Toylene TS#7


This session was a little different.  We planned to meet at our usual meeting place, BOM.  Well, that was a no go.  A party was being set-up in our meeting area.  Plan B, the eating area in Publix. Really? This is strange, he says.  Well, it turned out to be a really good place to meet.  Even with all the activity going around us, we were in our own little world.


Because he is a lefty, his mother is concerned about letter and number reversals.  It doesn't phase me, because three of my five children and my granddaughter are left handed.  So for practice, I use  colored highlighters to write the letters and numbers that are typically reversed for him to trace.  Afterwards, we played a game for him to apply what he practiced tracing- "That's a Match."  We both had white boards, I called out a letter for him and I both to write down in lower case form if it's a letter; if his letter or number matched mine, he earned a point ( a M&M candy).  We played ten rounds, and he earned 8 out of 10 points.  For the bonus round, he had to spell a word that had letters that are typically reversed (dog).  When we both revealed our answers, he had bog instead of dog. He quickly realized his mistake. He was a good sport about it, and he ate his earned points.  I could tell he really wanted all the points because he began eating my points.  M&Ms are a favorite of his. So, I promised another match later.  Afterwards,  we did my planned review and lesson, and we closed with "That's a Match."  He's a competitive little guy, as he says, "lets get this game on."  This time, I had his mother call the letters, and he won 9 out of 10 points. He wants another match for our next session and I have a few challenges up my sleeves for him.