Ashlynn’s Great Grandma Green has been out for about a week now visiting. This isn’t the first time Ashlynn has met Grandma Green. She usually comes out in October each year to stay with Ashlynn’s Grandma Smith who is of course her daughter. Last year she bought Ashlynn a dress for her Birthday that was purple with big colored polka dots that was instantly her favorite. Unfortunately, at that time,
I’ve had the pleasure of working with so many children who have Down Syndrome. I could take many pages describing their sweetness, kindness, energy, and overall aura, but in honor of this month, I think I’ll talk about one I had never even met before. I was nine months pregnant with my first child on a nice, but windy October day. I had just left a prenatal appointment and was
Ashlynn and I went to her class field trip to visit farms from the 1860’s and 1890’s in Littleton, Colorado. They had a lot of animals and she was so stoked to see all of them! I was taking an informal language sample as we walked along and sample phrases were: Come here mama! Look! A cow! I see a donkey! Ewe, muddy piggy! Whoah! I see chicks!
I recently met via the Facebook support group, a mom who has dedicated her blog to ideas parents can do at home for speech carryover. I had never heard of these “Sound Box Books” but they sound great, and apparently, may even be at your local library. Read about here! Trust Me, I’m a Mom: Let’s Talk Tuesday – Sound Box Books, Activity & a…: ‘Let’s Talk Tuesday’ is a
I was introduced to Pete the Cat, by Eric Litwin last year when my daughter went to preschool. Not only does it have a catchy song the kids can sing and listen to online here:( http://www.thelearninggroove.com/song-index-contents/pete-the-cat—i-love-my-white-shoes#!pete-the-cat-i-love-my-white-shoes/c164e), but it is great for teaching a variety of things in speech/language. I’ll start with it’s benefit for apraxia. Research has shown that books encourage speech and language development. My mentor taught me to use
For those of you familiar with my blog, I’ve spoke of “Ben” before. A little boy on my school caseload from a Spanish speaking family who has CAS and is nonverbal. However, IQ testing shows him in the 75th percentile! He’s sooo smart. I met him last year in Kindergarten, and we formed an instant bond. His Kindergarten teacher was frustrated that he wouldn’t talk; and I’m not sure if
