I began with a phonological awareness exercise (Kilpatrick, D2#4, p. 132) followed by visual, auditory, and blending drills. I dictated words from the blending drill for Libby to write (nonsense CVC words with /û/. We revisited the following for irregular spelling: his, and, the. Libby read a decodable text from FlyLeaf Publishing, "Ann Can." We played a game of Phonics Dice to practice letter sounds. To conclude, I read a chapter from "Mercy Watson."

I began with a phonological awareness exercise (Kilpatrick, D2#3, p. 132) followed by visual, auditory, and blending drills. I dictated the words from the blending drill for Libby to write: sit, fit, chit, kit, pit. We revisited the following for irregular spelling: his, and, the. Libby read a decodable text from FlyLeaf Publishing, "On a Log." To conclude, I read a chapter from "Mercy Watson."

We designed a cape for her Teddy bear, and Libby learned to draw a snail, a tulip, and an ice cream cone.

Review the alphabet by writing the letter that matches the sound I provide. Write the upper and lower case for them. Read book about trust and find the sight words together. Practice sounding out words with short vowels.

Libby continued with the unit assessment on understanding subtraction. Questions covered the understanding of how to show numbers in different ways, represent subtraction as taking apart or taking away from the whole, write equations to show subtraction, and find the difference of two numbers. We also used Dominoes to practice addition within 12. We each took a Domino from the pile, wrote an addition equation to match, and earned a tally for the larger sum.

Libby and Teddy did a variety of different fitness activities.
We started with an obstacle course and running.
We timed each of the different obstacle courses.
We finished with some ping pong.

Libby was seen in her room for a 45-minute treatment session with the focus of therapy on fine motor skills specifically grasp patterns, ocular motor skills (saccades), self care skills, and handwriting. OT has also focused on sensory processing and having Libby be more comfortable with wearing a variety of clothes (weather appropriate) and different hairstyles (only wants to wear her hair one way which is down). Upon OT's arrival Libby was wearing her hair in a barrette. It was falling out a little bit and she let OT fix it without complaint. Began treatment with ocular motor task to work on tracking and saccades. Libby had to find her way through a maze with moderate difficulty. She required moderate assistance but demonstrated increased task endurance and persistence. Worked on kinesthetic awareness of letters. OT had Libby close her eyes while she took her hand and drew the previously learned letters on sandpaper to see if she could identify the letter based on the movement used to form it. Libby was able to recall the letters "m, c, o, g, s, f and "r" based on movement alone. She required the movement to form the letter and auditory cues to recall and identify the letters "b, a, q, n, and d". With vision occluded confused the lowercase "p" with the letter "d". Today she was instructed using Print Island on a new group of letters called "Fall Down, Jump Up" letters. She was instructed on the lowercase letters "l, i, and t" which she formed well. Great session, Libby worked hard.

Libby completed her interactive calendar. She read and discussed her vocabulary words. She finished her calendar talk. She worked on her phonics activities. She explored and discussed the habitats of animals.

Libby continued with the unit assessment on understanding subtraction. Questions covered the understanding of how to show numbers in different ways, represent subtraction as taking apart or taking away from the whole, write equations to show subtraction, and find the difference of two numbers. We will continue to work on this assessment over the next few days as we are moving slowly.

Libby completed her interactive calendar activities, and changed the calendar from February to March. She read her vocabulary words. She made a Dr. Seuss' Hat to celebrate his birthday. She finished her calendar talk activities. She worked on her beginning abd ending sounds for CVC words.