Alexander is a 4-year-old child diagnosed with Down's Syndrome

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Alexander is a 4-year-old child diagnosed with Down's Syndrome. He has slightly awkward gross-motor movements and fine-motor difficulties that affect the use of his right hand. He is currently in your early childhood program and receives weekly therapy from California Children's Services. When playing with his friends, he may need additional time to move and to complete fine-motor activities.

little boy with down syndrome sitting on a bench

Below is Alexander's Individualized Educational Plan:

IEP Goal# 1: Alexander will identify and label at least 5 common actions (verbs) used during preschool routines from a field of 3 pictures
IEP Goal# 2: Alexander will follow an adult's request to wait for his turn given materials to manipulate during the waiting period for at least 2 minutes.
IEP Goal# 3: Alexander will participate in parts of simple familiar games, songs, fingerplays, or routines by doing 1-2 actions with visual cues
IEP Goal# 4: Alexander will communicate using few words, and grammatically correct simple sentences to request or ask for assistance by verbalization and/or picture exchange
IEP Goal# 5: Alexander will perform at least 2 steps of a handwashing routine independently

Choose any 3 of Alexander's five IEP Goals and describe how you would adapt the cooking activity for Alexander.  An adaptation is a change made to the learning environment, curriculum, instruction, and/or assessment practices for a student to be a successful learner. 
Address the following questions and fully explain?

1. Goal # ___:

Will you need any additional materials?  If so, what will you need?  If not, why not?
Are adapted tools, such as scissors, cups, spoons, etc. required? If so, what will you need?  If not, why not?
Do you need to add or delete steps in order to meet the IEP goal?
Do you need a rebus or use picture cards to meet the IEP goal?
Do you need to adapt the size of the group or the teacher-to-child ratio?
Are there any other adaptations that would help Alexander meet the goal?
Repeat for the other two goals you select.  Remember to use full sentences.