I welcomed Matthew to the Batt School and showed him around and introduce him to everyone.
We played on the playground and did some Martial Arts.

Practice and Preparation for the show...

She was absent today

1. Indigo and I played “Pop for a Letter”. This game reinforced letters names and their sounds.
2. We also played “Candy Land” reinforcing following directions, fair play a, and color/color words.
3. I read and we discussed a shortened vision of “ Alice in Wonderland”.

After being given several choices of activities she chose to play a memory game.
She also completed a phonics activity on initial sounds.

1. Indigo completed pages 28-31 in her “Get Set for the Code” book, which covered the initial sound of “N”.
2. She also worked on the correct formation of the letters in her name.

1. Indigo started the day by practicing her name writing using the correct formation of the letters.
2. Indigo worked on initial sounds by completing the activities on pages 26-27 in her “Get Set for the Code” book.
3. Following Oral Direction - Indigo was given many paper picture items and a background. As I read the directions, one at a time, she had to place the paper item in the correct location, then glue all of the pictures according to the verbal directions.
4. Visual Recognition – This activity had her locating the object that was different than the others and explaining why.

1. She started the day by practicing her name writing using the correct formation of the letters.
2. Indigo worked on initial sounds by completing the activities on pages 24-25 in her “Get Set for the Code” book.
3. Indigo was given vocabulary worlds. These words were then used to label the parts of a Pilgrim girl.

Jack really enjoyed the book, 'Press Here' which is a listening book that requires the listener to follow a direction on each page. In phonics, we focused on the short e vowel sound and rhyming. Jack does very well with determining which words rhyme and being able to come up with additional words that rhyme with the two words. A variation of the 'Old McDonald Song' was used in which each animal represented a short vowel sound. Jack enjoyed singing the song. We reviewed his sight words. Jack did well writing the numbers zero through eight. He enjoyed the card game, 'War' which was used to work on greater than/less than and addition. Jack was very excited to spend the last few minutes at drama camp.

Santino began the session working on a pattern activity. I showed him a repetitive pattern of three shapes, consisting of circles, triangles, and squares and we established a rhythmic pattern identifying, verbalizing, and pointing to the shapes on the blackboard. I then omitted one of the shapes to see if Santino would be able to state or identify the shape that was next in the pattern. Santino was shown what was expected via modelling techniques. Although he required prompts to initiate the desired pointing response, I observed him looking at the correct shape and reinforced this eye contact with high fives and verbal praise. After working on this activity for about 10 minutes, I allowed Santino to move freely about the room and encouraged him to imitate my movements and actions (clapping, skipping, and hopping). Santino seemed to enjoy this activity as evidenced by giggling and increased sing-song vocalizations. I narrated our actions and the movements demonstrated throughout this activity, and Santino was reinforced for evidence of verbal mimicry in order to establish a causal connection between the relationships and actions demonstrated and speech. Santino then gave me his bottle and he drank the PediaSure vanilla shake I poured into it. I afforded him hand-over-hand as I twisted off the cap, in efforts to foster more independent behavior via shaping and task analysis. He enjoyed listening to and watching some nursery rhymes and songs as he drank his bottle. Santino assisted in clean up when prompted and in putting on his socks and sneakers, which he had removed while drinking, and he left with Ms. Ingrid in good spirits.