The World According To Kaden: Looking for Math Gold.....

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Looking for Math Gold.....

It's March!!! YAY!!!! It's time for all the little leprechauns to show there cute faces and everyone to get pinched. So, to start off the festivities I decided to do a st. Patrick's Day Unit study....more on that later. And we will be backing and crafting like there is no tomorrow. This will actually gear us up for Easter. Can I just say now I Hate it when it's in March.....I love celebrating Easter for the whole month of April. We still are going to do that, just start a few days into March.

Colorful Answers

So, first off I have some cute ideas for Kaden. He is so bored of math. I have him in a 3rd grade book and I truly don't want to move him up another year, so I decided to do fun math activities the rest of the school year.

I just wrote out problems in rows shaped like a rainbow. Kaden likes problems with multiple steps. So, the more I use them the happier he is.

When he figures the problem out he glues the answer on and Ta-Da, you have a rainbow, minus the happy Leprechaun and pot of Gold!

It took Kaden only a few minuted to finish this, so next time I will make it harder! ;D I am also going to do one for Spelling words and vocabulary. You can make a truck, dinosaur, space rocket, the sky is the limit. Let me know what you create and how your kiddo did with it. Kaden gave it 2 thumbs up!!!

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What Autism looks like to us

Autism looks different in everyone's world. I knew something was Special about Kaden when he was 2yrs old. He was sooooo Smart. He started Reading when he was almost 3 and started learning Addition and Subtraction before he was 4. Everything had to be Perfect and he Reacted Negatively to Sound and Touch.
In Kaden's World everything is too Loud and Scary. Everyday he needs to be wrapped in a tight blanket with pressure applied just to help him calm down. He Twirls and Walks on his toes and loves the feel of Water unless it gets on his face.
He would rather play Chess or solve Math problems then play with action figures or play Hide and Seek. He has NO Filter on his Mouth and will say whatever he is Thinking. LOUDLY!!!! Socializing to him is coming down to Dinner and not eating with his Hands and smearing food all over him. He has no desire to play with other kids unless that want to play Chess, Organize something, talk about Math. When he does Approach a child it is Obvious that he is Sailing in Uncharted Waters.
Math and Video games are his Drug of choice. He will sit for Hours and Organize objects by color or shape. He constantly goes over Multiplication and Division facts or Video game maps and rules.
Kaden is very Rule Oriented, he will not Play a game or Watch a show that is not Age Appropriate.
What happens when Plans Change or Life just Hits. He gets Anxious, then comes the Anger and if the fire doesn't get put out fast, the Rage will come. And Kaden will say hurtful things and hurt himself.
So, Kaden is Our Rule Boy, who has Sensory issues and fights with Anxiety on a Daily Basis. Even at Home he will Hide under the Coffee table or in a Closet. He is very Loud and Structured in his thinking. He Questions everything and would Rather be Alone reading and solving Math problems then socialize doing what the other kids around him are doing.
It's our Wonderful World with Kaden.