Kriston - yes I think the charades did help.. At least when I myself tried to recall the words today without the sheet in front of me, I could sort of walk through the various things we had been doing and recall quite a bit of the list. I even saw a little picture of the page with the word in question, but that is pretty normal for me.
Ds usually has the words pretty much in the bag anyway; sometimes one or two take a session of practice. Today however he definitely rattled off even the hardest without hesitation ("frequent"). Maybe he knew that one already...
The teacher counts whether he practices 3x's a week as part of his grade, so if he's got to do it, it's nice to have a very fun option.
She has pushed the level of words up a bit, but still he knows 13/15, if not all of them, when he first gets the list. There is room to practice without boredom, but not too much. On the bright side, I think if I went back to her for further adjustments she would probably be ok with that; I am just seeing how things go since she just bumped him a couple of weeks back.
Ds does just sort of run around a room when left to his own devices a lot of the time. I asked him if he likes to do this when he is getting directions on a project or being read to. he said yes, but then also admitted that it sometimes leads to him getting distracted by other stuff. he said they dont really let him do this in school, which I figured would be the case. Just another bit of the puzzle, not even sure where/how well this one fits.
Last edited by chris1234; 10/18/08 04:28 PM.
