Becca had a good day today. There was much less of the “no, I don’t want to” and while she required some encouragement and motivators to participate, it was much less than what was needed yesterday.

Today we listened to some books about "Pete the Cat". Becca seemed to enjoy the books and said "funny book". She helped answer some questions while we read the stories. We then did an emergent reader (offering many repetitions) of "Pete the Cat, Wheels on the Bus". Becca helped color the book and we tried to accomplish several colors in various target areas of the page (vs. mixing all the colors together). She also enjoyed listening to the “The Three Bears”, but wouldn’t help me count the bears.

We explored the first two stories in the Reading Milestones, Level 1 story book. The first story focused on "the boy" and "jumps". The second story added "the girl" and "runs". Becca didn't help me finish repeated sentences, but was engaged in the pages and enjoyed looking through the book.

We completed a verb activity sheet. We had four written word choices: hug, jump, run, and dig. Becca had to look at the picture and determine which action completed "My dog can...". I presented the choices orally and in most cases she needed two choices to give the correct word. She did well staying engaged in this activity.

Becca enjoyed reviewing C and watching D videos on Starfall.com. I presented the –an word family activity we did yesterday and she would not participate. We made a deer pocket to hold D word pictures. Becca colored more independently today, showing familiarity with the task, and I provided some hand-over-hand assistance to help color in the target area only. Instead of just labeling the pictures, I am encouraging her to use a longer phrase (such as, I see a dog or D is for dog). We will continue to encourage this language growth. She did a picture sort, discriminating C vs. D starting sounds at 5/8 performance. She completed a worksheet tracing the letter D.

Unfortunately Becca had not gone to the bathroom for her Nana when she arrived. Within 5 minutes of arriving, she wet her pull-up. I had asked her if she needed to go and she replied "no", and I asked her if she went and she replied "no". I took her to the restroom two other times later in the morning and she did not want to sit on the potty. I encouraged her to at least let me count to five before she jumped off.
She did not urinate either time. I usually take her about 10 minutes before time to leave for the day, and unfortunately she had wet her pull-up again before I took her.