Libby and I continued to work on her hands painting for the duration of class.

Libby and Teddy continue to work on their baseball skills.
Today we worked on hitting and running the bases.
We came back inside and talked about the skills we have been working on.

Libby completed her interactive calendar. She read and discussed her vocabulary words. She read and wrote her Months and Days of the week. She watched and explored the meaning of a video reading of the book, "Piper Chen Sings."

Libby practiced short vowel words with the dry erase board and the letter tiles. She used writing paper to practice short i words. I read another Jan Brett book to her.

Teach the vocabulary words Nation and tradition. Complete pgs 66 - 67 in the workbook and read pgs 88 - 93 in the textbook. Go to the school library and look at the flag. Give the details about the stars and stripes: count them together. Talk about why a flag is important to that country.

Libby worked on a new assignment drawing her hands and using complimentary colors to fill it in with paint.

Libby worked using shapes and numbers to create a geometrical witch.

First, she cut out the shapes. She then counted the number of each type of piece using tally marks to help her count.

She started to glue the shapes in place while using a pattern when it became time for recess.

Libby completed her interactive calendar. She made a butterfly for the "Read for the Record" celebration on October 24th.

Libby used Play Doh and chalk markers to practice short vowel words. On writing paper, she wrote short e words. We sang Old McDonald with short vowel words. I read a Jan Brett book and discussed her artwork.

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 continues to encourage Libby to wear a variety of clothes and hairstyles via a sticker chart. Libby was happy and focused today. We continue to work on letter identification of the uppercase alphabet which has almost been mastered. She got 24/26 letters correct. Today Libby was introduced to "Print Island" which is a handwriting program that teaches children manuscript writing in a fun and creative way. It involves coconuts (starting visual cue for each letter), palm trees (visual cues for sizing of letters, and stories (auditory cues for formation of letters). Libby was introduced to the basic components of the program and seemed to understand the concepts well. These concepts will continue to be reinforced as she goes through the program. She did a practice worksheet of the pencil movement of the first group of letters which has the auditory cue of "fall down climb up". Then she did a worksheet in the program for lowercase letter "r" which she formed and sized well with the visual and auditory cues provided. She is making steady gains and is a pleasure to have in therapy.