Education at Home: Wooden Calendar – Days of the Week & Weather

Days of the Week – located on the right side of the wooden calendar

Steps:

• Ask Fela “what is the day today?”
• to prompt him you can point to the TEACCH board or use the makaton sign.
• Prompt Fela to move the squirrel up or down until the squirrel with the long, curly tail is looking at the correct day of the week.

Well done, Fela!

Weather – located in the upper right corner of the wooden calendar

Steps:

• Ask Fela “what ‘s the weather today?” – you can prompt him to look outside the window and up at the sky.
• Point to ‘cloudy’ – “is it cloudy?”; point to ‘rainy’ – “is it rainy?”; point to windy – “is it windy?”, point to Snowy – “is it snowy?”
• You can shake your head from left to right and say “no” or nod your head up and down to say “yes”.
• Once you both decide what is the weather for today, prompt Fela to turn the red dial until the hole rests on the correct answer.

Well done, Fela!