My DS is going to be 5 in about a month. He goes to Pre K now. He used to be in a Montessori preschool and we moved him to a regular private preschool this year.
He is struggling with phonics. He is a very active and playful boy. Since he was a baby, he has always been more interested in running around, legos , playdoh - and vehicles. He is obsessed with vehicles.So when he comes home, all he wants to do is sit around with his legos or play with his trucks and cars. While I am glad he is a very active child and is fairly independent ( can entertain himself for hours ), his teacher has been expressing concern that he is falling behind. They are teaching "blending" ( blending vowels and consonants phonetically). He wont sit down with me or his teacher for even 10 min at a time to practice bending.
How can I get him interested? I have tried Bob books and other similar books. He WILL NOT sit down .I recently tried the "hooked on phonics" app- thats seems to hold his interested- probably because its on my phone which he will do anything to get a hold of .
Any of you have a similar child? What did you do ? Any other phonics app that I can use? This might work the best.. In the short term, I guess its ok to use the phone as a bribe to get him interested..