Wednesday, August 24, 2011

School officially started Wednesday for our public school schedule (which is only 171 days I might add), thankfully, we started on the 15th with our daughters private school. However, my blog did not start then so I hope I will be allowed to count those days. Wednesday started with a hitch. An ear infection completely changed our plans for Wednesday. Luke has been feeling quite icky and just wants to lay around. Therefore, instead of attempting book work that most likely wouldn't be comprehended due to his pain causing more sensory issues than usual, we decided to lay around and watch educational videos and television instead. We started off the day with a Growing Up marathon on Animal Planet. This show follows the development of baby animals. As we watched, we talked about things like conservation and extinction and what we can do to help. Luke immediately decided a pet lion or a pet lynx would be a whole lot of fun, so we talked about why wild animals are in captivity and what they need to live long and productive lives. He then reasoned that if we all had animals in our home, they would be extinct just like the dinosaurs and mammoths. We then listened to our Math U See skip counting cd and watched Leapfrog Math to the Moon. It is probably a little to easy for him but I decided it didn't hurt to review already learned material. In addition to this, we watched several episodes of Word World and while he chose not to use his moveable alphabet to build words, I think it still provided some educational value. While today might not have been as productive as many days we have had in the past or will have in the future, Luke still had the opportunity to learn. I am choosing to count this as a school day because in the public school, the day would still count, he would just be marked absent for being sick. Here, he was sick, but he still had an enriching day full of learning opportunities. Today we worked on numerous IEP goals. Luke practiced counting and skip counting to 100. He worked on putting the phonetical sounds together to create a word. He worked on conversing with me and sharing his opinions and listening to mine. Overall, for a sick day, it was quite productive!