NO SCHOOL?????

I guess you can take the boy of out of school, but not school out of the boy.

Jonah got the backpacks ready to go this morning thinking he would be off to school as usual after breakfast.

Jonah really misses school.  This is the first summer in his 4 years of school that he actually noticed the change in routine for the summer.  

I am so happy that school is such a source of joy for him and not frustration.  It is my hope and prayer this continues!  

Ben isn't really showing any feelings positive or negative about the change in routine.  Probably because Ben's entire life has been changed this past year so what's one more new thing, right?

Because it is so important to keep things fresh in the boys' minds during the summer, this is how we are doing "school" this summer:  

1. I am trying to work 30 minutes a day with the boys.  

2. Jonah's 5K teacher is tutoring them once a week (isn't that nice????!!!).  

3. The boys will also be having tutoring once a week at Gigi's Playhouse in Milwaukee.  Gigi's Playhouses are Down syndrome achievement centers located across the United States.  They are amazing places! Here is the link:
Gigi's Playhouse 

4. And student majoring in special education from a local college is also working with the boys once a week.  

So hopefully, with all that input this summer, the boys should not take any steps backwards for school in the fall.  

Finally, the boys will have a month of swimming lessons and possibly a week at Vacation Bible School. 

Whew, sounds like this mom is going to have to be organized to get them where they are suppose to be!

The reason we are not sending the boys to the summer school offered by our district is because our school can't offer one-on-one support during the summer.  The boys' teachers felt that having them in school without the proper support might lead to them thinking school is a place they can misbehave.  After all our hard work of showing them how to act appropriately at school, we didn't want to risk jeopardizing that.  

So that is why we are doing this hodge podge of "school" this summer, but I think it will work. 

Teaching the boys to be flexible and go with the flow is a life skill they need so this will probably help serve that purpose also.