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Mar. 7, 2008
Five Down!!!!!
C, T, M, R, S
Well, after our little hiccup, we've been plugging away. First Jerry learned his "T", and this past week, we worked on "S", which is very easy and a lot of fun considering all of the things that start with an "S". We did sand art, made Model Magic snakes, rubber stamped, went to the park to enjoy the sand, slide, and swings, and...ate sprinkles for a snack, of course!
Our new fun everyday is testing Jeremiah's letter knowledge at the end of the school day. He stands on the dining room chair so he can reach the top of our palm tree where we have put a cut-out of every letter he has learned so far. Then, with everyone watching (and sometimes a drum roll from big brothers), I make a letter sound and Jeremiah points to the correct letter. This week, he got all five letters correct all five days!! If you're wondering why a palm tree then you really need to read "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault. Jerry loves it! And of course each letter he gets right is met with an onslaught of cheering, clapping, high-fives, and M & M's!!
We also have a palm tree picture we tape to the fridge or a cookie sheet so that, while I read the story, Jerry can use letter magnets to act out what happens. We do this every week for repetition. I guess I don't have to tell you how tired the other kids are of hearing me shout in my big voice, "Chicka chicka boom boom!" Oh well, we're five letters down and so they only have to hear it another 21 times!
On the speech front, Miss Ramos is back to the "c" sound. Why? Because to teach Jerry the sound she taught him to say the words like this..."ccccc cup" and "cccc carrot". So now he sounds like he stutters! Great! She had moved on to the "l", but decided that we needed to go back and fix the "c". Baby steps, baby steps! |
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Posted by Anonymous 
Mar. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Teresa