Question on ALEKS:
I set up the trial program for my son, 5y 7m old. He actually managed to answer some questions in the addition/subtraction and fractions sections of the pie on the Math 3!!!! I was shocked. So the program was able to generate a starting place for him - with learning in a couple of the pie sections.
Now, I was setting this up this evening, not really knowing what I was going to get and he did the assessment with me willingly, even eagerly. But when I tried to get him to do the practice/learning part he balked and decided it was "boring" and he wanted to go back to building with legos.
Any suggestions on how to get him to sit with me and actually learn something?! I'd really like to see if he could get going with it. Maybe he could use it at school! I've noticed lately that he pretty much balks at anything that isn't easy for him. This bothers my husband and I. I think his anxiety and perfectionism keep him from learning how to learn. Does that make sense? He just seems like he doesn't want to think. And he prefers to read the workbooks himself and "figure it out" rather then have me show him what to do. So how do I engage him in a program like ALEKS?
