This was the session after the session at my house with Astin, we met at the library.
This session was held at the library. I brought my lined book for Astin to practice writing in also, but Boram asked me to focus on manners this time so I wrote some words and phrases such as, "please" and "thank you."
To my surprise, Astin pulled out three or four workbooks that Boram had made for him. How lucky for me! I started with the polite words for him to trace. Then I asked him some questions about how to behave in order to be polite. He knew how to ask permission, but I had to explain what permission was. Boram said that in the last session she noticed Astin being impolite with me, but I didn't notice that at all. The only thing I tried to ingrain into him was saying please. He would say, "can we get a book now" without saying please. I had to keep reminding him, but he didn't throw a fit when he had to say it.
With Astin, balance is key. Make him do a little bit of work, then let him look through a book and read to him some snippets about the animals in the book.
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