Too Long...

I have clearly been in Early Ed waaaay to long!

A few weeks ago I was doing a Home Visit for one of our little guys with moderate speech delays. He's a real sweetie, very quiet. I knew he had older brothers but didn't realize the brother in Kindergarten would be home during our visit. No problem, it's always good to have a peer to practice taking turns with.

I had brought along a fishing game to work on his "f" sound, for him "f" comes out "b" so "fish" is "bish", etc.

As I pulled out the game his brother exclaimed, "I want to play the bish game!"

I noted his older brother had the same speech sound error, interesting but not uncommon. Now I can give both kids some practice on their "f" sounds.

We played the game well, both boys needing lots of reminding & prompting to make their proper "f" sounds. When it was done I pulled out Candyland. The older brother had a total meltdown when he didn't get to go first. And I mean melt down. Screaming, throwing things, full freak out.

What was the first thing that came to my mind? The first thing I noticed when this child became borderline violent?

Interesting. He doesn't have his "f" sound for "fish" but he does for "f*$k you, mom".

Yup, I've clearly been in Early Ed waaaaay too long...

More Snippets!

Walking to Sky Lounge with my kidlets when sweet little C pipes up.

C: My sister is such a liar. She said she liked it but she didn't.

Me: I'm sorry your sister said something that wasn't true, but we don't call people liars. That's not a Super Friend thing to say.

C: No, I'm not talking about every person. Only my sister's a liar.

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My little girl with Autism has been making such leaps & bounds in her language lately. Going from 1-2 words at a time to full sentences occasionally. Today we were playing a Bingo game with fruits & veggies. She got a picture of a radish but didn't know what it was.

Me: Oh, you got a radish! Radish!

A: Ra-ish. Beautiful picture of ra-ish!

Birthday in Preschool Land

Today is my birthday. I've always loved birthdays. I firmly believe everyone should have a big deal made of them on their birthday. I have never expected this to occur at school though! Yes people always wished me a happy birthday, the occasional person would give me a card, but today was completely different.

My fabulous EAs in my morning class took it upon themselves to throw me a mini-party during class! They brought in cupcakes (with pink icing of course), had the kids all sign a card for me, they bought me a present & everyone sang "Happy Birthday". It was so sweet! I almost choked up. I have never felt so loved & appreciated at school before, it was downright touching. What a fabulous day!

And I think I might still be on a sugar buzz from those cupcakes! ;)