And that's what today has been. Well, except for lessons. Mainly because Mark would have truly preferred to spend the whole day playing. :-) But then, what child wouldn't on such a wonderful bright day. He did definitely enjoy playing in the yard today.
Math is still having problems. I've backed up completely to having him match quantities to the quantity shown. For example, I hold 3 snap blocks and he needs to give me three snap blocks. Or he matches the #1 cuisenaire blocks to the blocks for 2, 3, 4, or 5. He's still completely fixated on using all the blocks available unless he's told to stop. Today I created a place for "extra" blocks to go. I don't know if that will work or not but I'm giving it a shot. I know this is a problem caused by years of HOH/verbal prompting but I can't seem to find a way to break through. If anyone has a suggestion, please comment.
On the other hand, spelling is going fabulously. He has L to R progression down solid now. The only time he changes it is if he has a problem matching the written letter to the magnetic letter. And then it only takes a verbal correction, and occasionally verbal prompting, to get him back on track. I haven't had to do HOH since friday?? Next week I'll take the oldest spelling words and start dropping letters out. By then we should be up to 8 or 9 of the Dolch Sight Words.
And I'm looking for an android reading app that's designed for kids, if anyone knows of one. The regular apps zoom in if he touches the screen for too long. Or they jump pages if he taps the bottom too frequently. I need one that will allow him to touch the screen without zooming and will only change pages if he touches specific spots. I don't know if there is one out there but again, if you know of one please let me know. This would saving me a fortune in ink.
Oh, and I found some absolutely fabulous puzzle apps. I was already using the Kid's Preschool Puzzles by IntelliJoy (http://www.intellijoy.com/), which he loves. I then found a variety of puzzle games by Teacher's Paradise (http://www.teachersparadise.com/apps). Some look like actual jigsaw puzzles, others are just shapes cut apart. The only one we couldn't get to work was the Trucks puzzles. I don't know what was wrong with it. But the other 4 puzzle sets we got work wonderfully and he loves them.
Oh, by the way, none of these companies/developers have asked me for these reviews or opinions. These are truly programs that I located on my own and have found to work for us. I hope they might work for you.
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