Another Great Day

Sean did great at preschool and speech therapy today. There were still tears when he got dropped off, but they didn't last. His teacher is very impressed with Sean's ability to follow directions, take turns, and transition from one activity to another. I am impressed with how some of the things he is learning from other students are showing up in his daily life outside of the classroom. The most noticeable is dancing. Sean has always loved things that play music but he hasn't been much of a dancer. Since he started preschool and dancing to songs in a circle, he has started dancing to the music he plays at home. I am trying to catch it on video. His Elvis-like hip gyrations are pretty funny.

Sean did better on some of his oral motor exercises. He was able to "kiss" a bubble more than 90% of the time. This is exactly what it sounds like. The therapist blows bubbles and Sean tries to kiss the bubbles in the air. All the therapist wants to see is Sean making the proper kiss mouth movements. He doesn't actually have to catch the bubbles, but he doesn't know that. He tried to blow the whistles and kazoos again but still can't actually make sounds.

He did very well on his receptive language lessons. Those are simple exercises in following directions with verbal prompts. He did well with pointing to body parts, and he blew us all away by demonstrating that he has some basic understanding of colors. Overall, a great day!