tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55395427092887147702024-03-29T04:02:31.627-07:00we can do all thingsWe Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-67465174881267338012013-11-15T12:28:00.000-08:002013-11-15T12:28:07.240-08:00Pinecone Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Today we collected pinecones and painted them for Christmas and Thanksgiving.<br />
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Using a cardboard tray we rolled the pinecones in paint. We had fun talking about the colors and using action words such as "roll". <br />
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These will look nice on our mantel for the holidays.</div>
We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com146tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-1424797898640295132013-11-08T13:34:00.000-08:002013-11-08T13:34:39.781-08:00Creating Counting Cards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We have been focusing a lot on early math skills. It is important to be counting many different times through out the day so we count stuffed animals and whatever motivates. I made these cards to add a little variety.<br />
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I placed stickers on a paper, drew a circle for the milk cap and laminated it. <br />
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Using a Sharpie I wrote numbers on milk caps.<br />
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Adeline then places the correct number to the card.</div>
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We have been working on counting and learning quantities. Here are some of the activities we have been doing.<br />
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1. Matching milkcaps to circles on filefolders<br />
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2. Spelling numbers - I found these wonderful templates at <a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2010/05/prek-numbers-shapes-colors-review.html" target="_blank">Confessions of a homeschooler</a>. I use our foam magnetic letter along with this activity. <br />
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3. Counting Strip - OK, I know this looks a bit ragged and it is. I started with a sentence strip and every week or so I add another. We count through these number every day. <br />
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4. Counting animals - I lay out some of our beany babies and Adeline counts them. <br />
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5. Making Marks - I had some left over laminated pieces so I write a number, and Adeline makes that many marks with her dry erase pen. <br />
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6. Magna Doodle Counting- I write a number on our magna doodle and Adeline uses a refrigerator magnet to count out the correct quantity, <br />
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7. Counting Bears - Again I found these templates at <a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2010/05/prek-numbers-shapes-colors-review.html" target="_blank">Confessions of a homeschooler</a> <br />
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8. Fine Motor Counting - Counting beans while we drop them into a bottle. <br />
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Everyday I try to do some gross motor activities with Adeline. We always crawl and hang from a monkey bar but here are a few others that we try to add in.</div>
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1. Stand up, Sit down - I stack a pile of our mats to create a stool. I hold an animal in the air and Adeline will stand up to grab the animal and sit down and throw it in a basket. This activity works her legs and core. </div>
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2. Scooter Pull - Adeline sits on the scooter, grabs an animal and I pull her across the room to throw her animal into the box. <br />
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3. Step, Step Throw - I create two steps with our mats. Adeline will choose an animal step across the steps and throw her animal in. Then back to get another animal.<br />
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As you can see we have many beany babies. Whenever I see one at a yard sale I grab it. They are very motivating for all our activities.<br />
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Adeline's motor skills are weak, so we are working hard to improve that. I would like to start teaching her how to write letters soon but I feel that we need to strengthen the muscles in her hands a bit more.<br />
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1. Crawling every day. Crawling strengthens the hands as weight is put on them.<br />
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2 Hanging from a monkey bar. <br />
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3. Playing with play dough<br />
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4. Lacing beads<br />
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5. Peg board<br />
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6. Scooping with a small scoop is very good because it forces you to use your pincher grasp.<br />
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7. Drawing lines - we have been doing lots of matching pages. I laminate them and use them over and over.<br />
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8. Prewriting pages- I love these pages from: <a href="http://3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/prewriting-practice-solid-dashed-printables/" target="_blank">3 Dinosaurs</a> <br />
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We love these dry erase makers they are thin like a pencil and Adeline can erase when she is finished.</div>
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-90187381209820808752013-10-21T10:04:00.002-07:002013-10-21T10:04:45.259-07:00Introducing Adeline's baby brother<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have been gone for such a long time. Adeline's heart has been repaired and is working great and she now has a new brother. <br />
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Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers over the past few months.</div>
We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-13878521159927080342013-03-29T12:53:00.000-07:002013-03-29T13:47:08.420-07:00What We Have Been Up To<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1. Reading these wonderful Biscuit books almost every day! Adeline loves these and so do I. They are simple and use repetitive language, making them very predictable.<br />
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2. Playing with Unfix Cubes. These are great little manipulatives that really work fine motor skill. These cubes are also used to teach many math skills such as patterning, counting, sorting, counting, etc. Right now we are just learning how to put them together. <br />
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3. Coloring our ABC's<br />
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4. Learning animals, I recently found a great box of social studies and science cards. The cards are actual photographs. We have been working on the animals first.<br />
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5. Putting clothes pins off and on a box.<br />
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These are a few of the thing we have been doing during the past few week. Adeline is scheduled for heart surgery in about three week. We are praying that she stay healthy until then. </div>
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The weather is amazing here and we have been playing outside. Last summer Adeline's grandpa built her this great platform swing and we have been doing many different activities on it.<br />
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First - Puzzles, both sitting on the tummy. The whole time the swing is moving gently to challenge her balance and work the core strength.<br />
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Being on her tummy works on upper body strength. <br />
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Second - Adding rings to stacker both sitting and on the tummy.<br />
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Third - Adding pegs to a pegboard. I had to hold this in front of her but it worked great. <br />
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Fourth - Reading flashcards.<br />
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Fifth - popping bubbles. I do not have a picture of Adeline popping bubble but this is also fun to do. <br />
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We are working on numbers a lot lately. Adeline has been very interested in counting so that is what we are working on. Here are some of the things I have been doing with Adeline to help her learn her numbers and quantities. <br />
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The first thing I did was to make flashcards up to twenty. I first had her learn how to identify the numbers.<br />
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Second thing we did was explore the teddy bear counters.<br />
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Before children can be expected to use a manipulative for a specific purpose they need some time to explore with it. <br />
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Later, I drew some circles on file folders and we added the correct amount of bears to each circle. <br />
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We are also counting stickers on a file folder.<br />
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Adeline has really been enjoying her abacus now that she is starting to understand numbers.<br />
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One other thing that has helped Adeline learn her numbers is her favorite counting app on the I Pad call Toddler Counting. This is a great simple app that teaches up to 20.<br />
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-16368324229792370572013-01-07T05:10:00.001-08:002013-01-07T05:10:13.068-08:00Sometimes It Is Hard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have been a bit absent lately and there are a couple of reasons for that. FIRST Adeline is going to be a big sister! We are a bit shocked and surprised with this news but we are now moving to a place of excitement. I think between the holidays and feeling a bit yucky I have lost my motivation. I am working hard to get it back.</div>
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Second news, we found out this past Friday that Adeline will need heart surgery. I am shocked and a bit overwhelmed. When she was born we were told that her heart was fine she just had a PDA tube that took awhile to close off. Recently the doctors detected a heart murmur and so she had an echo done this past Friday. There they discovered a leaky valve. This valve will continue to get worse and it must be repaired. It is not an emergency but it must be done this year. We are now deciding if it will before or after baby. I am thinking before would be better. Please pray for us as we walk through these times. </div>
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-84235395729664326512013-01-03T13:04:00.001-08:002013-01-03T13:04:44.982-08:00Favorite Posts of 2012<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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2012 was a great busy year for us around here. Adeline learned so many new skills. As I look over our blog posts from this past year I am reminded of how far she has come. I am so encouraged to press on. Children with special needs can learn. At times it takes figuring out how they learn, but once that is tapped into you are on your way to MAGIC. <br />
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Here are the favorite posts of 2012;<br />
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<a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/01/trays-on-go.html" target="_blank">Trays On The Go!</a><br />
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<a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/11/holiday-sorting-and-matching.html" target="_blank">Holiday Sorting and Matching</a><br />
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<a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/12/i-pad-apps-for-2-and-3-year-olds.html" target="_blank">I Pad Apps For 2 and 3 Year Olds</a><br />
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<a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/09/25-of-our-best-fine-motor-activities.html" target="_blank">25 Of Our Best Fine Motor Activities</a><br />
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<a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/05/early-learning-with-teddy-bear-counters.html" target="_blank">Using Teddy Bear Counters With Young Children</a><br />
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<a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/09/12-activities-to-teach-colors-and-have.html" target="_blank">12 Activities For Teaching Colors </a><br />
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Well this is our list for 2012 can't wait to see what 2013 brings! Blessing on your new year of learning.</div>
We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-73496717843610816862012-12-14T13:35:00.000-08:002012-12-14T13:35:09.470-08:00Teaching The Alphabet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have never formally taught Adeline the alphabet. We have just played many different letter games, over time and she has learned them. Here are a few over the year that we have done.<br />
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-67744952289366492222012-12-11T12:29:00.000-08:002012-12-11T12:52:04.226-08:00Learning With MilkCaps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Learning games and toys can be expensive. Adeline is a hands on visual learner and learns so much better with a toys or game so I try to make as many as I can. One thing I love to use is milk caps or juice caps. I keeps my special fat Sharpie to write on them and it works great.<br />
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Today I want to share some of the things we have done with milk caps.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2011/10/tot-school-circles.html" target="_blank">Milk Cap Circles</a> </span> - matching caps to circles<br />
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-37434136290876526302012-12-10T13:30:00.000-08:002012-12-10T13:35:53.341-08:00DIY Montessori 100's Board<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Adeline has learned to recognize her numbers up to about 20 but not the order, so I have been wanting to work on that. I really wanted to purchase this neat board on Amazon but now is not the time, so I made one for now.<br />
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I found a 100's chart at the Dollar Tree the other day so I cut it up and also purchased a foam poster board.<br />
I laminated the squares and sorted them in groups of ten. I wrote the first few numbers on because that is what we are working on right now. I think the matching will help her get started. I think I need to put a little velcro on yet so that they don't slide around.<br />
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We recently purchased an I Pad. Now I am a very hands on mom but there are some apps that I have been very pleased with. Since all children are usually visual learners and then children with special needs are usually huge visual learners it made sense to me to give one a try. I must agree that Adeline has learned a lot from the apps she uses.<br />
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I feel that it is very important to not allow the I Pad to become a toy and it is only brought out when Adeline can interact with it when someone else is around.<br />
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Brillkids Little Reader- they have an app for their reading program. I love it.<br />
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ABC Touch- alphabet game<br />
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Things That Go Together- connecting things that relate together<br />
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Any of the Duck Duck Moose apps- they are all great<br />
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Montessori Counting Board- great app teaching one on one correspondence and counting to ten<br />
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Little matchups ABC Alphabet - connecting letter sound to letter and upper case to lower case<br />
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Meet the Sight Words Flashcards<br />
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Meet the Colors<br />
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Meet the Shapes - they are all great<br />
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Guess the Dress - Dressing for the correct weather <br />
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Toddler Counting 123- this is one of our very favorites we play it ever day. Teaches counting to twenty along with great visual searching <br />
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Puzzle Farm- Fun puzzles with a farm theme<br />
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Little Puzzles Preschool Games- four piece puzzles <br />
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Photo Touch Farm Animals- Touch the correct animal<br />
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Little Sorter Alphabet- sorting letters<br />
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Montessori Matching Board- Matching items together<br />
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Tozzle- Love this app! Tons of great puzzles at different levels<br />
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What are some of your favorites? Would love to have you share in comments. <br />
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-37304332397395618942012-12-04T14:22:00.000-08:002012-12-04T14:22:32.172-08:00Tongs and Ladles, Fine Motor Skills<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Tongs and ladles are great household items to work on fine motor skills. I gathered up a few items we find outside in the fall and winter and made a sensory box. Adeline scooped and picked up pine cones, nuts and grain. <br />
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sorry my feet go in there<br />
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Later we lined up the pine cones.<br />
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Yesterday I was inspired when I visited<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://happyhooligans.ca/2011/09/02/drop-box/">The Happy Holligans</a></span></span>. I had an empty box laying around waiting to be used but I did not have an idea. After visiting her "Drop Box" I had an idea. <br />
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I made a number box using our Rummy O tiles. Adeline has been working on number identification so we dropped the number into the correct slot.<br />
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I covered a shoe box with paper, cut some slots, added a circle for the yogurt cup and we were ready to play. This activity requires fine motor skills and eye hand coordination. <br />
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Some other activities we have done in the past using recycled boxes are;<br />
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<span style="background-color: blue;"><a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/07/milk-caps-and-box.html">Milk Caps and a Box</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: blue;"><a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/10/straws-and-box.html">Straws and a Box</a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: blue;"><a href="http://wecandoallthings.blogspot.com/2012/08/pull-box.html#uds-search-results">Pull Box</a></span><br />
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Cardboard boxes are great for teaching many different concepts.</div>
We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-81189730273878968582012-11-30T11:45:00.000-08:002012-11-30T11:45:19.029-08:00Gingerbread Play House<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had a large box laying around, so today we made it into a gingerbread house for Adeline and her friends. I covered the box with brown packing paper and then glue gunned on lot of goodies. Adeline loved putting all her animals into the house. We talked about "in the house" and the names of the animals as they went "in". <br />
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I think she will enjoy using some new language with her house this Christmas season.<br />
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-76825143830456054102012-11-29T11:53:00.000-08:002012-11-29T11:53:12.390-08:00Christmas Swirls<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Christmas is full of sensory experiences. Today I pull out some potato starch and we made goop. You can use corn starch as well. I just found a bunch of potato starch on clearance, so I stocked up. My kids love this activity we do it often. Add water to make a thick substance and add a few drops of food coloring. Start swirling. This uses some great fine motor skills.<br />
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-66171030872086151432012-11-29T11:24:00.000-08:002012-11-29T11:24:32.215-08:00Teaching With Flashcards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have had a few questions about how I teach Adeline the things she has learned. Today I wanted to share how I have taught her hundreds of words, colors, numbers, shapes, and letters. Since children with Down syndrome are usually very visual learners, flashcards work great.<br />
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I printed my cards using the Brillkids program but you could also make your own. Just make sure the cards are nice and large and the word is on one side of the card and the picture is on the other.<br />
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I try to teach words in categories such as; animals, clothes, colors, parts of the body, actions, food, transportation, things around the house. Use categories of things that your child is familiar with.<br />
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Here are some pictures of our flashcards. This is the word side.<br />
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Here are the same cards turned over.<br />
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When I show the cards to Adeline I first show her the word and say the word. I then turn over the card and show her the picture and say the picture which is the same word. We will work on a category of 5-10 words a week. I try to show them to her three times a day for a week. We will then review the following week with some new words added so she will not get bored. Show the cards quickly so that the child do not get overwhelmed or tired of the process. <br />
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Here is a video of me showing some cards to Adeline.<br />
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-3775917360454197612012-11-27T12:27:00.000-08:002012-11-27T12:27:34.344-08:00Christmas Fine Motor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We had a piece of packing foam that we covered with cotton balls to make snow. I glue gunned some Christmas trees to tooth picks and we "poked" in trees.<br />
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This was a simple fine motor activity with a Christmas theme.</div>
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We are starting to think about Christmas and winter. Today I am sharing some of the sensory activities that we have been playing in lately.<br />
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First is a bucket of grain filled with snowflakes and trees. I used grain as our base but you could use many different items such as rice, beans or popcorn. We talked about the trees and colors while using some different utensils to dig. <br />
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Second, is a pan filled with salt. Salt is a great sensory experience and can be used as snow.<br />
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Adeline really got into hiding her hand in the salt.<br />
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Christmas tree ornaments;<br />
We made ornaments using salt, cardboard and buttons. <br />
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taught Adeline to lace beads. It has a
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I will be honest, since I had Adeline I have not picked up many magazines. I use to subscribe to many magazines and enjoy reading encouraging stories and looking at beautiful pictures. I guess I lost taking time to do some of the things I enjoyed for myself personally.<br />
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Today I took some time for myself and downloaded the app to <a href="http://thehomeschoolmagazine.com/" target="_blank">The Old Schoolhouse Magazine</a> on my I Pad. This online magazine is written for parent who homeschool with a Christian perspective. I loved that this online magazine has an app and I could just sit on my couch and enjoy it. The <a href="http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine-digital.com/thehomeschoolmagazine/201211/#pg1" target="_blank">November issue</a> was packed full of articles written by moms like me who are dealing with many of the same thing I am. I was so refreshed and encouraged after reading a couple of articles. I even enjoyed the adds because I learned about some new publishers. I can't wait to check them out. <span style="font-family: inherit;">I know that if a product is advertised in The Old Schoolhouse Magazine that it is a solid product.</span> <br />
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One article that stood out to me was written by <a href="http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine-digital.com/thehomeschoolmagazine/201211/#pg35" target="_blank">Diane Craft</a>; Where Do I Find The Time? Homeschooling a Struggling Learner. I have struggled finding time this year because I have two children with learning disabilities and two typical learners. I always feel like I am not doing enough for my children that learn differently. This article gave me some great ideas that I hope to implement soon. <br />
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The exciting thing about The Old Schoolhouse is that it is free. You can download it on your I Pad or Kindle or visit their website http://thehomeschoolmagazine.com/. I believe that you will be encouraged if you are a parent of a child homeschooled or not. <br />
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We Can Do All Thingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16245333926756803235noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5539542709288714770.post-38111294324205182342012-11-20T05:49:00.001-08:002012-11-20T05:49:20.298-08:00I Really Thought It Would Be To Hard <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One thing I have to keep learning is to never put limits on any of my children. It can be so easy to do at times that I don't even know I am doing it. I am so grateful for some great therapist in Adeline's life that are not putting limits on her. Recently she learned to play catch and throw on a wobble board, I thought "no way" but her therapist said "YES". I was scared but she is doing it. I am so proud.<br />
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