Peanut was very energetic in his speech therapy session today which does not always lend itself to a productive session. He was all over the place but his SLP is wonderful and just ran with him. He would say words incorrectly but fix them easily and allowed his SLP to prompt him when he needed some extra help. She worked on "come" and "money" and a lot of prepositional work like "on top" and "in basket" using our laundry basket and the Hi Ho Cherrio game. Like I said, was all over so we didn't stick to one task for more than 5 or 10 minutes. She is still amazed by the difference in his talking and how clear his words are now.
Sentences - he does much better with sentences that he structures on his own. When asked to say a sentence he will pick out the words he wants to say or can say easily and leave the rest behind. If we push him to say all 3 or 4 words it usually messes with a word that he does say. The pacing card is still helping with this but I have to get better about not letting him slide with a "go park now" and need to force the "go to park now". I have let it slide because when you just add that little bitty "it" it turns a perfectly said sentence into "go to tark tow". But practice makes perfect.
This was the last session that Peanut's big brother will be here for since school starts tomorrow. This is a huge relief as it is a big distraction for him when his big brother is doing something in another room like watching a movie.
I am going to continue to work on the "what", "who" and "why" and make him say more of the sentence than he chooses. I am looking forward to a less complicated and less energetic session next week. I think it will involve more playdough play since that is some of his favorite stuff to do. (good thing Santa knows this and will be delivering an ice cream making playdough maker thingy)
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