Santino arrived with his mom today, and she mentioned he might need a nap as he was tired and not yet adjusted to the new routine following break. I allowed Santino to place his book-bag in one of the classrooms and arranged some pillows on the floor on which he could relax. He did lie down in the darkened room and it appeared as if he might doze off; however he was distracted by sounds outside so I allowed him to trace his finger along some touch and trace letter cards to reinforce letter recognition and writing skills. He did not opt to eat any of the snacks provided and shown to him. I allowed him to use technology for 15 minutes; he was clear he knew what programs he wished to operate and enjoyed listening to music. He was vocalizing in a happy way and appeared to grow a bit restless in the classroom so I afforded him the opportunity to go outside. He did seize this opportunity and got a second wind. He was absolutely jubilant as he played on playground equipment and particularly fancied going up and down the big twisty slide. I reinforced the concepts of up down, fast and slow,
and over and under as he did so. Two students, within a year or two of his age, joined him on the slide and he seemed amused by their antics, giggling animatedly as they slid down after him. He was so happy outside that he was initially resistant to return indoors, but he did take my outstretched hand and we proceeded to perform our daily hand-washing activity. Santino continues to make incremental gains performing this daily living skill and we will continue practicing it in order to to reinforce, generalize, refine and consolidate emergent advances.