Magic Marker Monday: "F"

Because James' regular school was off last week and his second school was not, there was no SHAPE and I got to sit in on James' Friday morning preschool class. There I got to help James sit for circle time, play at recess, and work on his crafts.

The feather project was awesome! But in the flurry of glue and feathers I dared not get out the camera. The Frog book was much easier, as only crayons were required. We all read this charming little 4-page book together (twice) and then social sciences swung into action!

The table with all girls coloured their frogs purple, as 2 of the more outgoing girls loudly declared them to be cool. Our table had some variety. James decided that at least one of his frogs needed to be red. I helped rearrange his fingers so his hold on the crayon was less of a death fist grip. Once he finished colouring all the numbers and his one frog, he swirled both hands on the page with 2 different colours. He liked this so much that he continued on the back of the page. And then he wrote his name in yellow!

We are gearing up for our walk this coming Saturday at Infineon Raceway. If you haven't heard about Walking for Autism, please take a moment to look at my pledge page and consider helping Autism Speaks advocate for more research and answers for our children and ourselves.

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