Despite of Luke's ear infection, today was a great day. Luke is still having some discomfort, but he was able to get a good amount of work done, even though we weren't exactly back on schedule. For math, Luke used his hands on Match the Number Counting Center from Lakeshore Learning. This center provided him with number recognition review, adding and subtracting practice, and handwriting and sensory stimulation with sand paper number cards. It also allowed him to both see and create math problems which has been extremely helpful in the past.
For Phonics and handwriting, he used the learning letters activity kit from Lakeshore learning. This kit let him create each letter using playdoh, practice matching the upper and lowercase letters, sorting letters by upper and lower case, and we played a game with the letters to review his letter sounds. He got all but 6 right. This was also a very sensory stimulating activity. In addition to these activities, Luke practiced his calendar skills by using our magnetic calendar. We reviewed the days of the week, talked about the weather outside, and talked about concepts like yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We also talked about how many days are in a week, month, year.
Luke also practiced life skills. He helped me clean out the refrigerator, he took out the trash, mopped the kitchen and dining room floor, and helped dad with dishes. Each of these tasks will help Luke someday be able to care for his own home and therefore, I deem them quite important.
Our school day is pretty much over but Luke is currently playing LeapWorld, an online game developed by LeapFrog to help children with all areas of learning and problem solving. I believe this is very much a school activity and problem solving skills are part of his IEP, therefore, I am allowing this to meet a small part of this goal.
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