Speech Therapy and Easter

 

 K's speech therapist is having her use the words "in", "out", "under" and "on". So in the season of Easter, I have been using a basket with plastic eggs. I let K pick out her basket when we were at the dollar store. Last night, I had her pick out the eggs by using her words "I want pink egg, please". The I have been having her count the eggs, put them in, under, out and on top of the basket. Once we were done with that, I hid the eggs in obvious places so K could find them. When K found all 10 eggs, she had the biggest smile on her face!

After that, K practiced writing K, C, and A. These are some letters of her name that she has some trouble writing. She is getting better, but like they say, practice makes perfect!

One Elmo Mylar Balloon = Hours Of Fun

Who knew that Elmo the Balloon would be the source of fun for hours? 

Yesterday, I received K's report card along with her reaching her goals on her IEP. K got all S's on her report card (all satisfactory marks). So after I school I took her to the dollar store and got her a mylar balloon. She choose the Elmo balloon. Then after I was done shopping for Easter stuff, we went to McDonald's. She got a cheeseburger happy meal, apple juice and a yogurt. Along with the happy meal she got a musical bird toy that she loves.

Between yesterday and today, K has been walking around with Elmo. She has been playing with it. She loves Elmo and even calls on of her aunts Elmo. She like looking into the silver side of the balloon and seeing her reflection. 

We have been having "conversations" about Elmo. Mainly, her saying "It's a mirror". I have been trying to get K to say "I have a mirror", "I have elmo", "Elmo is a balloon", and to answer "Who is in the mirror".  So Elmo has been a source of fun and I am trying to work in some speech therapy into this fun.