We began by reviewing Nicholas's math homework, which he had done in Aftercare at his school. He is working on duplicating 3 – dimensional shapes and was tasked with identifying which model from 4 examples given represented the shape shown if replicated. As Nicholas had 3 wrong answers on his homework sheet, I used actual Legos to help him see how the shapes would look if duplicated. This hands-on concrete technique seemed to help him a little. When we moved on to spelling, Nicholas insisted the spelling words he had been given were incorrect. I emailed his teacher, Mrs. Miner, who replied back that they were, in fact, the correct words on which he will be tested this Friday. Nicholas became defensive when he was told Mrs. Miner's response, and kept repeating, “I didn’t know.” He wanted to go out and play outdoors, but I asked him to practice a few words and he could go out at the end of the session, time permitting. We were able to practice 3 of the eight words. We reviewed some strategies and techniques to facilitate memorization and engage other modalities, such as touch, before it was time for the session to end.