Tuesday

This morning we worked with the Hooked on Phonics books. We went over colors and shapes (mainly for Emma's benefit, but also to reinforce Alex). Then we counted, trying to relate the numbers they are counting to the actual numeral. We counted different things from the book and also in the house. How many eyes does Alex have? How many eyes to we have all together. Chairs at the table? etc. Then letters. Hooked on Phonics does not teach the letters in alphabetical order and I was impressed that Alex could identify so many letters. A, E, X, T, M, O, P were clearly identified and a few others were on the verge. This evening we did more letter work, identifying letters from our home made flash cards. Repetition seems to be working, we will keep at it and try to add new activities to reinforce the same concepts.
Alex had PT, OT & ST today. Emma had ST & PT. Alex is having trouble with same/different in speech. I think she has the concept, but she has trouble with the vocabulary of it. We will be working on that at home. Alex is doing well with long, longer, longest, etc. Emma is working on her 's' sounds.