Amy, Thank you for the terrific insights and resources in your book. How can I contact you about a program for our daughter for kindergarten? I am having trouble setting this up. You answered many questions in your book but I dont know how to impliment them.
mz, Thank you for your kind words! My e-mail address is amongtheblessed @gmail.com.
I suggest you contact Diane Brown, the person who adapted the BJU Press curriculum for children with Down syndrome. It is an excellent way to begin your homeschooling journey for you & your daughter. The program will teach you how to teach your daughter and provide valuable insights into how implement what is in my ebook! Her email address is dddwbrown@juno.com
I don't know how much detail you are looking for but we begin our day with exercise - about an hour on the Wii with Wii Fit Plus. Then it is time for academics. We are usually done by 12:00-12:30. Then lunch and a little fun time on the PC. The afternoon is errands or social time. Reagan also loves to help around the house with cleaning/cooking. Every evening, weather permitting, we walk a mile or so. I try to keep Reagan active and engaged through most of the day which decreases her boredom. She does not watch TV but loves her DVDs. I do limit her time with them.
How old is your child? Much of Reagan's schedule has been incrementally developed. She gets more of a reward (my attention) by staying engaged with me and what I am doing than mindlessly watching a movie. It hasn't always been easy to keep her from the narcotic that TV/DVDs are to all of our children.
Thanks, Amy. Jamie is 12 1/2. Her mental age is about 3 1/2. She also is ADHD, so her attention span is very short. I can engage her fairly readily in activities, but the big problem is that I need to be involved in most of her activities and that is difficult, since our son Joey (age 20) also has special needs (several physical needs due to spina bifida and also mentally impaired). Fortunately, the 2 high schoolers are mostly self sufficient with their studies. Nikki is off to ICC. I do work some with Joey and Jamie together, but he is quite a bit more advanced. I admit Jamie has become much better at entertaining herself, but won't stay long at any one activity. She also likes to help around the house. I do see improvements. But I'm always struggling to do better at organizing our time.
I didn't know it was you :-) I KNOW you are one busy mom!
Much of what we have accomplished has been done with baby steps. Initially, she had to earn the fun things like time on the computer or extra DVD time by doing what is expected. Little by little she became more engaged in productive things.
Does Jaime have chores that she does daily? Reagan loves getting her jobs done and I love the help. She will even vacuum the floors. Its not necessarily the best job but she gives her best.
Yes, Jamie is in charge of unloading the dishwasher, putting soda cans in fridge, putting Joey's cans of ensure in cupboard, and she loves to dust. She likes to vacuum, too, but has to be closely supervised so that she doesn't run over the cord and cut it with the powermate. She does like to help out in the kitchen. We also like to take walks when the weather is nice. Joey really likes to zoom out in his power chair. My problem is that when I get tired (like after a trip to Peoria for speech and shopping), I get lazy and just let her veg out in front of TV (almost always controlled DVD's) all evening. Rose
Yes, Jamie likes all those things. Some evenings work well with games, puzzles, audio books from library--and then perhaps a DVD as a reward for doing interactive things. If Joe and I are playing games with the older kids, she doesn't want to sit and help me play. We try to find some balance.
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Amy, I'm so excited to see this! The THL link didn't work, so I came here and found it :)
I'm really looking forward to reading it!
Let me know your thoughts when your done!
Amy,
Thank you for the terrific insights and resources in your book. How can I contact you about a program for our daughter for kindergarten? I am having trouble setting this up. You answered many questions in your book but I dont know how to impliment them.
mz, Thank you for your kind words! My e-mail address is amongtheblessed @gmail.com.
I suggest you contact Diane Brown, the person who adapted the BJU Press curriculum for children with Down syndrome. It is an excellent way to begin your homeschooling journey for you & your daughter. The program will teach you how to teach your daughter and provide valuable insights into how implement what is in my ebook! Her email address is dddwbrown@juno.com
Amy,
Just read your e-book. Thank you for sharing all your research and resources--some new ones for me. I also found your archives.
I would love to see R.'s daily schedule. I have trouble filling J's day, and she's always bored. Also need to limit tv time. Rose
Rose,
I don't know how much detail you are looking for but we begin our day with exercise - about an hour on the Wii with Wii Fit Plus. Then it is time for academics. We are usually done by 12:00-12:30. Then lunch and a little fun time on the PC. The afternoon is errands or social time. Reagan also loves to help around the house with cleaning/cooking. Every evening, weather permitting, we walk a mile or so. I try to keep Reagan active and engaged through most of the day which decreases her boredom. She does not watch TV but loves her DVDs. I do limit her time with them.
How old is your child? Much of Reagan's schedule has been incrementally developed. She gets more of a reward (my attention) by staying engaged with me and what I am doing than mindlessly watching a movie. It hasn't always been easy to keep her from the narcotic that TV/DVDs are to all of our children.
Thanks, Amy. Jamie is 12 1/2. Her mental age is about 3 1/2. She also is ADHD, so her attention span is very short. I can engage her fairly readily in activities, but the big problem is that I need to be involved in most of her activities and that is difficult, since our son Joey (age 20) also has special needs (several physical needs due to spina bifida and also mentally impaired). Fortunately, the 2 high schoolers are mostly self sufficient with their studies. Nikki is off to ICC. I do work some with Joey and Jamie together, but he is quite a bit more advanced. I admit Jamie has become much better at entertaining herself, but won't stay long at any one activity. She also likes to help around the house. I do see improvements. But I'm always struggling to do better at organizing our time.
Rose
Hi Rose,
I didn't know it was you :-) I KNOW you are one busy mom!
Much of what we have accomplished has been done with baby steps. Initially, she had to earn the fun things like time on the computer or extra DVD time by doing what is expected. Little by little she became more engaged in productive things.
Does Jaime have chores that she does daily? Reagan loves getting her jobs done and I love the help. She will even vacuum the floors. Its not necessarily the best job but she gives her best.
HI,
Yes, Jamie is in charge of unloading the dishwasher, putting soda cans in fridge, putting Joey's cans of ensure in cupboard, and she loves to dust. She likes to vacuum, too, but has to be closely supervised so that she doesn't run over the cord and cut it with the powermate. She does like to help out in the kitchen. We also like to take walks when the weather is nice. Joey really likes to zoom out in his power chair. My problem is that when I get tired (like after a trip to Peoria for speech and shopping), I get lazy and just let her veg out in front of TV (almost always controlled DVD's) all evening. Rose
I so know what you mean about evening fatigue! It is so hard to be on all the time. Older siblings can be so useful in the evenings --
Does Jamie like board games? Simple card games? Puzzles? Or being read to? I know she likes her mp3 player. Would she enjoy audio books?
There are some sites on the net that offer free audiobooks like this site:
http://learningdisabilities.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=learningdisabilities&cdn=parenting&tm=25&f=10&tt=13&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.audiobooksforfree.com/browse/Fiction
What we really need is to be neighbors :-)
Hi, again,
Yes, Jamie likes all those things. Some evenings work well with games, puzzles, audio books from library--and then perhaps a DVD as a reward for doing interactive things. If Joe and I are playing games with the older kids, she doesn't want to sit and help me play. We try to find some balance.
I would really love it if we were neighbors!
Rose
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