How in the world do you teach an eight-year-old how to hold a spoon properly? Currently she is holding the spoon the way you would hold a knife to inflict personal damage. She then makes a sound, something like this:
Mwarf nug umph snarg garl slurp
The food makes it into her mouth, on her face, the floor, the walls, the ceiling . . . It's not a pretty site, and somewhat nauseating first thing in the morning.
I've shown her how to hold the spoon. I've explained that it provides increased mobility, range of motion and control. I've also explained that she need not set a land/speed record.
She tried. So, how to you teach a child who claims that she's genetically encoded to hold the spoon like a spade how to hold it properly. And not eat like a hobo on the 2:25 to Poughkeepsie.
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