wiggly eye reading helper

It's always a struggle to get Christopher to keep his finger on the paper under the word he is deciphering during our reading lesson.  To try and help him focus, I gave him a popsicle stick to use as a pointer, and to make that more fun, we put an eyeball on it.

He thought it was fun to read with his monster eye on a stick. 

Then he thought it would be fun if his finger had an eyeball, so he could see the words really close up.  

Then he thought he should have at least 2 eyeballs.

Sometimes you've just got to do whatever it takes to help them learn.  Even if it means sticking wiggly eyes all over their body.