session 7

This weeks session took place at my book buddies house. I think this week went very well and we both loved the book I picked. We read Happy Hat Day by Gerald Hawksley. I brought along with me materials to make a hat, rhyming words, initial sound activity, finger point activity. All my materials were very successful, and worked well.  

To start Jack loves arts and crafts so I knew he would enjoy making his own hat. He told me that he wanted to make his hat like the Cat in the Hats. He cut out four strips of paper and typed them all together. It was awesome! I brought along stickers and other things for him to put on his hat, but he liked it the way it was. For the writing activity I had him write about his hat. He wrote “My hat is pink blou and gra”.

Next was the rhyming words. This was a little hard for Jack since I just did the printed word, rather than word and picture. We went through all the words together and Jack found each rhyming word match. I think it would have went a little better if there was pictures, but I wanted to challenge him and see how it went. Next time I think I will add pictures.I picked these words right out of the Happy Hat Day book.  

I did not take a picture of the finger point assessment but I choose a song that Jack is familiar with. He did very well with this! The first time I asked him what the word “rain” said and he did not get it. But the second time he did, it was amazing to see that he could recognize it after seeing and hearing the word by me.

Lastly was initial sound, this went great! I do not know if it was to easy for Jack or I just did not have enough words. He said each word many times then would say the first letter sound. Once he knew he would put it in the pile it belonged in.