Adapting Education

    Lessons Learned

    Adapting Education

    • Learning Time and Speech Boxes

      A few samples of some of the materials we have been working with.  Though primarily our major focus has been on reading and writing skills. The girls have been working on telling time…so we started with skip counting by fives with the short five chain first, then the long five chain.  This made the transition…

    • Reading, Writing, Math and Workbooks

      We have been focusing on handwriting skills the past few days while trying to incorporate reading at the sane time.  The girls have spent a good chunk of time learning reading skills on their Lexa software on their iPads.  We followed up on that with physical worksheets where they could practice writing skills alongside what…

    • First Activity of the Day

      Sadly my camera battery died today so I couldn’t take more photography but at least I got a little bit before the shutter stopped clicking.  Lol.  Below is an activity I sat up with Handwriting without Tears and a setup called Hooked on Phonics.  This is very simple basic learning but great practice with handwriting…

    • Language and Art

      Older material below……….. Below the girls work on language workbooks and Magnatabs to practice handwriting.  Uppercase, lowercase and script alphabet as well as numbers 1-9. Above we have messy hair and paint.  Some of the paint actually went on the paper.  Lol.  This is clear paint that goes on in color so it’s a fun…

    • Below the girls are working on tablets that allow them to explore temperatures based on their sense of touch.  Their are two each of metal, stone, glass, and two different densities in woods.  Each material has a distinct touch and temperature…one is cooler than the next.  So while the girls are blindfolded or their eyes…

    • Loose Photos & Language

      I found some older photos on a camera card that I wasn’t sure if I published or not so I’m doing it again before I delete them.   Above the girls work on spelling by using the moveable alphabet and placing in at the beginning, middle or ending sounds of words.  The girls then practiced…