Joey had such a communicative fall. He made statements and jokes he’d never made before, and truly dove into the new vocabulary words added to his device. We saw so much of him come shining through with how he was accessing his device. In October he averaged 29.6 words on his device in a ten minute period, which was his highest amount yet. I could barely keep up with him! In fact, there were sessions when he had as many as 45 to 50 words in a ten minute time span. [Read more…]
Which witch?
The last time I worked with Joey he was fairly quiet, and not as engaged as he usually is. He had just worked hard during his in home occupational therapy, and he just seemed tired. I was wondering if he was with me when he scanned the room and then gave me a disapproving look.
“What’s up?” I asked. “What book do you want to read? What will Fat Cat Sit on? or What is Chasing Duck?” (I’m on a Jan Thomas kick since Joey told me he loved funny, silly books. You don’t get sillier or funnier than Jan Thomas.)
Joey looked past both books I was holding up and again scanned the area of the room behind me, obviously looking for something.
He turned back to his device. “Where a a which on?” he asked, then once again looking past me. [Read more…]
Thinking Vocabulary and Theory of Mind
Every time I see Joey these days he seems to have more words on his device. His vocabulary is exploding, and he spends most of his time exploring these new words. During these times it is always hard for me to track his meaning and determine if he is exploring where his words are, trying to communicate a message, or if he is unintentionally hitting the new words while seeking out the old ones. I’ve learned to sit back and listen to him and give meaning to his words when I can.
In the most recent set of words, Joey gained the ability to communicate the idea of thought with the words think, thinks, thinking, and idea. It surprised me how much deeper he was able to communicate once he could add these words to his thoughts. [Read more…]
Love for Room on the Broom (a month after Halloween is over)
Halloween is long over, so you can file this post away from next year. My own children love the book, Room on the Broom, but when I read it with my “Is this for Joey?” eyes I realized just what a great book it is.
Room on the Broom, written by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler, is the story of a witch who is riding around on her broomstick. As the wind picks up, her hat, bow, and wand are blown away. Each time she goes to look for an item she meets a new friend (a dog, a bird, and a frog), each who asks her if there is room on the broom for one more friend. Eventually the broom becomes so full that it breaks, and the witch falls next to a dragon who wants to eat her. Before he can, the friends she made room for band together to save her. On the surface level it’s a great story about inclusion and friendship. But let’s look beyond that. [Read more…]
Interested in Adapting Books? Here are my top 5 tips to increase engagement
I love creating adaptive books, and love getting them into the hands of kids even more.
Use old, torn apart books and a quality laminator. Instead of buying brand new copies of books, ask libraries or teachers to donate their ripped books. A laminator will fix those ripped pages right up, and will give you a strong copy you can add velcro, glue, and felt to. [Read more…]
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