Today we started with a m-mouse pictures pocket. Becca did a better job with the crayons today, however she needed reminders to make her crayon selection (playing with the crayons). We reviewed the m pictures. We also looked up mice on the Internet, discussed features, and wrote facts on our mouse for ongoing discussion.
We performed a receptive / interpretive task today in which Becca listened to a sentence and found the illustration to match. She did better with the concrete sentences which had the object name in the sentence.
We watched a RAZ Kids story entitled "Counting Bugs". We then sorted animals by numbers in the pictures 1 - 4. We looked at the pictures and I modeled singular vs. plural with saying the items (for ex. one dog, three bugs) and I put emphasis on the /s/ on the end of the plurals. Becca repeated me. We assembled and colored an emergent reader called "I Can". An extra copy was sent home. We reviewed our "Horses" book. Becca recalls "mane", but has difficulty recalling mare and foal. She definitely shows familiarity with those words when I remind her. We read a story on RAZ Kids entitled "Five". I counted the objects on each page. Becca remained attentive, but did not help count. We then followed up with a worksheet in which Becca had to decide if the picture (word) started with f or not. We then traced Ff on those words that did start with f. We looked through and labeled items in the "Richard Scarry's Best Word Book". Becca enjoyed a short video about shapes during her snack. We performed a "sort by color" activity today using colored foam shapes. Becca did a great job sorting in a field of six colors and we labeled each one by color and shape (red heart, etc.). For our -at word family, Becca did "mat". I asked her "what goes first for mat?" and she replied "m". She glued the letters in the correct order. She had difficulty properly orienting the m, but let me help her. We are working on more efficient hand usage in these tasks. She'll try to stick the letters on while still holding the glue stick and/or the cap, therefore we are working on putting those items down, then putting the letter on, etc to make things easier for her. Throughout all coloring activities today, I colored items as well, providing a lot of modeling. I colored small things, and verbalized about how I was coloring small and just coloring the specific named item. She really seemed to be paying attention. We played Zingo and Becca echo read "The Ocean" on RAZ Kids.
At the end of the day we enjoyed the book "Mickey's Birthday". We discussed how Mickey was feeling in the story as we went along (sad, surprised, and happy).
Behavioral report: Becca was more compliant today. We had a more productive morning.
Potty status: Becca had been holding herself off and on for about 10 minutes or so. I had asked her several times if she needed to go and she said "no". She finally asked to go to the potty (11:00) and did produce. She searched high and low in the treasure box for play doh, but didn't find any and settled happily on a rubbery finger puppet. I let her have some play-doh time and she integrated the puppet into her play. She started holding herself off and on about 11:45. I asked her several times if she needs to go and she repeatedly declined. Nancy took her to the restroom before leaving the building. I feel comfortable letting her get to the point where she's holding herself and will finally ask to go. If you prefer I take her as soon as I see this behavior, please just let me know.