We're still alive! See!

So it's been over nine months since my last post. We've had a lot of ups and downs this school year. We officially started the L.E.A.P. program! Yay! Kinda... No, really though, it's been great. A big adjustment, but great thought. We moved from our big classroom with three adults and nine kiddos, to a smaller classroom with now five adults and 18 kiddos. We are still a PPCD Co-Teach half day program, we are just now inclusion all day. 18 kiddos in the morning and 18 in the afternoon. If you want to find out more about the L.E.A.P. program go to Google and type Ted Bovey LEAP.

We have upped the awesome factor on some old stuff had. We have redone our schedules. Because everything is different this year, and we are all inclusion, we've had to figure out a way to modify the individual schedules to match the big schedule. We struggled for most of the first semester, but once we figure it out, it was definitely a duh moment. In November we simplified our class schedule, and that's when we figured out the individual schedules. The big and littles are exactly the same. The pics below are of one of the littles. Left is when the day begins. Right after we have completed some of the schedule. On the big schedule we have one of the kiddos cover the picture with a smiley face after we completed that activity.

 

This next picture is for one of our kiddos who needs extra support to follow the rules. He loves Legos, so any time that he is following the rules or staying on task he gets a Lego brick. Once the card is filled with Legos he gets to play with a bucket of Legos for a set amount of time. I think this is one of my most favorite things that I have ever created!

-Sam