A relaxing day.

Hmm.. I'm gonna have to think of better titles here.

But that's what it was.  Mark was happy for the most part.  He took a nap.  :-0  I know - he rarely takes naps.  But apparently he needed one.

He got a little confused when I had him do the number 28 with 2 separate magnets but seemed to catch on.  He did good at reading.  And he identified the story characters by pointing when he was asked.

He got annoyed when I had him do word identification and spelling though.  Spelling has two difficulties for him.  The first he was almost over by the end of today.  He was having problems understanding the idea of spelling the word, even though he's done it on computer programs.  He especially didn't like that he had to put the letters in place in order.  But by the last two words he was doing it smoothly.  (And I've got to print more magnet letters - we ran out of a couple!)  The second problem is the magnet letters.  But it's a problem I'm not going to fix.  The magnet letters are 1/2" by 3/4" printed on magnetic paper.  So his fine motor pinching grip is getting a workout.  And he doesn't like it.  I predict that within a week or two he'll have it mastered though.

Puzzles weren't bad.  He needed a little prompting but did well otherwise.

Making patterns gave him difficulty though.  He kept expecting me to HOH prompt.  And when I wouldn't he would reach for the wrong piece.  From the way his eyes were moving it was deliberate.  So I would take the wrong piece and verbally redirect him.  Breaking him of HOH assistance is going to be a challenge apparently but it's going to happen.

But generally a good day.  Right now he's happily swinging in his room, grinning at me when I come in.....and telling me "quiet" every chance he gets.  <BG>