I have seen "transferring" exercises for children on some of the homeschooling blogs which I have scanned. So, I tried it with Catherine. I told her to put three fruit loops in each muffin cup. (I did not tell her to organize them by color, but she did that on her own.) I gave her one spoon and told her not to touch the fruit loops with her hands - just use the spoon. She tried but could not scoop and lift a fruit loop with one spoon. So, I let her use two spoons and she was able to do it. This is definitely an exercise we will have to practice every day until her small motor skills improve. I'll have to use different small items and think of some ways to keep the exercise interesting, but I am really concerned that this task was so hard for her. Maybe because she never ate, she never developed utensil usage skills.

Catherine can count very well, but I wanted to see if she knew what all the numbers meant. So, I had her put 3 stickers in the "3" box, 7 in the "7" box, etc. She had no trouble with this activity and completed it very quickly. Tomorrow I am going to add the letter "0" and put the letters out of order to see if she is really reading the numbers.

To work on her cutting and gluing skills, I had her make a "hat" out of a paper plate and some scrap paper. This was actually her favorite activity. She told me she wants to make a hat for Sabrina tomorrow.