Daniel had a very full week.
We worked on the letter T. Before
we even started Daniel told me it was for “choo choo train”. I’m not sure if he figured that out on his
own or if it is something he was told, but he knew it. Unfortunately, we didn't decorate his T with
trains. I had already printed out trucks
months ago.
I noticed that most of them were upside
down. Maybe he was prepping himself for
next week’s letter U. I’m not sure what
we are going to do for U yet, but I thought about upside down. He beat me to it.
Daniel did do a pre-writing activity with trains on it later
in the week.
I was going to have him dot paint a turtle afterwards, but
he decided to paint the turtle and the train paper.
He also did more gluing this week, again, by himself.
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| He finished the book! |
Then, he did more pre-writing papers with tools on it. Afterwards we matched the tools. He took it one step further and matched the
tools to his paper.
We started a new sticker book this week, which he loved!
Loved, is an understatement.
He was not satisfied that I only let him do three papers. When I told him we could do more next week, T
was for tantrum.
Granted, Daniel’s tantrums are pretty mild. He just put his head down and let out a few
whines. I've seen worse, but they are
usually over bigger things like his beloved Kindle.
Speaking of the Kindle, he hadn't played it in days, so I
let him play while Nicholas and I did some schoolwork yesterday. He was so engrossed in what he was doing that
he didn't notice what I did to his snack.
Finally, I got his attention and he liked what he saw.
One of the biggest activities Daniel did each week was work
with his foam letters and numbers. I put
them in alphabetical order and wanted to see which ones he knew. He did pretty well, but he didn't want to go
in order. He kept taking them and
putting them in his own order.
One of the cutest things
that happened is that he wanted to know what words went with each letter. Like D is for Daniel. So, he would pick up a letter like T and say,
“What’s T for for?” He always puts in the
double for. He has some foam numbers too
and he would ask me what they were “for for” too. He didn't like the answer I gave him –
counting! But, he worked on this almost
every day this week, and they are scattered all over my floor as I write this too.
We’re moving onto U week now. It will probably be filled with a lot of
umbrellas. At least, we have other
activities like stickers and foam letters to keep him busy.
Daniel’s materials were found from various websites, such as:
