Simple Solutions

So term is underway! S has kicked the term off in predictable fashion of complete lack of co-operation which challenges my new found optimism no end but so far he's not destroyed that! Really he needs to read the blog and keep up with my thinking! Lol! If only it were that simple. Anyway, after a very gentle ease in baking yesterday and planning the term we properly got back into the maths, English and more formal learning today. Overall it was. Good day. He wasn't co-operative and was very grumpy with himself at any mistakes he made but by the end of our morning we had achieved quite a lot. We nearly had a meltdown during maths at something very simple. Before Christmas we learnt about net shapes and made up several 3d shapes using their nets made out of paper. Knowing that the topic would come back I kept our shapes and they have been gathering dust nicely up on our home school shelves. (Completely ignored for the duration by S may I add). Well today our task was to identify the base of open cube nets. So, I opened up our cube and cut the net into the 6 squares so that we could form the 8 different nets needed. Well you would have thought I was cutting up one of his favourite toys! He was gutted! This is one of those moments where I find it really difficult to not lose my patience! Apparently autistic children often think inanimate objects have feelings. Perhaps that is what was going on. Who knows but another reminder of how something simple can transform the day! A better experience was during our English time when we looked at our Abraham workbook. This involves flicking back and forwards in the book a lot which is not great for S to keep up with. I downloaded the version of the Bible onto the iPad and what a difference! The version I found is great and if you touch the verse you are looking at it highlights it. Perfect for S and even he admitted what a difference the Bible app made to his enjoyment of studying Abraham. So, a simple solution to one problem anyway.