On the Calendar: Saturday

Saturday chores

Music therapy with David

 (no, we don't usually have mt three days a week, but we were making up for missed time)

Stretching the spider's web

Woooooooo--ooooooooo!

Peek-a-boo!

Afternoon treat--4 guys at the air show

The rajah rides on his throne

Look, Dad!  Phonics in the sky!

Yep, you really are there behind those glasses!

Self-portrait of Wade

It was a day no pigs would die or fly;

it was a day the cat would lay eggs.

On the Calendar: Friday

Schoolwork with Mrs. Lovett, special ed teacher

Practicing listening skills with Earobics

The other boys had the day off school, so we ran some errands and went to the library where Wade was delighted to find Winnie the Pooh.  They had a nice little conversation right there among the books. 

"Pink, pink, pink," said Wade, patting Pooh's paw against his head (meaning, "think, think, think")

Then, nose to nose with Pooh, he lovingly said, "Good-bye, Winnie the Pooh," and put him back up on the shelf.

And then, what do you know, Randall and Christopher found some Winnie the Pooh DVD's! 

"Winnie the Pooh! I take it home!"

Wade was also delighted to find all by himself the book Let's Go, Froggy which is on one of his Kindermusik CD's.  He sat right down and read it out loud to anyone in the library who wanted to listen.

And then he read it again at home.  

And again. 

And again.

And now we're all done with Friday!

On the Calendar: Thursday

....Bible Play School again all morning

...music therapy in the afternoon...singing songs

...making sentences

...play the tambourine up high

...play the tambourine down low

...sleep up high

...sleep down low

Some people sleep on their pillows;

Wade's pillow sleeps on him.

On the Calendar: Wednesday

Wednesday's schedule is the same as Tuesday's with OT, speech, and Bible Play School.

Then it's time to take a nap.

Speech homework today was practicing matching things that belong.  Sometimes the answers get interesting.

"What likes to eat carrots?"  He's supposed to say, "A rabbit."
Instead he says, beaming,  "I do!"

"What do you do with a nail?"
"Eat it!"

So we went out to Daddy to have a practical life lesson on hammers and nails and saws.

Show me a nail, Daddy!

Here they are in the box marked "nails"!

We do not eat nails!

We hammer nails!

Wade can do it too!

Does a saw cut paper?

No, a saw cuts wood.

See Wade saw!

Now back inside to finish the homework from Bible Play School.

Then it's time to help Chris study spelling words.  Wade loves to call out the words for Chris.  It helps Wade to practice enunciating the words clearly enough that Chris can understand them.  Wade says the word and then Chris is supposed to say the word, spell it out, and then say it again.  And Wade is very, very impressed with this say, spell, say thing.  In fact, one evening he was so excited he couldn't wait for Chris to spell the word.  He said, "Play, S-P-E-R-T, play!"

And then there are the fill in the blank sentences to practice like "You sleep in a _______."

Today I had given him several open-ended sentences in which he did well.  Then I said, "Mommy drives a _________."

And Wade said, "Balloon!"

And Nevin said, "I thought he said 'broom'."

(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

And I think I just saw a prince turn into a frog.

On the Calendar: Tuesday

Wade has both speech and occupational therapy on Tuesdays. He correctly told me how to get there this morning by telling me where to turn right or left.  When I remember, I've been taking a little different route this year after deciding it was shorter.  But one morning (without enough coffee) I would have missed it if he hadn't suddenly looked up from his book and said, "Turn right, Mom!"

In speech therapy today, he was cutting with a scissors, saying picture strings, and matching items that belong together like peanuts and elephants.

"Who eats peanuts?" Sara said, and the sweet little girl in speech with Wade answered, "My mommy eats peanuts!"

In OT Wade practiced throwing and catching a ball while standing on a designated spot. Every time he caught the ball he got to name a favorite food.  We've been working on categories: fruit and vegetables; zoo, farm, and ocean animals; musical instruments, furniture, etc.

After therapy, he goes to Bible Play School where he plays, sings, and studies with the other children.

That's his best buddy Bryan on the left!

The schoolwork this year is a step up for him because it involves writing letters and numbers within the lines.  But he is absolutely thrilled because the children have homework every day to reinforce the skills they are learning.

Today he cut out the otter for the Things That Begin with O page and then said, "Beautiful!"

Today Grandma Ann picked him up at Bible Play School because I was serving hot lunch with some other moms at Randall and Christopher's school.  It's always a delight for Wade when Grandma Ann picks him up.  He thinks she should be worked into his schedule every day.

And just to prove that he's not the only one that works, here are a few pictures of Randall and Chris at school too.