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Be it art Be it Maths Addition sticks where he is given various permutation and combinations for a numbers say 5 (5+0, 4+1,3+2). He has to put the correct stick  in the  cup.The cups have been labelled with the numbers. Good idea for independent activity. . Language activities I started with 6 talking sticks ,( That's what they have been named) but Ramam wanted to add more variety to it. Had an unexpected holiday yesterday and as both kids were at home, tried this talking sticks idea. I keep this sticks upturned . They pick up one stick, read the instructions and do accordingly.

I stumbled  upon another find , the blog on scholastic.com http://blogs.scholastic.com/top_teaching/2010/09/the-readers-notebook-grades-3-12.html#more  The think then  jot bookmarks is a wonderful idea . I tried this with Ramam on two stories we have read. Right now of course he needs a lot  of prompting. There are some days  I am excited about an idea and wait for Rama to be back from school . I  want to try out  the ideas and see how well they work for him.Yesterday was one such day. Luckily he  got a project book as a return gift in school for a birthday party  and we immediately put it to good use.                                I tried to do an  activity loosely based on this idea, with a hotel visit of his. Asking him what picture did he have in mind when I said ho...

I have been trying to make a transistion for ramam to the early chapter books.  Here a list of some of the books that Ramam has been reading in the process….   Snail and the whale, Stick man, room on the broom, Jack and the flum flum tree all four by Julia Donaldson. The little critter series. Postman Pat series. Amelia Bedelia series. Tikki tikka Tembo . A chair for my mother. Cherries and cherry pits. Those shoes. Step into reading level 3. This series has both stories and nonfiction titles as Christopher Columbus, early inventions. Milly Molly Mandy. Alexander has a terrible no good horrible day. Fatuma’s new cloth. This book gives you an insight into East African culture.                                            These books generally hav...

I came across this sandwich model for para writing in one of the fb groups and it seems to be helping ram. http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/paragraph_hamburger I also add the tags first, then, next and last to do away with the verbal prompts. Do try it out as it seems to be an effective model Happy holidays!!!

This is what Ramam said he would like to carry for lunch. 2 samosas,2 cookies, mango lassi and custard apple. All neatly packed in a red lunch box. It is a far far cry from what I send him!!! And according to him this would be an ideal dinner Grilled chicken, KFC  burger, French fries and coke. Hahahahaha....

                  I was reading a book from the series Amelia Bedelia. The books are about Amelia, whose  intentions are good but is a little foolish. In the story Amelia is asked to stake the bean poles, but she ends up tying steak to the plants. I showed Ramam what staking a bean pole means, and explained steak to be a kind of meat. So in one of the reading sessions when he got the meaning, he chuckled when I read out this passage.                                The other night I was trying to educate my daughter on the names of dishes unique to Kerala Iyers, because it can get embarrassing when we have guests. Somebody tells her to pass a bowl of something and she would give them an "I don't know which one" look. Ramam was listening to this ongoing conversation. I then said Rama's turn and asked him what this is? Although he knew the right name, h...

                                              Visual perception and autism This is my fourth post under the label understanding autism better.  People on the spectrum ,  have difficulty processing visual information . In other words they have visual perceptual difficulties.                     Relating to a personal experience I had with Ramam recently prompted me to choose this topic. I was working on Ramam calling out numbers for a game of tambola/ housie. In a game of tambola the person call out numbers from 1-100. The participants are given tickets and they score out the numbers called out. He would read the number correct but would place it in the wrong place and sometimes vice versa.            As Ramam called out the numbers I realized he was reading the second digit of ...