Jake & Tara’s Blog
Jake Pleads the Cause for “My Autism Friends” (The List)
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:9 Jake and I pondered Proverbs 31:9 and the following was his conclusion of that lesson: Jake Pleads the Cause for His Autism Friends Helpers that have an understanding heart....
Jake Pleads the Cause for “My Autism Friends” (The Full Lesson)
Jake had to choose between math, writing a letter to someone, writing a story entry or having a casual conversation, or a Psalm and Proverbs lesson from the book by Lenae Crandall He chose the Psalms and Proverbs lesson so we started lesson #2 which was on Proverbs...
Yellow (Jake’s imagery Writing)
To end our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format, and yellow is the 3rd color. (Click on links...
Green (Jake’s imagery Writing)
To end our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format, and is green 2nd color we decided upon due to it...
Red (Jake’s imagery Writing)
To end our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format, and red is the 1st color we tried. (Click on...
Jake is “Interested”
I asked Jake if he wanted mom to give choices (m) or if he had an idea of what we could work on today (J). He touched the J. Here's what followed: Mom(Tara/Me): OK, great, what's your idea? Jake: Only most might get interested in favorite characters movies. (His...
Jake Discusses “Too Mad” About the Light Grey Sweatpants
Today Jake refused to put his pants on. I wasn't sure why, but know sometimes he needs a little extra time before he's ready to get dressed I didn't push it. When his dad asked him again to put on the sweatpants I had brought downstairs for him, he teetered on an...
Only Have Hope New, Most Exciting Heart My Soul
Only Have Hope New, Most Exciting Heart My Soul "Story of My Life" Year 3 Not so hard lately, more hope than ever before! Still eager to not hear hateful things in my mind. God is giving me awareness that not need to interest my soul (with) most hate lies. Too...
Jake Discusses Healing Autism Hate in His Thoughts and Heart
To start our sessions now I usually give Jake the option of choosing what we will do (i.e."do you have an idea for today?") or if he wants me to give him choices. Today he pointed to the "J" on the letter board indicating had an idea, so I said "awesome, go ahead..."...
Autumn (Jake’s imagery Writing)
For our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. I also added an end sentence of his final thought, just out of my own curiosity. Since we're in the peak of...