We met at my house. I had a couple animal books to look at, but he also came prepared. My animal books were very old so they didn't have much color or shiny pictures. Astin had an amazing animal book that we ended up looking at.
I bought a dotted line writing book for Astin to practice his handwriting in. I drew up some dotted letters and words for him to trace and practice writing letters. He is so good at taking my suggestions into account. He has a lot of trouble writing an "s," even when just tracing. Due to the fact that he's left handed, I have a lot of trouble helping him and guiding him. One thing that I noticed from some of my left handed friends is that they do things the opposite way I do. So I used this knowledge to help Astin. He often writes the "s" backwards, so I told him to start from the bottom, maybe it will be easier for him.
He did this once and it worked! He struggled with it the rest of the session, but if he really focused he could do it. I could also tell he was very happy when he was able to write it correctly, which made me very happy.
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