Practicing & trying hard:

When playing his computer

You say:

Your doing a good job!

Practicing & trying hard:

reading more difficult books

You say:

well done for trying hard to read that word

Practicing & trying hard:

Writing his name (following my dots)

You say:

It's lovely that you want to practice writing your name! I really love spending time together when you do your writing

Practicing & trying hard:

Her counting she has nailed it and now likes to demonstrate she can count

You say:

You have done so well learning how to count, you were so good at concentrating

Practicing & trying hard:

Football

You say:

Good ball control well done

Practicing & trying hard:

learning to tie shoe laces

You say:

well done, you concentrated really hard and achieved that all by yourself