Goals

Goals for Davis this year:

• Learn how to ride his bicycle. 
• My wonderful, patient husband has already been working on this.
• Learn how to swim.
• By March, have a decision made about school next year...private?  public?  repeat kindergarten?
• Repeat kindergarten--only because he's one of the youngest kids in his class, having turned 5 last June.  He could use another year of maturing, etc.  Plus, he's a boy.  Plus, that would make him and Reese only 3 grades apart, instead of 4.  Plus, with the new elementary school opening up next to our house next year, he'd be switching schools no matter what we decide. 
• Open House for North Cobb Christian School is on the 14th of this month. 
• I've heard of some really great public schools in Cobb that keep their class sizes really small.
• Apply for the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship (SB10)...can't make any decisions on the above bullet without this.  As a Georgia resident and parent of a child with an IEP who's already tried one year of public school, I can decide where he goes to school...as long as the preferred school participates in the program and I provide transportation to and from.
• Join organized sports team with normal developing peers.
• Have his room completely decorated. 
• We painted last summer and that's about as far as we've gone in there.  I just purchased a desk from the antique store, refinished it, and will show it off soon.
• Learn how to tie his shoes.
• Perfect the 'r' sound. 
• He just mastered the 'sh' sound. 
• Continue to strengthen his handwriting and reading skills.
• I'm making it a personal goal to read to him every, single night.  I'm ashamed to admit that this only happens about 4 out of 7 nights a week. 
• Participate in some for of intensive therapy this summer...suit therapy, hippotherapy, etc...