Logan and I got up early this morning (well, early for us) to go to the church’s food pantry to help make up the Christmas food baskets for the needy. I left Madison home sleeping because I knew that I would need to shadow Logan and to scaffold accordingly. God had other plans for us this morning. On the way to the church, our tire went flat. Not a little…
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Serve the Lord Sunday- Teaching the children to help the less fortunate
“There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land” Deuteronomy 15:11 On this Serve the Lord Sunday, I will share what I am teaching the children about helping the less fortunate. God blesses those who bless others. We are all a steward of these earthly possessions. They all belong to Him….
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Meet an online friend part 2
I told you that my computer geek husband could fix it!! And he’s handsome too! What a lucky woman I am!!! Me & Donna
Task #30 Meet an online friend (irl aka in real life)
I was blessed today to meet Donna, a good online friend from one of my autism groups. She is a wonderful woman who unselfishly helps out those who are new to an allergy free diet. I have been incredibly blessed by her wisdom on many occasions. We live about 3 hours away from each other and she is on the way to my sister’s house in Jacksonville. We met for…
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Our 2nd Annual Ringing of the Bells!
For the past 2 years, Logan has decided that he wants to ring the Salvation Army bell for a 2 hour shift on his birthday. So , I sign up for a shift at the mom’s homeschool meeting and off we go to the local Publix. This year we got the 4- 6 PM shift which made for some quick driving home to get ready for the party later. We…
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Working on Task #67- Implement an at home ot program
I have started to implement this but we still have a ways to go with it. Some of it is financial (needing to buy the stuff) and some of it is finding the stuff that I need to use. I’ll tell you what we have so far. I will also tell you that I have one major regret in regards to ot/pt. That I didn’t do it sooner. Ok, so…
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Great example of Declarative Language
Leslie took the children to the Lakeland parade last Thursday while I went to dinner with my awesome Dad. I can’t imagine what she was thinking taking 3 kids to a parade by herself. The next day on the way to ot , we got this fantastic interaction. Remember that in declarative language, you are sharing something with the child. You are not trying to illicit a certain response from…
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Park Day Accomplishments while working on transferring responsibility
On the first Friday of the month, we have Park Day with our homeschool co op. We go this year more than we did last year since Logan’s best friend, Thomas, comes too. It makes the day easier to navigate for Logan since he has someone to play with that he is familiar and comfortable with. Unfortunately, yesterday’s Park Day was not attended by Thomas because his mom was sick….
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