products can be explained. In the backyard kids can paint with water on cement with no fear of spoiling clothes, can plan a party for a bug or ant, can map out the neighborhood, or can get ' v 4' Vv' 1 ' Rain or Shin- e- pads neatly beneath the shoulder seams. Then, motivated by a glance outside at the bleak February skies, I pulled on a warm sweater with knitted-i- n padding you know where. And of course I had to wear a coat, one that had tailored-i- n thickness strategically placed to accentuate the breadth of the fe- - KAYSVILLE Registration is now under way for the next Success Experience Toward Life Fulfillment (SELF) class that starts Feb. 23. The course, offered by the Da- vis Area Vocational Center, will 0 run six weeks, p.m. 550 E; the at center, weekdays 300 S., Kaysville. Enrollment is limited so preregistration is required. Students range from those in their 20s as on up. The coming session will give those participating in the Young Mothers program a chance to join the class after school. They can earn elective credit for their high school program. d The class is free to low-an- moderate-incom- e county resi- dents with a small fee charged otherwise. Subjects range from an intro duction on ' ' ' f 'sv f vNV f g ' " 4 Jackie and Dave Probert use visual aids to their children, (from left) Kychelle, Kyle, learning experiences at home for delyn and Nathan. an up close look at nature through a magnifying glass. Tie-in- s between treats and learning can also be made. Mrs. Probert likes to use treats to reenforce visual aids and thoughts. One night she served her children popsicles after dinner. They were then treated to a story by pop about when he first learned to ride a bicycle and a fun night of sharing evolved. Another time she hoped to teach her children about listening. They all quietly waited to hear the first and last pop of a batch of popcorn. Manners can be taught by hiding candy in the room and instructing children to ask; may I look for the candy, may I please eat the candy, and thank you, as they participate. Another favorite idea of Mrs. Proberts involves balloons. Questions relating to her teaching ideas are written on small pieces of paper and inserted into a balloon to pop but must answer the question inside when he does. Mrs. Probert said her aids and ideas have turned learning into a fun experience for her family. They even approach her and beg to be allowed to use the learning boxes and files. I : WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CIJURCH U.S.A. 9:00 A.M. CHUECH SCHOOL 10:00 AM. WORSHIP Rev. Russell W. Pastor Church Office Durler . 546-021- 2 Meeting at 550 N. 600 W. . (550 N. Main St.) . ' Kaysville, Utah 84037 YOU JUST BEAT CLASSIFIED ADS CANT Lakeside ulfillment class set to begin - V: n""-- ' SHARON NAUTA STEELE male collarbone. Naturally, it was a fashionably oversized wrap big enough to accomodate the three synthetic layers of shoulder underneath. Well, how do I look? I asked my husband, as I prepared to leave the house. Familiar. Like someone Ive seen recently on TV. Someone youve seen recently on TV, like Linda Evans in Dynasty? I said with what I hoped appeared to be a seductive shrug of one fashionably padded shoulder. No, that honest man replied with out even blinking, someone like John Elway in this years Super Bowl." L " . v Review columnist Quite frankly, Ive not yet come to terms with the current trend of putting shoulder pads in womens clothing. After all, there are plenty of us females who have already been endowed by nature with our own built-i- n shoulder pads and yet never have the occasion to use them in any way that would require extra padding. I mean, how many women do you know who habitually open doors be ramming them with the combined force of clavicle and scapula? 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