Today we started with a s-snake pictures pocket. We reviewed the s pictures. We also looked up snakes on the Internet, discussed features, and wrote facts on our snakes for ongoing discussion. We watched the stories "Winter" and "Summer" on RAZ Kids. We watched each several times to see what items go with each. We then completed a worksheet in which she had to sort pictures that go with each. It is difficult for a young child to understand winter without a referent being here in FL, however most of the pictures were the same as the story so the hope would be that the student takes meaning from the text and can apply that knowledge. She answered "summer" for all pictures. We will try this activity again down the road. We watched B on Starfall.com and then completed a worksheet identifying which words start with B. She identified 4 of 6 correctly. She then traced upper and lower case Bs with a lot of help. Becca enjoyed hear the rhyming story book "Llama llama Home with Mama". We followed up with our rhyming cards looking at -ose and -ie/-y rhymes. We compared the sounds and sorted by which word group. This is an area in which we will continue to focus. We assembled and read "The Gingerbread Man" emergent reader. As soon as she saw the fox she said "sneaky". We worked very hard on counting today. We read "Let's Count with Lowly" and counted items from 1-10 on the pages. We then sorted some pictures that had 1-5 items and placed them under the correct number. Becca is providing more numbers in these activities but she is still not counting independently. We will continue to perform counting activities. We worked on "same" and "make a match" activities. Becca completed a wooden puzzle of farm animals and we also worked on finger tracing letter cards A-H. Becca participated in some outside time with the other kids. She's doing a nice job at saying "hi" and "bye" to other children with less prompting. We are still working on "using your (her) words" to greet others in the hallway vs. grabbing legs. We still continue to work on "open (object) please" to meet needs. Additionally we are working on full physical independence in routine motor tasks. For example, for opening her lunchbox, I have shown her to hold the lunchbox with her left hand and use her right hand to maneuver the zipper. We work on turning on/off the light switch "one time" as well as working on flushing the potty, opening bags etc., with the least amount of physical assistance provided. A lot of verbal instruction and cueing is provided to assist with growing physical independence.
Potty status: I took her at 9:00, she did not request, but did go. At 11:05 she requested to use the potty and produced. She chose play-doh time as her treat.