Santino appeared a bit lethargic today. He vocalized quite a bit as he was brought to the classroom, and afforded prompts to place his book-bag in its customary spot. Next, he was shown the communication book but averted his eyes and turned his body away during efforts to use it. Instead, we found a long piece of halved accordion tubing that piqued Santino's interest. I allowed him to to examine it, which he did by flexing it into different positions and viewing it from different angles. I then found a small ball which, when placed inside the tubing would navigate its shape and curves and come out the other end. I showed this to Santino once and asked him to try it himself, placing the ball in his hand and motioning in a curved fashion to indicate this request. Santino followed my directives, given both verbally and via gestures), and he grew animated and clearly amused as he replicated the action and succeeded in having the ball exit the tubing. He appears fairly adept at using spatial awareness skills and cues by which to orient himself and manipulate objects, and this skill will be reinforced in future sessions. (Florida State Standard SP.PK12.US.16.1). Santino was given a cup filled with water, but he did not show any desire to drink from it. He did, however, perform his hand-washing activity demonstrating increased familiarity of expectations and competence in lathering.