Structure
Oh, silly me . . .Kola doesn't know the meaning of "summer." All he understands is that his schedule has changed drastically. During the first ten days after the school year ended, he threw tantrums on a very regular basis. When we created two calendars for him, his behavior improved a lot.
Jonathan drew up a picture-calendar of the entire summer, and I've been drawing daily timelines. Kola studies them all very, very carefully. He doesn't read yet, but he knows his letters and numbers. I put the "number" (i.e., date) at the top of his timeline, which clues him in to the day's location on Jonathan's calendar. A series of pictures accompanied by their letters gives him the activities of the day. The general plan is:
B-Food
H-Homework
L-Food
P-Playtime
S-Food (Snack)
S or L-Swimming or Library
S-Food
B-Bedtime
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Our house, jammed with camping equipment, needed a great deal of work yesterday. We also had a busy evening planned, with baseball games and church youth meetings. Our normal chore time,after supper, wasn't possible due to the evening's activities.
My plan was to do our family chore (putting away camping gear) before snack, followed by a trip to the swimming pool. That meant "work before play" and some rewards for completing the task. Unfortunately, I had omitted chores from the timeline. In addition, we were doing chores at an unusual time, since they usually take place after supper.
Oh, silly me!!
posted by Stahlkes @ 5:00 PM
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