Tuesday, August 2, 2011

The prompt's the thing...

Oh how the boys make me laugh.  Devon is still doing well with his work.  I started him off slowly with just a couple of subjects to warm up with.  I'll give it a couple of weeks and add more.  I got his computer programming sample lessons in the mail today so I'll look over that this weekend.  Aidan, on the other hand, is not doing as well as I thought.  He's not completing his work and seems to have difficulty understanding what's required of him from the directions listed.

This is where I have my own "a-ha" moment and remember his processing disorder and how he had to have everything read to him when he was in PS.  My bad!  I'm going to have to re-think his schedule.


Today's laughter comes from Devon's writing prompt:

Write a one page story using this story starter: "During the winter a hibernating bear dreams about..."
During the winter a hibernating bear dreams about, walking down the street with his parents.  While they are walking down the street the bear sees a brand new pair of roller blades, in the window of a skate store.  The bear begged his parents to get them, but sadly they said "grrr" which meant they had no money... The bear was very upset at this but he knew it was true.  So the bear knew what he must do...  He has to get a job!  So he went to the skate store and asked if they were hiring.  The guy at the counter said "sorry we don't hire animals".  The bear was very upset when he heard this he fell to his knees and roared...Fin

What makes this even funnier to me is that this is almost the same story line he used for yesterday's writing prompt. I think he wants some roller blades...

Sleepy time for me!

Monday, August 1, 2011

The end of the day and penguins

I'm overwhelmed with things I need to do tonight so this post will be short.  Sorry in advance.

The boys did great on their first day.  They both did a very good job of doing their best and following their schedules.  I'm so proud of them :)

I did want to share with you Aidan's writing assignment because it was adorable.  The prompt was:

What is your favorite animal?  Write one page telling why it is your favorite.
Penguins are my favorite.  Because they can not fly and I can play with them and they wont fly away.  While they are sliding on there bellys I can ride them.  And they are furry so they are nice to hug.  They have cute babys.  You can feed them and they won't bite you.  They nice to play with in the bath.  They don't need a towel.  Penguins don't eat your homework.  Penguins don't eat you.

I mean really...how cute was that???  (he writes very big so that paragraph was one page for him.)