Hide toys to play with inside and under
Have him hide the toys and tell you where they are
Jack & Sarah,
Hope you’re having a nice vacation! I must say….Ian was VERY verbal today in therapy! I don’t know if it’s the new program on his right side, or the fact that you’ve been working with him a lot at home, or the fact that we pulled out a ton of Mr. P-Head toys during therapy today.
It was so awesome for me to hear him making so many verbal requests spontaneously (ex: more, a shoes, a hat, ears, a baby, a mommy, mouth, tie….). Today was my first day to hear him use the article “a” before words. He definitely has all his major facial body parts, and asks for them very spontaneously. I would like to hear “mouth” a little better with the first two sounds, but I still knew what he was asking for. His “R” sounds are really clearing up as well – such as in the words “more” and “ear.” His vowel sounds are almost perfect in most words, so that’s a very good thing. I like that he is taking his time to produce the words clearly and with proper vowels, but not so slow that he is distorting the words.
Also, he is doing very well with imitating 2-word phrases if I only say them 1 time….and he is getting much faster at producing the words. For example…. We were working on i.d. of color and number of objects. He would ask for a Mr. P Head part (ex: hat, ear, nose, eyes….etc) and then I’d give him just two options, “Do you want the yellow hat, or blue hat?” (making sure to emphasize the color word, and talk slowly). He was very quick to say which one – such as “boo hat” or “yewo hat.” He did the exact same thing with multiple primary colors added onto shoes, nose, ears, eyes, etc. I get the feeling he doesn’t understand the meaning of each color word…..but after hearing them more through modeling, he’ll be fine.
In addition to these words/phrases…..he did great asking for help. When he needed grandma and I to open a container for him a few times, we would pause and give him an expectant look and say “Help me!” (slowly, with a more breathy “H”) I heard him say every single letter sound (phoneme) pronounced very well, even if he did need to say it a bit slower than normal. Also, later in the therapy session (when he was needing help again), all I needed to do was give him an expectant look and he automatically said, “Help me!” without me even modeling. Yeh!
Keep up with all your activities at home. It’s making a big difference!
See you next week, and have a good weekend!
~Amy
