Our family has gone bowling several times over the years. Two of my sons have had birthday parties at our local alley. That's where Samuel had his eighth birthday party, and spent much of it fighting to get into the arcade room.
We were newly inspired to go bowling as a family again recently by our youngest son, who is currently the family bowling champion on Wii. So this past Sunday we trekked over to the lanes. Samuel and his younger siblings had rails up so their balls would stay out of the gutter. My youngest son got the best score of anyone, thanks to the rails. We were all surprised at how poorly we did compared to our results on Wii, especially my oldest son.
I was so happy that we were able to convince all the kids to stick with the game, even my 3 year old. That was no easy feat, considering that six of us were in the game! Samuel was especially impressive. He stayed with us the entire time, no running away and no attempting to escape to the game room! We gave them a moment to take a look after the arcade afterwards.
There is talk of us going again. I hope we will, it was lots of fun and we could all use a bit of work on our skills; not a one of us scored over 100!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Saturday, April 4, 2009
It seems that most stories I have heard about IEPs lately have been quite negative, so it was nice to come across this more light-hearted list of IEP DOs and DON'Ts from "Mama on the Edge."
Life continues to be rather crazy, but it goes on and we have good days here and there. We have adjusted Samuel's day to include much more in the way of sensory activity. We are trying "Time4Learning" on-line curriculum for Math and Language Arts. I am amazed at how much better his attention span is working on the computer as opposed to toughing it out with worksheets and books while sitting at the table. Independence in completing tasks and teaching self-control are still very important parts of Samuel's education at home.
My youngest son has developed a strong fear of wind. I just learned that this is called Ancraophobia. I am not sure what has brought this on in him. He is constantly looking out the window to see how much the tree branches are moving. The wind chimes ringing (which I consider to be a happy sound) put fear in him. Windy conditions developed here this afternoon and my son hid under a blanket curled up in a ball on the couch, after he made sure all the blinds were shut! I am trying to keep everyone else in the house from teasing him. I even teased him a little at first, but now I realize that he really is afraid and I am trying to help him get over it.
Life continues to be rather crazy, but it goes on and we have good days here and there. We have adjusted Samuel's day to include much more in the way of sensory activity. We are trying "Time4Learning" on-line curriculum for Math and Language Arts. I am amazed at how much better his attention span is working on the computer as opposed to toughing it out with worksheets and books while sitting at the table. Independence in completing tasks and teaching self-control are still very important parts of Samuel's education at home.
My youngest son has developed a strong fear of wind. I just learned that this is called Ancraophobia. I am not sure what has brought this on in him. He is constantly looking out the window to see how much the tree branches are moving. The wind chimes ringing (which I consider to be a happy sound) put fear in him. Windy conditions developed here this afternoon and my son hid under a blanket curled up in a ball on the couch, after he made sure all the blinds were shut! I am trying to keep everyone else in the house from teasing him. I even teased him a little at first, but now I realize that he really is afraid and I am trying to help him get over it.
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