Sep. 12, 2009 - Tot School -- Week 6
or visit this weeks post HERE.
Well, it was quite a week around here! I found out what happens when I don't plan out the weeks boxes in advance.....I scramble around in a mad dash early each morning trying to figure out what to put in them!! Next week will be better, I can't stand to not be prepared like that!
Monday:
- Sensory tub: Mini dinosaurs hidden in a tub of rice.
- Letter Match worksheet: A-D
- Pom Poms in cups, sort by color using tongs
- Kumon Tracing page
Pictures from Monday:
Tuesday:
- Painting with sponge letters
- Beanbag toss on exercise ball
- Seal Game: A-D, capital letters only
- Foam sea creatures match
- Direction challenge: buttons & shapes. This is where we practice over, under, away from, etc. I have a shape (like a heart) on his desk. I give him a button and he has to place it "next to" or "beneath" the shape, however directed.
Pictures from Tuesday:
I don't have many pictures this week, but at least I got a quick picture of this....even though he's rolling off 
He decided this time he would put the balls in the open spaces of the taped letters on our floor.
Wednesday:
This was when Peanut had his eye testing as well as the day we were getting the Neurosyph results. Our day was full enough with that!
Thursday:
- Earobics -- Yes I've finally gotten around to adding this in. I had this first time, and probably next time, the Earobics box in his workbox. Wow, when he saw it in there he came running. He was so excited and did really great.
- Math U See page
- Same or Different page
- Poker chips in jar slot
Pictures from Thursday:
Not a great picture of the screen, but this is Peanut doing Earobics.
Friday:
- Magnet fun pages: Letter D & Number 5
- Sensory tub: Yes again, I was scrambling to find something!! We did dinos again, then I threw in a duck as a suprise :) He was just as excited as when he did this on Monday.
- How to Build an A book: concentrated on letters A - D
- Name plate letter match
- Shape puzzle
Pictures from Friday:
Peanut just loves this one! In fact, he decided the little dinosaurs needed to be his "buddies" that day.
Here he is using them to fill the circles of his paper...instead of the little pom pom balls.
So proud of the B he built. Notice his buddies keeping watch?
Friday we also got to go to the kickoff open gym of the school year at a fabulous gymnastics place. They give a special gym time to homeschoolers and my kids LOVE this place!! After that, we got to visit my niece and her family who moved near us this summer 
My kids are so excited to have cousins nearby, and couldn't wait to visit them at their apartment. We also got some time in the indoor pool at their apartment complex, and some time with the neighborhood kids. I forgot to take pictures while at their house, but I finally remembered to take my camera to the gymnastics place:
This is a picture of a HUGE event. Peanut hasn't ever been brave enough to even approach a giant inflatible slide with its noisy blower, but today he repeatedly ran up the climbing wall and slid down the slide.
Little Monkey shows a favorite of my older boys: the trapeze. They swing into a giant "cheese pit" of foam blocks. The coaches there also show the kids how to swing by their knees and flip off. Very fun!
Peanut racing down the "runway" (trampoline floor) to jump into a cheese pit. See the giant slide in the background? It dumps into a cheese pit.
Little monkey on the rope swing...into a cheese pit of course
Big Man jumping on the best trampoline ever, where you land in a cheese pit.
Like this
Or this!
Also this week we got the results of all the tests Peanut's been through. I'll post "official" diagnosis terms next week when I have my own copy of the report in my hands. Basically, we didn't hear anything from the Neuropsych that we didn't already know, he just made things official and gave them fancy names. The developmental opthamalogist had many things to show us with Peanuts vision. I will include that in the post with the other diagnoses. Thankfully, the vision work that Peanut should do at this time can be done with the Occupational Therapist he visits. We'll retest in about six months to see he needs to do all out vision therapy, or even can stop O.T. (at least for the vision issues!)
A real blessing for me was the encouragement from the Neuropsych. He said it was a rare day that parents like us came into his office with the knowledge & understanding of what is going on, things we're already doing, knowledge of terms, knowledge of therapies, etc. that we have. He didn't recommend any changes to what we are doing, in fact was very, very pleased with what we've been up to. He thinks we are doing things very right, appropriate, and are "on top of everything"! For those who have "neurotypical" children, you cannot even begin to understand the sweetness of these words! There is a massivly heavy burden on our shoulders day in and day out: am I really doing the right things, therapies, techniques, etc. that will help this child; am I doing things that should be done later and do other things now that will be more effective in helping this child; am I doing the right things correctly so it isn't detrimental later on; are there things I should be doing that I'm not; am I doing things that I shouldn't be doing. I could go on and on. There is constant research and educating myself on the conditions my children have so I can help them the most with what little time we have. There is constant prep work to do the various things we do every day. There is (self inflicted) guilt when I mess up on something, even if it is minor. There is always something I see that can be done better. It's basically the worries/work of a regular homeschool mom, only multiplied a thousand times. My prayer for the last week (and I'm talking constant prayer because I was quickly becoming anxious) has been asking the Lord to make me eagerly and joyfully accepting of whatever the His will was for Peanut, no matter what His will would be. I am thrilled to have good reports, it is after all so much easier to be joyful when you get what amounts to the best news you could receive. I'm going to end this post with one of my very favorite sermons from our Pastor, titled the Sacrifice of Faith About 40 minutes in is my favorite section. This family has been through so much, as have many in our church, but they have the heart that I strive to have. Through no matter what God has in store for us, He is holy, blameless, and pure and has a perfect plan for each of us.
Comments
Sep. 12, 2009 - looks like fun
Posted by gfcfmomofmany
WOW! It looks like you are doing so great with you kids. The workbox look really good! I hope you are able to use the diagnosis as a helpful tool to guide you.
God bless
Heather Laurie
www.specialneedshomeschooling.com
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