by Jake McClintick | Apr 26, 2023 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
Today Jake and I read and discussed The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Apraxia According to a Nonspeaker by Philip Reyes. Jake has struggled with so much “intensity” regarding his life circumstances that this piece deeply hit home. To finish we used a...
by Jake McClintick | Apr 13, 2023 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
Today Jake was led by Katie through a creative writing experience using similes to describe the transition from winter to spring. Jake’s finish to each prompt is in bold: Winter to Spring As cold as snow is most on my face.As new as having new hope. As bare as...
by Jake McClintick | Jan 7, 2023 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
After looking at a variety of photos showing various landscapes of bare trees Jake described his sensations using imagery writing. His finish to each prompt is in bold:Bare Trees in Winter:I see most interesting good friends more clearly.I hear most nice kind of...
by Jake McClintick | Nov 12, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
Today we finished a lesson called A Census of Senses about the science of sensations and how there are actually way more than the 5 basic senses. We both found it interesting to think about, and to end our session we went back to the basics by prompting Jake’s...
by Jake McClintick | Apr 2, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
Jake whipped through a math session today, so to end our RPM session he chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti). This is where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format,...
by Jake McClintick | Mar 24, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
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...
by Jake McClintick | Mar 11, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
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...
by Jake McClintick | Mar 5, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
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...