Mappin' It Out Monday

Below was a somewhat scattered list that I sent to Heavenly Homemakers this morning of what needed to get done in my home today. I didn't list the afternoon and evening chores. I really didn't mean to neglect the blog today. Look at the last to do of my morning chore list. You see, it was there waiting for me to do it. *sigh*

MORNING CHORE LIST
put away dishes
wash dishes
wipe down ledge
clear off counters
wipe down counters
wipe down dining room
put load of the day to wash
put load of the day to dry
fold load of the day
put away load of the day
put down rugs in children's bathroom
sweep up dog food in master bathroom
put up blog post


Britney's Therapy Activities
occlude left ear
auditory digit spans
visual digit spans
deep pressure
finger isometrics
fusion & pursuits
spin
new practice reader
clothes pin races
auditory digit spans
visual digit spans
phonics review
copy work w/ grip
auditory digit spans
cross crawl
sprints w/ weights
echo reading
auditory digit spans
Math-U-See
narration
play catch on trampoline
auditory digit spans
visual digit spans
deep pressure
finger isometrics
cross creep
auditory digit spans
sprints w/ weights
log rolls
spectrum math
narration
auditory digit spans
cross lizard
math process review
auditory digit spans
memory work
memory work
book on tape
book on tape
Brit reads aloud
Samonas
pinhole glasses
pinhole glasses

Kayla's School
Bible
Math
Copy work
Health
Lapbook

Today was Britney's first day of new activities. It was a doozie. One of the things on her list is to learn one phonics rule a day. You see, academically that is one thing Britney excels at, is reading. She read about 2 grade levels above where she should be. However, it is all by sight. She doesn't know how to read using phonics yet. She reads beautifully. I have no complaints. I was told when she got a 6 on her auditory digit spans we could start phonics. She is teetering between 5 and 6 right now. Maybe I should just pull out what I used for Kayla and see how it works out for her. Anyone in love with their phonics program?

Just in case you want to know what an auditory digit span is, I simply say a sequence of numbers, letters, syllables, etc, slowly, at the rate of about one digit every 2 seconds. For instance, I say "3, 8, 5, 9, 1". Britney would then have to repeat it back to me in the same order. The sequence was of 5 digits. So if she could repeat it back to me, she would have an auditory digit span of 5. I do it 8 times a day with her for a duration of 2 minutes each.

"Up until the age of 6, the auditory digit span usually correlates with the age of the child: a one year old can do 1 digit, 2 year old 2 digits, 3 year old 3..... up until the 6 year old. A child must have an auditory digit span of 6 or better to really take off with phonics. A child with low auditory processing, trying to learn to read using phonics, will sound out the first part of the word, sound out the last part of the word and guess at the middle."

I got the above paragraph from here , just in case you wanted to read up more on it. I can't vouch for the site, as I just used a search engine, and they described what an auditory digit span was pretty good. ;0)

So my goal for this week is to get Britney started on some phonics. I'm still trying to up my water intake. How pathetic am I with my water. ;0(

Oh, we're also having a family meeting tomorrow on prompt, cheerful obedience. We're still working on that as well. That might be an ongoing thing, and then I can just add a different character quality on the side. ;0)