Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday we practiced writing Alex's name. We hadn't really focused on that in a while and it was getting sloppier. After a little bit of practice it got better. I helped Emma write her name hand over hand. She isn't quite to the point of doing it alone. She can draw circles and straight lines though. Then we did a fun activity. We went outside and picked pretty leaves off the ground. Then we put the leaves between two pieces of wax paper and each of the girls got to help me iron over it with a warm iron. The heat seals the leaf in the wax paper. Then we practiced scissor skills by cutting the leaves out. I helped the girls to punch holes in each piece and we strung the leaves on a piece of yarn. I let Alex choose where to hang it and she chose the living room wall in a very specific place, so that is where we hung it. It was lots of fun. It also gave us a great chance to talk about how the leaves change colors and fall from the trees in the fall. Also talked about the 4 seasons. I guess that was confusing because when I asked what the 4 seasons were they wanted to name the days of the week.
Alex has PT, OT & ST that day and Emma had PT & ST.
Wednesday we worked in a workbook to practice pre writing skills. Alex practiced tracing straight lines, curved lines, circles, triangles, squares, X's, crosses, and traced through simple mazes. She did great and improved as we worked. Emma worked in a different workbook and practiced first, second and third. She also practiced circling the first in each sequence. Then we went to the park to play with the Green girls for about an hour.
Alex had PT that afternoon and Emma had OT.
As I'm typing this (Thursday) the girls are sitting in the floor tracing in their workbooks. Another long day of therapy this afternoon. 2 1/2 hours for Alex and an hour and 45 minutes for Emma.