Since this was the first session after a period of some absence due to holidays and illness, the bulk of the lesson revolved around reviewing previously learned letters and sounds (Nn, Ss, Pp, Aa, Tt, Ff, and Cc, specifically). He was first tasked with writing his name on construction paper using multi-colored chalk and did this well, although he hesitated and required a prompt before writing the letter 'o' in his last name. Nicholas performed well when recalling other letters he previously learned, but gave the 'n' sound for the letter 'p,' and struggled a bit recalling the sound of the letter 'f.' Nicholas was also tasked with writing the letters and sounds on paper and performed well doing this. The letters and sounds that Kk and Mm make was introduced, with Nicholas correctly repeating the sound and words after they were initially modelled for him. 'The Song of Kookaburra' was viewed on YouTube to stimulate interest and reinforce the 'k sound. Though off to a slower start when he first arrived at school, Nicholas grew more animated as activities and varied modalities engaged his attention, sustaining concentration and attention and responding favorably to the varied methods and teaching techniques employed (song/chalk/visual and auditory modalities) to assist in skill acquisition. For example, he greatly enjoyed first singing 'The Muffin Man' song, and then performed very well circling all the 'M' letters he saw in the written lyrics, achieving 15/16, or 94% accuracy in this visual discrimination task. Nicholas freely demonstrated his affection to this tutor, hugging her a few times sporadically throughout the session. He is spontaneous and genuine in his display of affection as well as candor, which is quite refreshing. We concluded the session with Nicolas requesting me to draw a picture of him after I commented on his nice smile and bright-eyed expression. I took a few minutes to pencil sketch him and he helped cut out his name that he had written at the introduction of the session and attached it to the sketch, asking me to hold it in order to show his mom the next time he came to school. All told, it was a productive session and Nicholas demonstrated a good ability to follow multi-step directives and recall skills of learning acquired in prior sessions.