This morning, we had a mission… To get Ethan’s hair fixed. So, Ethan and I left early this morning to show up at a new salon when it opened. Ethan had already done some reading in the morning (All Aboard and A Whale Tale) so we felt ok taking some time out to get his hair cut. We arrived at the salon right at 10 but found out it’d be an hour before they could fit Ethan in. No biggie. We’ll just find something else to do…
Library time!
Lucky for us, the Vancouver Library’s Central Branch was just a couple blocks away. Ethan and I walked over and stayed until the time was about to expire on the parking meter.
We hung out in the van for a few minutes playing “I spy” until it was time for the haircut. I was hoping that they’d be able to fix Ethan’s hair and luckily, the stylist did a great job.
Back to work
Ethan got to work on the second Adventures of a Chess Queen book and didn’t come out of his room for a couple hours while finishing it.
Division
With book done and lunch eaten, Ethan worked on 4-digit division problems. Ethan was saying that he understood how to do the problems and wanted to skip ahead.
Dong Eun decided it was good to be flexible and not make him answer all the problems. If he could demonstrate understanding by solving a few problems, then it was totally fine to let him skip those problems. Ethan was happy about that and it also means there’s no struggle because we’re trusting his judgment.
Being more independent
After Ethan was done his math, he wanted to go out to the playground to play with his friends because they had finished school. Dong Eun let him go on his own, which was something Ethan has wanted to do. So he went and came back when his friends had to go home or, for the ones in the after-school program, they had to go back into the school.
Make stuff
Ethan worked on a fidget toy and also made a bunch of paper airplanes. He was quite happy with one particular design because he knew that it would fly the best. I think he knew because of a book or some other resource about paper airplanes.
Getting organized
One thing we try to do is keep Ethan’s things organized. It can get a bit unruly because there are quite a few things that Ethan does over the course of a day or week. So Dong Eun had him group his worksheets and place them in Duo-Tangs for safe keeping.
He also put stamps on the thank you card envelopes so we could send the cards off.
Since Ethan likes creating his own math problems, he turned a blank notebook into a math book.
Grammar review
Ethan completed some grammar worksheets so it was time to check them. I was surprised by how quickly he’s figured out what prepositions are. There are still some errors, but he’s thinking less and just recognizing what the prepositions are when looking at a sentence.
BIG Reward
Ethan has put in a lot of hard work, not only in his studies but also in terms of improving his behaviour and manners. He was highly motivated to do well because we got him a new laptop for Christmas but he hasn’t been allowed to open it, yet.
We asked family members to pay a portion of the price instead of buying Ethan a present, so the laptop has been sitting in its shipping box for nearly two weeks.
Well, we finally decided that Ethan could use the laptop and regain his Kindle and iPod privileges, too. He was super-happy, of course!
So we managed to sort out Ethan’s hair, get a lot of things done and Ethan got back all his electronics priviliges. Pretty good day for everyone.
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