Day 1 2012-13 School Year

Reading:

Several nursery rhymes

Math

addition using objects

Story #101 about coolers

The coolers are in the meat market.  Then the coolers are looking at the fans.  Then the coolers are getting meat.  Then the coolers are coming home with the meat.  Then the coolers are going to Subway. Then the coolers are looking at the fans at Subway.  Then the coolers are going to eat the sandwiches at the football game. 

Story #29 about Coolers

The caterpillar took the coolers to the party.   Then the coolers can't ever get inside the school.

Bagel Number Bagel

The bagel got eaten by the bagel.

Story #28 about Deleting

I'm just going to delete all the coolers.

Then the coolers can't delete us.  Then the coolers will have to bagel us.

Story #27 about Coolers

The coolers are on top of the Nissan Quest.  Then the coolers can't go on top.  Then the coolers will have to fall off the Nissan.

Story # 26 about Coolers

The coolers are playing Donkey Kong.  Then the coolers have to stop right this instant.   Then the coolers have to put the Nintendo back.  Then the coolers are playing another game.  Then the Patriots will get angry at the coolers. 

Story #25 about Coolers

The coolers are doing Mario Party 7.  Then the coolers are playing a game.   Then the coolers have to stop.  The bus will kick them off the little TV.  Then the coolers have to go to sleep.

Story #24 about Coolers

The water is too freezing for the coolers.  The coolers can't swim.  Then the coolers will get soaked.

Story #23 about Coolers

The coolers are playing Smash Brothers. Then the coolers are doing a game. Then the coolers are playing Mario Kart. Then the coolers are doing Hockey.

Story #22 about Coolers

The coolers are doing Monkey Ball 2. Then the coolers are doing Monkey Shot. Then the cooler is doing a race. Then the coolers are doing Monkey Bowling on the Game Cube.

Story #21 about Coolers

The meat got cooked by the coolers. Then the coolers put the pizza in the barbecue. Then the coolers put it in the toaster. Then the coolers put it in the oven. Then the coolers put it in the gamecube. Then the coolers lost the toaster.

Week 4 -- Plans

Progress Update:

Composition and Reading Aidan has really gone to town with story writing. He loves it so much that I get tired before he does. Even though his choice of topics and words are limited he has made progress in fluency, maybe because of the repetition, in fact. I'd like to extend his choice of topics and maybe try to get him to journal or narrate. But right now he's so happy I want to encourage that part of it. I think he's finally reading at a mid-first-grade level or something of the kind.

He has started to try to copy out some of the stories either by hand or on the computer. He is getting better at handwriting -- more decisive and functional.

Math Aidan has been doing addition on the abacus. He can count to the answer but I don't think it really makes sense to him because it's not grounded in concrete circumstances. If he had to add in real life I think he would pick it up a lot faster.

Reading: Aidan was able to read (with help) the first page of the Little Red Hen (Harriette Treadwell's Literary Primer on the sidebar. He also read the first short sentences in the Christian Brothers Primer.

Physical Therapy: The PT has been working on training Aidan to lead with his left knee, and also to loosen up his upper body. Once his left trunk and leg and arm are "recruited" and engaged individually and in cooperation rather than as a stiff unit, he does so much better with his stride than he's done in the past.

Occupational Therapy: The OT has been working on stretching the muscles and tendons in his left hand. She also has him work with his pincer grip. I have some massaging work to do with him at home.

She gave him a coloring book with vehicles in it for his birthday and he was very occupied with it for days and took great pride in working on it.

Daily Life: We have been going to the beach most days and I think walking in the water and on the sand is helping retrain his gait and develop core strength. Also we are trying to walk most days and pushing his wheelchair uphill is quite heavy work and good for strengthening.

I'd like to modify some of the stretching and stability exercises I'm doing to suit him.
------------

Now that it is summer we probably won't do too much school for a while. I'd like to try some of the Catholic readers around the house on him. Also, I think it would be good to work through some of the arithmetic primers online with him.

Story #20 about Coolers

The cookie bread got eaten by the coolers. The coolers broke their bread into six little pieces. Then the coolers wrote down some meatballs. Then the coolers spilled the spaghetti.

Story #19 about Coolers

The violin got broken by the coolers. Then the coolers broke the guitar. Then the coolers broke the fan. Then the coolers put pennies in it.

Story #18 about Coolers

the coff GOT droke by the cooles the cooles

The coffee got broken by the coolers. Then the coolers broke it. Then the Lights put it in the trash. Then the coolers were very sad.

Story #17 about Coolers

The meatballs got eaten by the coolers. Then the spaghetti got eaten by the coolers. Then the coolers ate the rice. Then the coolers wrote down a snow-list. Then they ate the tacos. Then the coolers wrote a paper down at the lesson. Then the coolers broke the violin.

Story about the Fink and the Coolers

The fink is doing football. Then the fink is winning a discus. Then the fink is doing football. Then the coolers are cheering at the fink. Then the fink is throwing the football under the chair.

Story #16 about Coolers

The coolers are making a big mess. Then the coolers are doing a story meeting. Then the coolers are doing coolers blocking. Then the coolers are doing evil stuff like messing up the phone in the hospital. Then the coolers are bad language arts messing up the taco meat.