Or, intentional learning, lol. My DS blanks out whenever he thinks I am trying to teach him. Right now we are doing letters with pretzel sticks.:) He is a definite "hands on" earner adn was wondering if there's anything out there I should be supplementing with, lol. He'll be kindergarten age in the fall 2006...

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Amy

My son is the same way. He learns a TON just doing what kids do. I have a few (okay, more than a few!) books that I take ideas from when it seems like we've been watching too much tv or just sitting around... but if he's digging in the dirt or helping me cook dinner, or using playdoh or lining up dominoes or playing "go fish" or making structures out of straws and pipe cleaners or drawing or painting or any of a hundred other things he does on a weekly basis, I feel he's learning enough for a not-quite-five-year-old. JMHO, of course. ;)

The books by Peggy Kaye are great for hands-on learners. The titles start with "Games for." I use the "Games for Reading" book often.

I really like the Peggy Kaye books too. My ds also likes learning that does not seem like learning, lol. One thing we have been doing is I make up a sheet with numbers on it (sort of like a bingo card) and I will say a number problem like "What is 5 + 4" and ds finds the answer on the sheet and covers it with a penny. After all the numbers are covered up he "wins" a new yu-gi-oh card. You could also do this with letters or words that he is learning.